| ||||
 The President's Table: Two Hundred Years of Dining and DiplomacyBest Price: $12.46 A history book both interesting and fun. If you are at all intrigued by American history, this... |  Monet's Table: The Cooking Journals of Claude MonetBest Price: $12.25 This is the most spectacular cook book I have ever seen, splashed with the colours of Monet's... |  The Taste of Place: A Cultural Journey into Terroir (California Studies in Food and Culture)Best Price: $14.95 How and why do we think about food, taste it, and cook it? While much has been written about the... |  A Platter of Figs and Other RecipesBest Price: $23.10 Forget about getting back to the land, David Tanis just wants you to get back to the kitchen ... |  Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local FoodsBest Price: $7.39 Having read several books on local foods and sustainability, I really wanted to love this book. ... |
 Glazed America: A History of the DoughnutBest Price: $16.47 In Mullins's skillful hands, this simple pastry provides surprisingly compelling insights into... |  China Bayles' Book of DaysBest Price: $7.89 This book is filled with herbal lore, recipes, folk lore, and all kinds of fascinating... |  How to Be a Better Foodie: A Bulging Little Book for the Truly EpicuriousBest Price: $7.90 If you're wondering what to get your foodie friends for the holidays, you may want to consider... |  American Food Writing: An Anthology: With Classic RecipesBest Price: $17.98 I was very excited about this book, intending to curl up with it and enjoy reading it. But this... |  Apple Betty and Sloppy Joe: Stirring Up the Past with Family Recipes and StoriesBest Price: $11.77 This cookbook takes you back to the 1950's and 60's when life moved at an easier pace and... |
 The Gastronomical MeBest Price: $6.00 Fisher recounts her life through her intimate association with food, growing up, travelling... |  Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their FoodBest Price: $5.32 This is one of those books that is ideally read when you need a break from heavy thinking, but... |  The Tummy TrilogyBest Price: $7.19 I still have not received my book and you or the seller have not responed to my emails. ARE you... |  Best Food Writing 2006 (Best Food Writing)Best Price: $5.26 I like to read during my lunch hour at work, and usually choose something food-related to take... |  The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western WorldBest Price: $7.99 If, like me, you mostly read at night in bed, don't choose this book. No-one should go to sleep... |
 Old-Time Farmhouse Cooking: Rural American Recipes and Farm LoreBest Price: $3.00 Old-Time Farmhouse Cooking genuinely takes the reader back in time. With black and white photos... |  Dishing with the Kitchen VirginBest Price: $6.18 When you read the pages of DISHING WITH THE KITCHEN VIRGIN, you can almost hear the drawl in... |  Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment KitchenBest Price: $2.00 Too bad I cannot give negative stars!! Read the only the first chapter and was completely... |  Horn of the Moon Cookbook: Recipes from Vermont's Renowned Vegetarian RestaurantBest Price: $12.89 This is a great beginner's cookbook, especially for those with a limited budget and limited... |  Cooking for Mr. Latte: A Food Lover's Courtship, with RecipesBest Price: $5.96 I bought this book three years ago and I never get tired of reading it. I have cooked several of... |
 The Taste of Conquest: The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of SpiceBest Price: $10.51 It's why Venice treacherously overthrew the Byzantine Empire with the Fourth... |  The Black Dog Summer on the Vineyard CookbookBest Price: $5.37 A nice collection of easy, low key recipes. Very nice addition to one's library of casual cooking. |  The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet NationBest Price: $11.15 This book is amazing. I'm a food writer and thought I knew a ton about the modern history of... |  Schott's Food and Drink MiscellanyBest Price: $4.00 I cannot recommend these Schott's books enough. They are fabulous gifts because they're just so... |  Confessions of a French Baker: Breadmaking Secrets, Tips, and RecipesBest Price: $5.93 I am a home baker with a few bread baking books "under my belt". I also love books... |
 Near a Thousand Tables : A History of FoodBest Price: $5.92 A fascinating and erudite account of our prehistoric and historic relationship with food. The... |  Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny ShopsinBest Price: $16.47 "Pancakes are a luxury, like smoking marijuana or having sex. That’s why I came... |  White House Chef: Eleven Years, Two Presidents, One KitchenBest Price: $7.68 This exceptionally fine book on what really goes on in the kitchen at the White House is simply... |  Bourbon at its Best: The Lore and Allure of America's Finest SpiritsBest Price: $11.98 Excellently written book providing a historical perspective of bourbon's beginnings, its growth,... |  Consider the OysterBest Price: $6.03 M.F.K. Fisher wrote this conversational treatise -if that is not a contradiction in terms- about... |
