Essays & Narratives

Report copyright infringementby Zackary Vernon (Author)When Zackary Vernon moved to the Appalachian town of Boone, North Carolina, he had a goal: to make more ethical...

Report copyright infringementby Zackary Vernon (Author)When Zackary Vernon moved to the Appalachian town of Boone, North Carolina, he had a goal: to make more ethical...

Report copyright infringementby John Birdsall (Author)The food on our plates has long been designed, twisted, and elevated by queer hands. Piecing together a dazzling mosaic...

Report copyright infringementby Patrick Baude (Author), William Baude (Editor)Wine," Benjamin Franklin wrote, "is proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy." The...

Report copyright infringementby Beat Kümin (Editor)The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries form a very distinctive period in European food history. This was a time when enduring...

Report copyright infringementby Robin Cherry (Author)Featuring over 100 delicious, garlic-laden recipes, this culinary biography offers a tour through the colorful history of one of the...

Report copyright infringementby Bee Wilson (Author)One August day, months after her marriage abruptly ended, a heart-shaped baking tin fell at Bee Wilson's feet: the same...

Report copyright infringementby Robin Robinson (Author)In this beautiful volume, award-winning spirits expert Robin Robinson skillfully chronicles the development of whiskey, highlighting a hundred exceptional milestones...

Report copyright infringementby Martin Cohen (Author)I Think Therefore I Eat offers wisdom and practical advice, from scientific studies to personal accounts, to make sense of...

Report copyright infringementby Martin Cohen (Author)"The worst thing about food science, the elephant in the room, is that it's not just the opinions that are...

Report copyright infringementby Michael Gebert (Author)"[A] must-read for Chicago's foodies."-- Publishers WeeklyThe untold stories behind Chicago's globally celebrated culinary scene--from revolutionary chefs to kitchen disasters...

Report copyright infringementby Dan Martino (Author)An IACP Cookbook Award finalist.A fascinating and eye-opening chronicle of the global history of oyster farming, the current state of...

Report copyright infringementby Andreas Ammer (Author), Falk Nordmann (Illustrator), Renée Von Paschen (Translator)"Narrated with awe and gusto, Andreas Ammer's Portrait of an Oyster is a...

Report copyright infringementby Valerie J. Frey (Foreword by), Ella Ruth Tennent (Author)With its roots in the meetings of the Phoenix Agricultural Club of Marietta, Georgia,...

Report copyright infringementby Jessica B. Harris (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Discover the sweeping story of how Indigenous, European, and African traditions intertwined to form an entirely...

Report copyright infringementby John Birdsall (Author)The food on our plates has long been designed, twisted, and elevated by queer hands. Piecing together a dazzling mosaic...

Report copyright infringementby Sandra M. Gilbert (Author), Roger J. Porter (Editor), Ruth Reichl (Foreword by)Edited by influential literary critic Sandra M. Gilbert and award-winning restaurant...

Report copyright infringementby Ruby Tandoh (Author)A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK Food dominates our every waking minute: Hype restaurants. Allrecipes. The Great British Bake Off....

Report copyright infringementby Tony Lip (Author), Steven Prigge (Author), Danny Aiello (Foreword by)Actor Tony Lip, best known for his role on The Sopranos and featured...

Report copyright infringementby Valerie J. Frey (Author)Georgia's Historical Recipes is an exploration of our state's oldest recipes from the antebellum period through World War II,...

Report copyright infringementby Patric Kuh (Author)The multiple-James Beard Award--winning restaurant critic for Los Angeles Magazine delivers an arresting exploration of our cultural demand for "artisanal"...

Report copyright infringementby Patric Kuh (Author)"Essential reading for all serious foodies."--Anthony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential Combining an insider's passion with down-to-earth humor, chef and...

Report copyright infringementby Loretta Pasculli Lawrence (Author)"Dinner was the time we all sat together and enjoyed Mom's cooking, but it was also the place we...

Report copyright infringementby Pierre Singaravélou (Editor), Sylvain Venayre (Editor), Stephen W. Sawyer (Translator)Ketchup seems iconically American, but the word comes from a Southeast Asian anchovy...

Report copyright infringementby Kelly A. Spring (Author)A cultural history of the celebrated (and derided) canned protein. 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of...

Report copyright infringementby Pierre Singaravélou (Editor), Sylvain Venayre (Editor), Stephen W. Sawyer (Translator)Ketchup seems iconically American, but the word comes from a Southeast Asian anchovy...

Report copyright infringementby Ken Albala (Editor), Peter Scholliers (Editor)Food and attitudes toward it were transformed in Renaissance Europe. The period between 1300 and 1600 saw...

Report copyright infringementby Kara Mae Harris (Author), Rachel Rappaport (Joint Author), John Shields (Foreword by)With recipes gathered from the Old Line Plate collection of over...