Gastronomy Books


The Taste of America (The Food Series)The Taste of America (The Food Series)
Best Price: $12.29
What a delight to find this amazing classic back in print, in a reprint edition with new...
Terrors of the Table: The Curious History of Nutrition (Core Texts)Terrors of the Table: The Curious History of Nutrition (Core Texts)
Best Price: $4.75
Vitalism is a profoundly science-ejected concept, though many CAM or 'natural health' cabals...
Food Finds: America's Best Local Foods and the People Who Produce ThemFood Finds: America's Best Local Foods and the People Who Produce Them
Best Price: $1.99
Extremely well written survey of various small out-of-the-way artisan specialty food...
The Book of Tea (Book Of...)The Book of Tea (Book Of...)
Best Price: $189.31
Saw this book on the counter of a wonderful new tea shop in Boston, and stayed for two hours...
Tea: The Drink That Changed the WorldTea: The Drink That Changed the World
Best Price: $13.75
A study of the phenomenon as well as the commodity, this is a comprehensive survey of the drink...


The Gourmet Indian CookbookThe Gourmet Indian Cookbook
Best Price: $8.93
- The world of Indian spices - Sauces--the foundation - Vegetable shapes - Easy menus
La Varenne's Cookery: The French Cook, The French Pastry Chef, The French ConfectionerLa Varenne's Cookery: The French Cook, The French Pastry Chef, The French Confectioner
Best Price: $62.51
These three books by Francois Pierre de la Varenne (c. 1615-1678), who was chef to the Marquis...
Victorian Cookery: Recipes and History (Cooking Through the Ages) (Cooking Through the Ages)Victorian Cookery: Recipes and History (Cooking Through the Ages) (Cooking Through the Ages)
Best Price: $10.20
With more than 30 recipes covering the whole range of Victorian society, this book gives a...
A Biblical Feast, Foods from the Holy LandA Biblical Feast, Foods from the Holy Land
Best Price: $39.99
This book was purchased to give away. I have ordered several and they are a treasure to have...
Consider The Eel: A Natural And Gastronomic HistoryConsider The Eel: A Natural And Gastronomic History
Best Price: $2.86
Sure eels are slimy and weird, but that doesn't mean you can't learn to love them! Read this...


A Late Dinner: Discovering the Food of SpainA Late Dinner: Discovering the Food of Spain
Best Price: $5.00
Vivid and richly textured, A Late Dinner is a delightful journey through Spain and Spanish...
The Three Chimneys: Recipes & Reflections from the Isle of Skye's World Famous RestaurantThe Three Chimneys: Recipes & Reflections from the Isle of Skye's World Famous Restaurant
Best Price: $24.52
Visiting Scotland last summer, we were lucky enough to reserve a table at this remote and...
The Ivy - The Restaurant and Its RecipesThe Ivy - The Restaurant and Its Recipes
Best Price: $33.31
I love this book. If you're looking for a cookbook - this isn't it. But if you're looking for...
Burgundy Stars: A Year in the Life of a Great French RestaurantBurgundy Stars: A Year in the Life of a Great French Restaurant
How can Echikson--let alone his publisher--make so many mistakes? Starting with the French word...
Mariage Freres: French TeaMariage Freres: French Tea
Best Price: $31.50
Only the French can take tea to an exaulted level. Revel in the details about the various types...

Chocolate: The Sweet HistoryChocolate: The Sweet History
Best Price: $4.48
Chocolate: The Sweet History details the history of chocolate form its origins in MesoAmerica...
New Orleans Cuisine: Fourteen Signature Dishes and Their HistoriesNew Orleans Cuisine: Fourteen Signature Dishes and Their Histories
Best Price: $18.48
With contributions from Karen Leathem, Patricia Kennedy Livingston, Michael Mizell-Nelson,...
Rover's: Recipes from Seattle's Chef in the HatRover's: Recipes from Seattle's Chef in the Hat
Best Price: $15.00
Ever since I first dined at Rover's, 12 years ago, it has been my favorite restaurant, and the...
ApplesApples
Best Price: $12.87
Frank Browning's Apples is fascinating. Until I read the book, I never knew the complexity of...
Harvest of the Cold Months: The Social History of Ice and IcesHarvest of the Cold Months: The Social History of Ice and Ices
Best Price: $24.80
A seminal food writer, Elizabeth David brought Mediterranean cuisine to English readers and...

