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 The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four MealsBest Price: $8.26 Spoon River College in Illinois is using this book as one of 3 texts used in its Intro. to... |  The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of WineBest Price: $12.45 This is an enthralling story of a world few people have the privilege of getting mixed up in. It... |  The Silver SpoonBest Price: $21.00 My sister-in-law is Italian and recommended this to us. It is supposedly the Italian version of... |  A History of the World in 6 GlassesBest Price: $7.88 I had to read this book over the summer for my world history AP class. Usually any summer book I... |  My Life in FranceBest Price: $8.43 I LOVED this book. With my continuing growth and love of cooking, Julia Child has become... |
 Drink: A Cultural History of AlcoholBest Price: $15.64 A spirited look at the history of alcohol from the dawn of civilization to the twenty first... |  Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History)Best Price: $18.44 This book is one of many that points to the relationship between science and the culinary arts:... |  America Eats!: On the Road with the WPA - the Fish Fries, Box Supper Socials, and Chitlin Feasts That Define Real American FoodBest Price: $12.99 What a way to spend the summer! all of the good food, the bad and great philosophy of american food! |  What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science ExplainedBest Price: $14.95 Full of trivia as well as little morsels of fact everyone wonders about. Completely worth the... |  Alice Waters and Chez PanisseBest Price: $8.46 I just finished the book and although I was engaged in the story the first half of the book, the... |
 Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human EvolutionBest Price: $11.85 I suppose that McKenna must have been a charismatic individual. He seemed to wander with the... |  I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = CookingBest Price: $11.49 I love this book. This is not a typical cookbook. This book teaches you the principles of... |  Spice: The History of a TemptationBest Price: $5.95 This is an extremely well-researched book and is brimming with all sorts of interesting... |  Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through Southeast AsiaBest Price: $25.00 This was given to me by a good friend. I love to cook, and over the years have struggled with... |  The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking GuideBest Price: $19.47 As other reviewers have mentioned, this is a beautiful book to page through. And it's pretty... |
 Kitchen Mysteries: Revealing the Science of Cooking (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History)Best Price: $14.00 This book contains what the title says it does, however it is not compehensive like On food and... |  Rao's Cookbook: Over 100 Years of Italian Home CookingBest Price: $20.95 Excellent cookbook because my background is Italian and many of the recipes are exceptional and... |  The Ghirardelli Chocolate Cookbook: Recipes and History from America's Premier Chocolate MakerBest Price: $10.88 Ghiradelli (pronounced: gear-a-deli) chocolate was originally founded by an Italian immigrant,... |  My Bombay Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Parsi Home CookingBest Price: $17.18 This book is SUCH a delight! It brought back SO many memories along with all the subtle nuances... |  Cuisines of the Axis of Evil and Other Irritating States: A Dinner Party Approach to International RelationsBest Price: $12.09 Like some unholy hybrid of Rachel Ray and Fareed Zakaria, Ms. Fair uses her extensive knowledge... |
 Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized WineBest Price: $7.98 I bought this book thinking is was all about the 1976 Tasting in Paris but it turns out that... |  Food: The History of Taste (California Studies in Food and Culture)Best Price: $25.00 I don't typically purchase hardbacks - other than coffee table books, I'll wait for paperback,... |  In the Kennedy Kitchen: Recipes and Recollections of a Great American FamilyBest Price: $17.25 that when I saw this book I HAD to buy it. The photos of Hyannis, the Cape in general and the... |  The True History of Chocolate, Second EditionBest Price: $12.80 I was very disappointed at how the author managed to taint a fascinating story with his own... |  Renewing America's Food Traditions: Saving and Savoring the Continent's Most Endangered FoodsBest Price: $19.98 When the European style of cooking met the plethora of ingredients native to the Americas, a new... |
