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Cultural Studies

Stirring the Pot A History of African Cuisine

McCann James C.

ISBN: PB: 9781849040365, Hurst Publishers, July 2010
320 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Africa has an immensely rich culinary history and a huge variety of foodstuffs is consumed there, reflecting the myriad influences that have shaped what people eat and how they prepare and consume food and drink. Outsiders are...

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Cultural Studies

Squeezed What You Don't Know About Orange Juice

Hamilton Alissa

ISBN: PB: 9780300164558, Yale University Press, June 2010
288 pp., 21x14 cm, 12 black&white illus.

Close to three quarters of U. S. households buy orange juice. Its popularity crosses class, cultural, racial, and regional divides. Why do so many of us drink orange juice? How did it turn from a luxury into a staple in just a few years? More importa...

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Italian Way Food and Social Life

Harper Douglas, Faccioli Patrizia

ISBN: HB: 9780226317243, University of Chicago Press, February 2010
320 pp., 25.4x18.5 cm, 160 halftones

Outside of Italy, the country's culture and its food appear to be essentially synonymous. And indeed, as "The Italian Way" makes clear, preparing, cooking, and eating food play a central role in the daily activities of Italians from all walks of life...

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Cultural Studies

Bagel The Surprising History of a Modest Bread

Balinska Maria

ISBN: PB: 9780300158205, Yale University Press, July 2009
242 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm, 1 black&white illus.

Maria Balinska's captivating cultural history of the bagel and its journey through the centuries.

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Citrus A History

Laszlo Pierre

ISBN: PB: 9780226470283, ISBN: HB: 9780226470269, University of Chicago Press, October 2008
262 pp., 23x15 cm, 20 colour illus.

Walk into your local grocery store and down the produce aisle, and you'll find a dazzling array of citrus, from navel oranges and clementines to grapefruit and key limes – and sometimes even more exotic fare like the Japanese yuzu or the baboon lemon...

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Panini Express 70 delicious Recipes Hot Off the Press

Leader Dan, Chattman Lauren

ISBN: HB: 9781561589609, GMC Group, Taunton Press, March 2008
152 pp., 18x18 cm, colour illus.

Paninis – filled baguettes that are put through a press to warm up the filling and give the bread a delicious grilled flavour – have traversed the continent from Italy to grace discerning Italian restaurants, restaurant chains, high-end cafes and san...

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Pasta and Pizza

La Cecla Franco

ISBN: PB: 9780979405716, University of Chicago Press, Prickly Paradigm Press, November 2007
120 pp., 17.8x11.4 cm

Pasta and pizza, in all their infinitely delicious and universally appealing varieties, are inextricably connected to Italian identity. These familiar foods not only represent Italy's culinary traditions, according to anthropologist Franco La Cecla,...

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Land of Milk and Honey Travels in the History of Indian Food

Banerji Chitrita

ISBN: HB: 9781905422340, Seagull Books, June 2007
112 pp., 20.3x14.7 cm

A culture as ancient as India's, as layered and as plural, inevitably rejoices in a fascinatingly rich history of food, feeding and eating. The most ancient scriptures prescribe and proscribe on the subject, life cycle rituals are intricately bound u...

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Angelo's Wild Kitchen

Georgalli Angelo

ISBN: HB: 9780994138354, Prestel Publishing, Beatnik, April 2007
188 pp., 26.3x21.2 cm, illustrations throughout

Following the success of "The Game Chef" TV series and cookbook, Angelo Georgalli is bringing his wild food ethos into the home with "Angelo's Wild Kitchen". An honest-to-goodness family man, Angelo shares his love of food and passion for life with h...

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Cultural Studies

Accounting for Taste The Triumph of French Cuisine

Parkhurst Ferguson Priscilla

ISBN: PB: 9780226243245, ISBN: HB: 9780226243238, University of Chicago Press, December 2006
262 pp., 23x15 cm, 8 halftones, 13 line illus.

French cuisine is such a staple in our understanding of fine food that we forget the accidents of history that led to its creation".Accounting for Taste" brings these "accidents" to the surface, illuminating the magic of French cuisine and the myster...

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