Agriculture & Food

Report copyright infringementby Copeland Marks (Author)Well-known food writer Copeland Marks has a unique talent for going to exotic places and returning with cuisines home cooks...

Report copyright infringementby Lawrence C. Rubin (Editor) Historically, few topics have attracted as much scholarly, professional, or popular attention as food and eating--as one might...

Report copyright infringementby Erica J. Peters (Author)San Francisco is a relatively young city with a well-deserved reputation as a food destination, situated near lush farmland...

Report copyright infringementby Matthew Roth (Author)Choice Outstanding Academic TitleAt the turn of the twentieth century, soybeans grew on so little of America's land that nobody...

Report copyright infringementby Elizabeth M. Williams (Author), Ken Albala (Foreword by)Beignets, Po' Boys, gumbo, jambalaya, Antoine's. New Orleans' celebrated status derives in large measure from...

Report copyright infringementby Q. Edward Wang (Author)Chopsticks have become a quintessential part of the Japanese, Chinese and Korean culinary experience across the globe, with more...

Report copyright infringementby Jonathan Safran Foer (Author)Part memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is the groundbreaking moral examination of vegetarianism, farming, and the food...

Report copyright infringementby Samira Kawash (Author)A lively cultural history that explores how candy in America became food and how food became more like candy Many...

Report copyright infringementby Annie Hauck-Lawson (Author), Jonathan Deutsch (Author), Michael LoMonaco (Foreword by)Whether you're digging into a slice of cherry cheesecake, burning your tongue on...

Report copyright infringementby Bee Wilson (Author)We are not born knowing what to eat; as omnivores it is something we each have to figure out for...

Report copyright infringementby Peter Jackson (Author)Food Words is a series of provocative essays on some of the most important keywords in the emergent field of...

Report copyright infringementby John F. Mariani (Author), Lidia Matticchio Bastianich (Foreword by)Not so long ago, Italian food was regarded as a poor man's gruel--little more...

Report copyright infringementby Benjamin Moseley (Author)A Treatise Concerning The Properties And Effects Of Coffee is a book written by Benjamin Moseley in 1792. The book...

Report copyright infringementby Jeffrey M. Pilcher (Author)As late as the 1960s, tacos were virtually unknown outside Mexico and the American Southwest. Within fifty years the...

Report copyright infringementby Sophie Egan (Author)A provocative look at how and what Americans eat and why--a flavorful blend of The Omnivore's Dilemma, Salt Sugar Fat,...

Report copyright infringementby Simran Sethi (Author)Award-winning journalist Simran Sethi explores the history and cultural importance of our most beloved tastes, paying homage to the ingredients...

Report copyright infringementby David McAninch (Author)A delicious memoir about the eight months food writer David McAninch spent in Gascony--a deeply rural region of France virtually...

Report copyright infringementby Mark Kurlansky (Author)"A charming fish tale and a pretty gift for your favorite seafood cook or fishing monomaniac. But in the last...