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 The Philosopher's Kitchen: Recipes from Ancient Greece and Rome for the Modern CookBest Price: $14.95 Because of my interest in ancient Greece, I received this book not once, but twice, as a... |  As They WereBest Price: $6.87 The text is well-written, but I found the narration extremely grating. In spite of her Gallic... |  The Food Lover's Guide to the Gourmet Secrets of ParisBest Price: $27.27 Beautiful photography, informative and great food and site to visit and shop at. Many places I... |  Remembrance of Repasts: An Anthropology of Food and Memory (Materializing Culture)Best Price: $28.17 Proust's famous madeleine captures the power of food to evoke some of our deepest memories. Why... |  Bruculinu, America: Remembrances of Sicilian-American Brooklyn, Told in Stories and RecipesI grew up in this neighborhood during the time he speaks about, and it was exactly as he... |
 Better Than Homemade: Amazing Food That Changed the Way We EatBest Price: $2.50 Better Than Homemade is a trip back in time, in an era when food was enjoyed for what it was,... |  A Stew or a Story: An Assortment of Short WorksBest Price: $3.69 If you like food you wiil love this book. It's not the recipes, it's the love that oozes out of... |  CookSmart: Perfect Recipes for Every DayBest Price: $3.65 This is a very unusual cookbook. For each recipe, there's a few pages about experiments she... |  The Taste of Sweet: Our Complicated Love Affair with Our Favorite TreatsBest Price: $12.47 About: Chen writes about all things sweet. Sugar, fake sugar, how we taste sweetness, the... |  Mariage Freres: French TeaBest Price: $31.50 Only the French can take tea to an exaulted level. Revel in the details about the various types... |
 The New American CheeseBest Price: $7.90 I make cheese, run a website and forum at CheeseForum org, and got this book to broaden my... |  Fresh: Seasonal Recipes Made With Local FoodsBest Price: $18.25 Bishop’s Restaurant is famous for its use of organic, locally grown produce and... |  Bittersweet: The Story of SugarBest Price: $15.90 It isn't easy to find books about sugar that do not grind an ax, usually antisugar, but not... |  Raising Steaks: The Life and Times of American BeefBest Price: $17.16 In Raising Steaks, Betty Fussell saddles up for a spirited ride across America on the trail of... |  Cleveland Food Memories: A Nostalgic Look Back at Food We Loved, the Places We Boughtit, and the People Who Made It SpecialBest Price: $10.00 I enjoyed this book for exactly what it was - a walk through the Cleveland Food, Beverage and... |
 Savoring ItalyBest Price: $15.00 succulent recipes...mouth-watering photography...it's a perfect coffee table book to browse... |  In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden FoodBest Price: $7.38 Sample each of the seven deadly sins while exploring food taboos through history. Complete... |  La Bonne TableBest Price: $7.49 The book is a charming and witty evocation of the gourmet world of Ludwig Bemelmans. The... |  Favorite Recipes From QuiltersBest Price: $4.97 The most used cookbook in my house---my daughter recently moved out and said that is the one... |  Tea: The Drink That Changed the WorldBest Price: $18.78 A study of the phenomenon as well as the commodity, this is a comprehensive survey of the drink... |
 Is There a Nutmeg in the House?: Essays on Practical Cooking with More Than 150 RecipesBest Price: $7.50 This, like Elizabeth David's other books, is a charming and pleasant read. You will find her... |  Stork Club: America's Most Famous Nightspot and the Lost World of Cafe SocietyBest Price: $6.38 The stork club was "pre-me" but I loved reading about it because many family members... |  Recipes for Roughing It EasyBest Price: $6.95 This is a great recipe book for scouting trips. Some classics are included that the boys really... |  Minnesota Eats Out: An Illustrated HistoryBest Price: $18.46 I'm not old enough to recognize all of the places featured here, but it is interesting to see... |  The Alice B. Toklas CookbookBest Price: $92.33 I have toted this little paperback around for about 25 years. The pages are grey and the cover... |
 Open Kitchen: A Chef's Day at The Inn at Bay FortuneBest Price: $300.63 This is a most useful book and it is easy for the average cook to use. The recipes are... |  The International Book of Beer: A Guide to the World's Most Popular DrinkBest Price: $11.53 This is a great book for grads and dads this season. Everybody loves a good coffee table book.... |  Death in the Pot: The Impact of Food Poisoning on HistoryBest Price: $7.96 I found this book almost impossible to put down. In six chapters, the author, a molecular... |  Romancing the Stove: Celebrated Recipes and Delicious Fun for Every Kitchen GoddessBest Price: $8.00 Who ever reads a cookbook? I used my cookbooks to find recipes and skip through all the fluff. ... |  Candy: The Sweet HistoryBest Price: $5.87 I saw Beth Kimmerle on a Food TV special about candy and thought she had an amazing job. A candy... |
