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Sake Discover the Culinary Pleasures of Sake's Long Relationship with Japanese Cuisine
ISBN: HB: 9781742575612, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, November 2015
208 pp., 21x17.1 cm, colour illus.
Sake has been designed to introduce readers to information and explanations about matching different sakes with traditional and modern, fusion Japanese cuisine. As part of this introduction to the enjoyment of sake, author Hideo Dekura begins by high...
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£16,99
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Natural History of Wine
ISBN: HB: 9780300211023, Yale University Press, November 2015
264 pp., 22.2x14.6 cm, 62 colour illus.
An excellent bottle of wine can be the spark that inspires a brainstorming session. Such was the case for Ian Tattersall and Rob DeSalle, scientists who frequently collaborate on book and museum exhibition projects. When the conversation turned to wi...
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Edible Monument The Art of Food for Festivals
ISBN: HB: 9781606064542, Getty Publications, October 2015
192 pp., 25x15 cm, 91 colour illus.
"The Edible Monument" considers the elaborate architecture, sculpture, and floats designed for court and civic celebrations in early modern Europe, including popular festivals such as Carnival and the Italian Cuccagna. Like illuminations and firework...
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Tea, Coffee and Chocolate How We Fell in Love with Caffeine
ISBN: HB: 9781851244065, Bodleian Library Publishing, October 2015
176 pp., 17x11 cm, 20 black&white illus.
Did you know that coffee was recommended as protection against the bubonic plague in the seventeenth century? Or that tea was believed to make men "unfit to do their business" and blamed for women becoming unattractive? On the other hand, a cup of ch...
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Cowley Road Cookbook Culinary Tales and Recipes from Oxford's Most Eclectic Street
ISBN: PB: 9781909930322, Signal Books, October 2015
128 pp., 21.1x21.3 cm
For sale in CIS only! Cowley Road, Oxford, is a wonderfully chaotic, cultural and culinary crossroads. Geographically adjacent to the university's dreaming spires, ethnographically it might as well be on another planet. From its holy medieval origin...
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£14,99
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Smart Casual The Transformation of Gourmet Restaurant Style in America
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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£20,00
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Edible Memory The Lure of Heirloom Tomatoes and Other Forgotten Foods
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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£19,50
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Questions of Taste The Philosophy of Wine
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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