 The Hamburger: A History (Icons of America)Best Price: $12.91 The history of the hamburger would seem to be a relatively mundane and fairly well known issue.... |  Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar Featuring the OriginaBest Price: $2.27 I have to admit that I read through much of this book in one sitting. It is just that... |  Gastroanomalies: Questionable Culinary Creations from the Golden Age of American CookeryBest Price: $14.28 Overweight? Contemplating costly, possibly painful surgical procedures? Wait! Consider the... |  The Story of CornBest Price: $16.47 I must admit, I am actually a beet person (well, root vegetables generally) and bought this book... |  Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini: The Essential Reference: 500 Recipes, 275 PhotographsBest Price: $35.99 This is a beautiful and functional and useful book. I refer to it at least once a week,... |
 Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India (Vintage)Best Price: $4.99 Mixing together family, food, history and culture, Madhur Jaffrey gives us a fascinating glimpse... |  Roasting in Hell's Kitchen: Temper Tantrums, F Words, and the Pursuit of PerfectionBest Price: $5.75 Ok so I am a Chef and I love this book. If you are a fan of hells kitchen, and I was until the... |  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... |  The Berghoff Family Cookbook: From Our Table to Yours, Celebrating a Century of EntertainingBest Price: $18.25 The Berghoff Family Cookbook: From Our Table to Yours, Celebrating a Century of Entertaining ... |  Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval ImaginationBest Price: $17.25 Professor Freedman examines Medieval Europe and its metamorphosis into Modern Europe from the... |
 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... |  Ambitious Brew: The Story of American BeerBest Price: $2.81 My wife bought this for my birthday, and I completely enjoyed it. Shortly after finishing it, I... |  Lobscouse and Spotted Dog: Which It's a Gastronomic Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Novels (Patrick O'Brian)Best Price: $11.30 Lots of fun for cooks. A pleasure for readers of Patrick O'Brian's novel (so you can find out... |  American Farmstead Cheese: The Complete Guide To Making and Selling Artisan CheesesBest Price: $19.06 I have purchased 5 cheese making books before buying this one - and it was well worth the wait.... |  Moonshine: Recipes * Tall Tales * Drinking Songs * Historical Stuff * Knee-Slappers *How to Make It * How to Drink It * Pleasin' the Law * Recoverin' the Next DayBest Price: $8.00 Great book. Very easy to read. Lots of hitory and funny as well. It is funny how history of... |
 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... |  The United States of Arugula: The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food RevolutionBest Price: $5.93 Not only do I suddenly feel way more clued in when dining with my foodie friends, but I have a... |  1896 Boston Cooking-School CookbookBest Price: $4.95 My favorite Maud Hart Lovelace book is Betsy's Wedding and I was very happy to find a recipe for... |  The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet NationBest Price: $13.65 I was disappointed in this book. I was expecting more sociology and culture, but it is... |  Arthur Schwartz's New York City Food: An Opinionated History and More Than 100 Legendary RecipesBest Price: $15.03 You needn't have ever boiled water to love this book. What a gift! Thank you, Arthur Schwartz.... |
 Life Is Meals: A Food Lover's Book of DaysBest Price: $13.95 I love reading cookbooks and cooking magazines so this book was a bit of a change of pace. But... |  Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their FoodBest Price: $5.75 This is one of those books that is ideally read when you need a break from heavy thinking, but... |  Scotland and its Whiskies: The Great Whiskies, the Distilleries and Their LandscapesBest Price: $11.97 Robert Burns said of his bottle "...heals the wounds o' care an' dool." With that... |  The Black Dog Summer on the Vineyard CookbookBest Price: $10.40 A nice collection of easy, low key recipes. Very nice addition to one's library of casual cooking. |  Coffee: A Dark HistoryBest Price: $5.50 There are some excellent books about coffee and its history. Some books about its politics and... |
 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,... |  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... |  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... |  The American Diner CookbookBest Price: $6.53 I had bought this book as I had the authors other book, Blue Plate special. But be warned, this... |  The Taste of Conquest: The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of SpiceBest Price: $13.94 It's why Venice treacherously overthrew the Byzantine Empire with the Fourth... |
 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... | ||||
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