Essays & Narratives

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...

Report copyright infringementby Ina Yalof (Author)An unprecedented behind-the-scenes tour of New York City's dynamic food culture, as told through the voices of the chefs, line...

Report copyright infringementby Massimo Montanari (Editor)Europe was formed in the Middle Ages. The merging of the traditions of Roman-Mediterranean societies with the customs of Northern...

Report copyright infringementby Chantal Martineau (Author)Once little more than party fuel, tequila has graduated to the status of fine sipping spirit. How the Gringos Stole...

Report copyright infringementby David Kamp (Author)The wickedly entertaining, hunger-inducing, behind-the-scenes story of the revolution in American food that has made exotic ingredients, celebrity chefs, rarefied...

Report copyright infringementby Camper English (Author)"At last, a definitive guide to the medicinal origins of every bottle behind the bar! This is the cocktail book...

Report copyright infringementby Robin Shulman (Author)New York, the city of money, glass, and concrete, seems like no kind of place to produce food. Yet in...

Report copyright infringementby Tom Parker Bowles (Author)An intimate cookbook exploring 200 years of British royal food, studded with anecdotes, delectable tidbits, and nuggets of history,...

Report copyright infringementby Margaret Visser (Author)With an acute eye and an irrepressible wit, Margaret Visser takes a fascinating look at the way we eat our...

Report copyright infringementby Amy Bruni (Author), Julie Tremaine (With)Discover tantalizing recipes, spine-tingling stories, and historic photos from the most notoriously haunted locations across America in...

Report copyright infringementby Stewart Lee Allen (Author)Deliciously organized by the Seven Deadly Sins, here is a scintillating history of forbidden foods through the ages--and how...

Report copyright infringementby M. F. K. Fisher (Author), Betty Fussell (Introduction by)"M.F.K Fisher's latest excursion into the art or science of gastronomy is more an...

Report copyright infringementby Uta Seeburg (Author), Max Miller (Foreword by)Did you know that ancient Egyptians mummified beef ribs for their dearly departed to enjoy in...

Report copyright infringementby Silvano Serventi (Author), Françoise Sabban (Author), Antony Shugaar (Translator)Ranging from the imperial palaces of ancient China and the bakeries of fourteenth-century Genoa...

Report copyright infringementby Mark Kurlansky (Author)Mark Kurlansky, bestselling author of Salt and Cod, serves up a smorgasbord of food writing through the ages, from Plato...

Report copyright infringementby Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (Author), Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (Author)"An animal swallows its food; a man eats it, but only a man of intelligence...

Report copyright infringementby Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (Author), Mint Editions (Contribution by)Originally published in 1825, Physiology of Taste is a culinary masterpiece that gives insight into the...

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 John Shelton Reed (Author)John Shelton Reed is one of today's most knowledgeable authors on the subject of barbecue. Holy Smoke: The Big...

Report copyright infringementby Matt Siegel (Author)An irreverent, surprising, and entirely entertaining look at the little-known history surrounding the foods we know and love.Is Italian olive...

Report copyright infringementby Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (Author), Mint Editions (Contribution by)Originally published in 1825, Physiology of Taste is a culinary masterpiece that gives insight into the...

Report copyright infringementby Catherine Lambrecht (Editor)Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance's inaugural compilation of Family Heirloom Recipes from the Illinois State Fair is in honor of the...

Report copyright infringementby Anne Willan (Author)Culinary historian Anne Willan "has melded her passions for culinary history, writing, and teaching into her fascinating new book" (Chicago...

Report copyright infringementby Cynthia Thuma (Author)If you've never tried mangoes, you're in for a treat. Not only are mangoes light, delicious, and juicy, they go...

Report copyright infringementby David Sax (Author)Tastemaker, n. Anyone with the power to make you eat quinoa.Kale. Spicy sriracha sauce. Honeycrisp apples. Cupcakes. These days, it...

Report copyright infringementby Alexis Soyer (Author)Reprint of the 1977 ed., originally published by Simpkin, Marshall, London in 1853. Number of Pages: 556 Dimensions: 1.19 x...

Report copyright infringementby Robb Walsh (Author)A surprise-filled shellfish survey dishes up "ample oyster facts, figures and literary lore" (Publishers Weekly). When award-winning Texas food writer...

Report copyright infringementby Alexander Genis (Author), Pyotr Vail (Author), Angela Brintlinger (Editor)The essays of Russian Cuisine in Exile re-imagine the identities of immigrants through their...