From Hardtack to Homefries: An Uncommon History of American Cooks and MealsFrom Hardtack to Homefries: An Uncommon History of American Cooks and Meals
Best Price: $2.88
Some of the history here was interesting.... although she drones on and on about Eleanor...
Anything Considered (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper))Anything Considered (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper))
Best Price: $11.75
This novel of Peter Mayle's is, once again, a very good read. In Anything Considered, we are...
Kitchen Essays (Persephone Classics)Kitchen Essays (Persephone Classics)
Best Price: $10.20
"Three cheers to Persephone Books for publishing this witty, sharp writer, nostalgic but...
Chateau LatourChateau Latour
Best Price: $44.50
Love this book. I wanted to get my husband some nice coffee table style books for the top of our...
Van Gogh's Table at the Auberge Ravoux: Recipes From the Artist's Last Home and Paintings of Cafe LifeVan Gogh's Table at the Auberge Ravoux: Recipes From the Artist's Last Home and Paintings of Cafe Life
Best Price: $15.00
In Vincent Van Gogh's brief 37 years, he resided in at least 38 locations spread among four...

Kitchen Science: A Guide to Knowing the Hows and Whys for Fun and Success in the KitchenKitchen Science: A Guide to Knowing the Hows and Whys for Fun and Success in the Kitchen
Best Price: $6.95
Howard Hillman's "Kitchen Science" and Robert Wolke's "What Einstein Told His...
A Chef in ProvenceA Chef in Provence
Best Price: $14.98
I worked for Chef Loubet in Bonnieux at his restaurant Bastide de Capelongue. He is a man who...
Sweet Dough PieSweet Dough Pie
Best Price: $7.13
You've never read a cookbook quite like this one! Featuring just one recipe, H. Kent Aguillard's...
The Last Days of Haute CuisineThe Last Days of Haute Cuisine
Best Price: $0.01
Reading this book, I find that the author's ego interferes often with the documentation of how...
Stories And Recipes of the Great Depression of the 1930's, Volume IV (Stories & Recipes of the Great Depression)Stories And Recipes of the Great Depression of the 1930's, Volume IV (Stories & Recipes of the Great Depression)
Best Price: $17.95
This book has older recipes that dont use a lot of artifical or convience foods. Also included...

Candy: The Sweet HistoryCandy: The Sweet History
Best Price: $6.74
I saw Beth Kimmerle on a Food TV special about candy and thought she had an amazing job. A candy...
Forklore: Recipes and Tales from an American BistroForklore: Recipes and Tales from an American Bistro
Best Price: $20.99
Forklore is a collection of recipes and stories from Ellen Yin, one of the leading...
Romancing the Stove: Celebrated Recipes and Delicious Fun for Every Kitchen GoddessRomancing the Stove: Celebrated Recipes and Delicious Fun for Every Kitchen Goddess
Best Price: $8.00
Who ever reads a cookbook? I used my cookbooks to find recipes and skip through all the fluff. ...
A Revolution in Taste: The Rise of French Cuisine, 1650-1800A Revolution in Taste: The Rise of French Cuisine, 1650-1800
Best Price: $21.12
Modern French habits of cooking, eating, and drinking were born in the Ancien Regime, radically...
Life a la Henri: Being the Memories of Henri Charpentier (Modern Library Food)Life a la Henri: Being the Memories of Henri Charpentier (Modern Library Food)
"Life ? La Henri - Being the Memories of Henri Charpentier" by Henri Charpentier &...

A History of Wine in America: From Prohibition to the PresentA History of Wine in America: From Prohibition to the Present
Best Price: $56.76
A History of Wine in America is the definitive account of winemaking in the United States,...
The Book of MarmaladeThe Book of Marmalade
Best Price: $22.50
Here is everything you need to know about marmalade. C. Anne Wilson, Britain's foremost...
Feast or Famine: Food and Drink in American Westward ExpansionFeast or Famine: Food and Drink in American Westward Expansion
Best Price: $32.04
This first comprehensive account of food and drink in the winning of the West describes the...
Eating for Victory: Healthy Home Front Cooking on War Rations (Official Wwii Info Reproductns)Eating for Victory: Healthy Home Front Cooking on War Rations (Official Wwii Info Reproductns)
Best Price: $12.80
Food rationing was introduced in England in January 1940 after supply ships were attacked by...
The Provence Of Alain DucasseThe Provence Of Alain Ducasse
Best Price: $27.93
A very pretty coffee table book with very little substance, kind of like a dumb supermodel.