 What Einstein Told His Cook 2: The Sequel: Further Adventures in Kitchen ScienceBest Price: $5.49 Very entertaining, well organized and actually informative. Since I have a pretty extensive... |  Auberge Of The Flowering HearthBest Price: $13.44 I thoroughly enjoyed this book it gave me inspiration, this is a "slow food" book. I... |  How I Learned To Cook: Culinary Educations from the World's Greatest ChefsBest Price: $8.63 If you love food, insights into the human experience, gossip, or just a good story, this is a... |  The Inn at Little Washington Cookbook: A Consuming PassionBest Price: $24.00 The book came in plenty of time for a gift. It did have a slice in the paper cover and slightly... |  A Moveable Thirst: Tales and Tastes from a Season in Napa Wine CountryBest Price: $2.94 What a funny book. A 12 month journey visiting all wine tasting rooms in NAPA. Not a review of... |
 Cornbread Nation 4: The Best of Southern Food Writing (Cornbread Nation: Best of Southern Food Writing)Best Price: $10.72 This new collection in the Southern Foodways Alliance's popular series serves up a... |  Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy EaterBest Price: $4.85 In this book, his quirkyness really comes to the fore. I cannot get enough of him! |  The Automat: The History, Recipes, and Allure of Horn & Hardart's MasterpieceBest Price: $10.49 The Automat is a beautifully illustrated book about a concept that has always fascinated me: a... |  Cider, Hard and Sweet: History, Traditions, and Making Your OwnBest Price: $13.57 I found this book to be a very entertaining and fact-filled introduction to Cider making (and... |  M. F. K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans: Celebrating Her Kitchens (California Studies in Food and Culture)Best Price: $10.75 As a person who has spent half a lifetime reading anything and everything on or about MFK... |
 Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary MealBest Price: $8.95 I enjoyed much of the books unique structure, explaining the history of a single meal by diving... |  Vegetable LoveBest Price: $4.39 I am always looking for this book! Although I cannot fault the recipes, and there are truly... |  Moveable Feasts: From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, the Incredible Journeys of the Food We EatBest Price: $6.71 "Food transport" sounds like a prosaic topic for a book but this work is the product... |  Best Food Writing 2005 (Best Food Writing)Best Price: $2.33 Established food writers as well as newcomers who are passionate about foods grace the pages of... |  Sex and Bacon: Why I Love Things That Are Very, Very Bad for MeBest Price: $8.43 Reading this book was like a little feminazi epiphany for me. Sometimes you just need to be... |
 Log Cabin Cooking: Pioneer Recipes & Food LoreBest Price: $2.40 This is a very nice book! You know, as a "Little house on the prairie" books and TV... |  Time Out Cheap Eats in London (Time Out Guides)Best Price: $6.50 Although, originally we felt that its origanization into different areas would be helpful, we... |  Clementine in the Kitchen (Modern Library Food)Best Price: $7.08 I don't need to recount the synopsis: a tr?s jolie vignette of the life of an ex-pat American... |  The Botanist and the Vintner: How Wine Was Saved for the WorldBest Price: $1.97 How refreshing to read a book about wine history that is not totally layperson, but not... |  One Hundred & One Beautiful Towns in Italy: Food and Wine (101 Towns)Best Price: $27.75 This book was a birthday gift for a dear friend who has visited Italy several times and who... |
 Boulevard: The CookbookBest Price: $19.50 I've had this cookbook for 2 years. I have only been able to muster cooking the creamed spinach... |  Curry: A Tale of Cooks and ConquerorsBest Price: $6.20 This book is fascinating! Journeying through time the author goes to the very roots of Indian... |  From Here, You Can't See Paris: Seasons of a French Village and Its RestaurantBest Price: $3.71 Sanders has captured the life in a small French village and its wonderful restaurant. My wife,... |  Gordon Ramsay: The BiographyBest Price: $15.42 I agree with previous reviewers. This is short attention span writing. It jumps from one topic... |  The Devil's Cup: A History of the World According to CoffeeBest Price: $8.50 I received this book as a gift and was hoping for a more informative book about coffee, its... |
 Mouth Wide Open: A Cook and His AppetiteBest Price: $10.99 I always appreciate the careful reviews of Mr. Marold. I see he has fallen into Mr. Thorne's... |  Bitter Chocolate: The Dark Side of the World's Most Seductive SweetBest Price: $16.16 A shocking expos? of the little-known corruption and exploitation found at the heart of the... | |||
Gastronomy Books
See also for Gastronomy Books