 The World Is a Kitchen: Cooking Your Way Through CultureBest Price: $4.69 It was an honor to contribute an essay to "The World Is a Kitchen," and the joy grows.... |  Joyce Lamont's Favorite Minnesota Recipes & Radio MemoriesBest Price: $12.86 Wow, was I amazed and delighted when I saw Ms. Larsen's latest offering! Joyce Lamont was on my... |  The Robert E. Lee Family Cooking and Housekeeping BookBest Price: $10.17 I learned more about the personalities in the Washington and Lee families and the history of... |  Cognac: A Liquid HistoryBest Price: $3.49 It's called the noble spirit and king of brandies --and who better to explain why than the... |  Big Shots: 6The Men Behind the BoozeBest Price: $2.49 Great book if you ever wanted to know how and where the names of some of the most popular booze... |
 Untangling My Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in KyotoBest Price: $7.41 Loved this book and could relate to the author and her adventures. It brought back memories of... |  Italian Cuisine: A Cultural History (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History)Best Price: $25.50 "Italian Cuisine" is one of those books that explores the deep cultural history of... |  Forgotten RecipesBest Price: $6.99 Based on the description I saw for this book I assumed it was somewhat of a recipe history,... |  Best Food Writing 2000 (Best Food Writing)Best Price: $6.67 This is my favorite volume of the Best of Food Writing series so far (late 2003). It introduced... | Best Food Writing 2000 (Best Food Writing) Best Price: $6.67 This is my favorite volume of the Best of Food Writing series so far (late 2003). It introduced... |
 Fierce Food: The Intrepid Diner's Guide to the Unusual, Exotic, and Downright BizarreBest Price: $0.01 It is true that photos would have been nice, but the descriptions are excellent. The author also... |  Educating Peter: How I Taught a Famous Movie Critic the Difference Between Cabernet and Merlot or How Anybody Can Become an (Almost) Instant Wine ExpertBest Price: $11.49 I had high hopes for this book, having heard interviews of Peter and Lettie on The Splendid... |  The Fifth Taste: Cooking with UmamiBest Price: $11.99 My 12 year old son introduced me to this book! What a find! We enjoyed the "jelly... |  When Champagne Became French: Wine and the Making of a National Identity (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science)Best Price: $19.02 In light of persistent international debates over whether and how nations should protect... |  Leon Galatoire's CookbookBest Price: $17.46 This book is not worth it....hands down. It is simple, unispired food and not worthy of an... |
 Imperial Mongolian Cooking: Recipes from the Kingdoms of Genghis KhanBest Price: $124.00 Judging by the recipe index, many of recipes have little to do with Mongolia. We were amused by... |  Turning the Tables: Restaurants from the Inside OutBest Price: $4.56 What a huge disappointment. Shaw provides some brief insight into to evolution of fusion... |  The Confederate Cookbook: Family Favorites from the Sons of Confederate VeteransBest Price: $14.53 I bought this as a Christmas gift for my brother. I checked the dust jacket, casing and book... |  Black Hunger: Soul Food And AmericaBest Price: $15.16 Using the history of Aunt Jemima as a springboard for researching the affinity between... |  Food: A Taste of the Road (Travelers' Tales)Best Price: $11.31 As a new, first-time parent, I expected that my poor, sleep-deprived brain wouldn't be fully... |
 A Culinary Journey in Gascony: Recipes and Stories from My French Canal BoatBest Price: $5.99 I like this book, well written, terrific do-able recipes, it moves a long at a slow, meandering... |  Tomato Blessings and Radish TeachingsBest Price: $183.52 Edward Espe Brown teaches Buddhism through the compassionate observation of the ordinary, in an... |  The Chez Francois CookbookBest Price: $12.86 I have been to Jacque Haeringer's restaurant several times. It is superb. People come great... |  History of BreadBest Price: $30.50 |  Food Network Favorites: Recipes from Our All-Star ChefsBest Price: $8.63 Recipes didn't seem like their favorites or best; more like one that didn't make it on TV. |
 Atomic Kitchen: Gadgets and Inventions for Yesterday's CookBest Price: $5.99 The housewife in the atomic days of the Fifties was the ideal person for manufactures to sell... |  Siren Feasts: A History of Food and Gastronomy in GreeceBest Price: $44.92 All of Andrew's Dalby's Books tend to be scholarly, and it's a little like reading somebodies... |  A Short History of the American StomachBest Price: $2.93 I really wanted to like this book, having heard the author interviewed. But the writing is so... | ||
Gastronomy Books
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