Cook Until Desired TendernessCook Until Desired Tenderness
Best Price: $1.98
This book is unique, refreshing, and fun. Sugar's insights are intriguing, novel,...
A Feast of Words: For Lovers of Food and FictionA Feast of Words: For Lovers of Food and Fiction
Best Price: $4.49
Authors' Famous Recipes and Reflections on FoodAuthors' Famous Recipes and Reflections on Food
Best Price: $11.22
I picked up the new "Author's Famous Recipes and Reflections on Food" edited by Diane...
Gatherings and CelebrationsGatherings and Celebrations
Best Price: $10.00
Not-too-complicated recipes are preceded by a description of the occasion surrounding each...
Food: A Taste of the Road (Travelers' Tales)Food: A Taste of the Road (Travelers' Tales)
Best Price: $10.95
As a new, first-time parent, I expected that my poor, sleep-deprived brain wouldn't be fully...

Favorite Fruitcakes: Recipes, Legends, and Lore from the World's Best Cooks and EatersFavorite Fruitcakes: Recipes, Legends, and Lore from the World's Best Cooks and Eaters
I love fruitcake and have friends that love fruitcake. Once a year during Christmas time when...
The Cheeses of Vermont: A Gourmet Guide to Vermont's Artisanal CheesemakersThe Cheeses of Vermont: A Gourmet Guide to Vermont's Artisanal Cheesemakers
Best Price: $8.65
Henry Tewksbury spent the better part of his career as Peter Tewksbury in California, where he...
Art of the Inner Meal: Eating as a Spiritual PathArt of the Inner Meal: Eating as a Spiritual Path
Best Price: $16.00
The author's study of the food traditions of 4 major religions and the use as a path to a more...
Victoria's Home Companion: Or, The Whole Art of Cooking: A History of 19th Century FoodsVictoria's Home Companion: Or, The Whole Art of Cooking: A History of 19th Century Foods
Best Price: $19.71
Victoria's Home Companion There are myriad cook books that claim to accurately represent the...
The British Housewife: Or, The Cook, Housekeeper;s, and Gardiner's Companion : Vol. 4, June, July (British Housewife)The British Housewife: Or, The Cook, Housekeeper;s, and Gardiner's Companion : Vol. 4, June, July (British Housewife)
Best Price: $17.73

The British Housewife: Cookery Books, Cooking and Society in Eighteenth-Century BritainThe British Housewife: Cookery Books, Cooking and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Best Price: $74.99
Recipes from Historic TexasRecipes from Historic Texas
Best Price: $14.88
Co-written by Linda Bauer (a self-syndicated food and travel columnist for a variety of...
The Turkey: AN AMERICAN STORY (The Food Series)The Turkey: AN AMERICAN STORY (The Food Series)
Best Price: $14.50
“Talking turkey” about the bird you thought you knew Fondly remembered...
The Five Roses Cook Book (Classic Canadian Cookbook Series)The Five Roses Cook Book (Classic Canadian Cookbook Series)
Best Price: $11.50
This is a great book for anyone interested in baking as our ancestors did it, or experienced...
Bread, Body, Spirit: Finding the Sacred in FoodBread, Body, Spirit: Finding the Sacred in Food
Best Price: $10.99
You are what you eat, as the old proverb goes. "Bread, Body, Spirit: Finding the Sacred in...

Stew Leonard's Winning RecipesStew Leonard's Winning Recipes
Best Price: $4.02
Stew Leonard's Winning Recipes Cookbook is a collection of recipes from the world renowned fresh...
Russian Tea Room, The: A TastingRussian Tea Room, The: A Tasting
Best Price: $25.00
Faith Stewart-Gordon, former proprietor of New York's Russian Tea Room, blends reminiscences,...
Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies: A Lighthearted Look at How Foods Got Their NamesLadyfingers and Nun's Tummies: A Lighthearted Look at How Foods Got Their Names
Best Price: $12.02
What naughty joke is tucked inside every loaf of pumpernickel ? Why do we call it a Tootsie...
  
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