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Cultural Studies

Smart Casual The Transformation of Gourmet Restaurant Style in America

Pearlman Alison

ISBN: PB: 9780226154848, ISBN: HB: 9780226651408, University of Chicago Press, May 2015
200 pp., 25x15 cm, 15 halftones

Fine dining and the accolades of Michelin stars once meant chandeliers, white tablecloths, and suited waiters with elegant accents. The stuffy attitude and often scant portions were the punchlines of sitcom jokes – it was unthinkable that a gourmet c...

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Edible Memory The Lure of Heirloom Tomatoes and Other Forgotten Foods

Jordan Jennifer A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226228105, University of Chicago Press, April 2015
328 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Each week during the growing season, farmers' markets offer up such delicious treasures as brandywine tomatoes, cosmic purple carrots, pink pearl apples, and chioggia beets – varieties of fruits and vegetables that are prized by home chefs and carefu...

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Drinks

Cultural Studies

Questions of Taste The Philosophy of Wine

Smith Barry C.

ISBN: PB: 9781909930216, Signal Books, January 2015
224 pp., 21.8x14 cm

For sale in CIS only! Interest in and consumption of wine have grown exponentially in recent years and there has been a corresponding increase in consumers' knowledge of wine, which in turn has generated discussions about the meaning and value of wi...

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Biography & Memoires

Shanghai Flair The Vision of a French Chef in China

ISBN: HB: 9789881383402, Bookport, SendPoints, November 2014
256 pp., 22.9x15.3 cm, language: English / Chinese

For sale in Balkans only! "Shanghai Flair: The Vision of a French Chef in China" is 16 stories followed by 16 recipes specially designed by Nicolas, sharing his "cooking is art belief" and his passion for Chinese cultures. 2 awards winner, Best Che...

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Cultural Studies

Food Lovers' Anthology A Literary Compendium

ISBN: HB: 9781851244218, Bodleian Library Publishing, October 2014
320 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 20 black&white illus.

"There is no love sincerer than the love of food" wrote George Bernard Shaw in 1903. Poets, novelists, chefs and gourmands before and after him would seem to agree. Collected in this anthology is a mouth-watering selection of excerpts on the subject...

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Cultural Studies

Eating the Enlightenment Food and the Sciences in Paris, 1670-1760

Spary E. C.

ISBN: PB: 9780226214467, ISBN: HB: 9780226768861, University of Chicago Press, October 2014
368 pp., 23x15 cm, 20 halftones

"Eating the Enlightenment" offers a new perspective on the history of food, looking at writings about cuisine, diet, and food chemistry as a key to larger debates over the state of the nation in Old Regime France. Embracing a wide range of authors an...

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Jewish Studies

Knish In Search of the Jewish Soul Food

Silver Laura

ISBN: HB: 9781611683127, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, May 2014
300 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

When Laura Silver's favorite knish shop went out of business, the native New Yorker sank into mourning, but then she sprang into action. She embarked on a round-the-world quest for the origins and modern-day manifestations of the knish. The iconic po...

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Cultural Studies

Madeira The Mid-Atlantic Wine

Liddell Alex

ISBN: PB: 9781849043342, Hurst Publishers, April 2014
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Who does not know the phrase 'Have some madeira, m'dear'? Madeira is one of the world's greatest wines, with a fascinating history few others can equal. Capable of evolution over decades and with seemingly indefinite longevity,...

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Cultural Studies

Land and Wine The French Terroir

Frankel Charles

ISBN: HB: 9780226014692, University of Chicago Press, March 2014
264 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 65 halftones

For centuries, France has long been the world's greatest wine-producing country. Its wines are the global gold standard, prized by collectors, and its winemaking regions each offer unique tasting experiences, from the spice of Bordeaux to the berry n...

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Fear of Food A History of Why We Worry about What We Eat

Levenstein Harvey

ISBN: PB: 9780226054902, ISBN: HB: 9780226473741, University of Chicago Press, April 2013
232 pp., 23x15 cm, 15 halftones, 2 line illus.

There may be no greater source of anxiety for Americans today than the question of what to eat and drink. Are eggs the perfect protein, or are they cholesterol bombs? Is red wine good for my heart or bad for my liver? Will pesticides, additives, and...

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