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Ugly Food Overlooked and Undercooked
ISBN: HB: 9781849046862, Hurst Publishers, December 2016
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Why don't we eat more octopus? Cheeks and feet are good value and delicious, so why do people prefer fillet or chops? What about rabbits and squirrels? And what's wrong with ugly vegetables? The food industry, like the fashion...
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£25,00
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Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate Consuming the World
ISBN: PB: 9780300222500, Yale University Press, November 2016
142 pp., 22.9x17.8 cm, 90 colour illus.
Coffee, tea, and chocolate were all the rage in Enlightenment Europe. These fashionable beverages profoundly shaped modes of sociability and patterns of consumption, yet none of the plants required for their preparation was native to the continent: c...
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£16,99
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Southern Provisions The Creation and Revival of a Cuisine
ISBN: PB: 9780226422022, ISBN: HB: 9780226141114, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
416 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 23 halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 tables
Southern food is America's quintessential cuisine. From creamy grits to simmering pots of beans and greens, we think we know how these classic foods should taste. Yet the southern food we eat today tastes almost nothing like the dishes our ancestors...
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£16,00
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£24,00
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Taste for Provence
ISBN: HB: 9780226322841, University of Chicago Press, June 2016
264 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 16 colour plates, 16 halftones
Provence today is a state of mind as much as a region of France, promising clear skies and bright sun, gentle breezes scented with lavender and wild herbs, scenery alternately bold and intricate, and delicious foods served alongside heady wines. Yet,...
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£24,00
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Culture of Food in England, 1200-1500
ISBN: HB: 9780300181913, Yale University Press, March 2016
336 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 16 pp. black&white illus.
In this revelatory work of social history, C. M. Woolgar shows that food in late-medieval England was far more complex, varied, and more culturally significant than we imagine today. Drawing on a vast range of sources, he charts how emerging technolo...
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£30,00
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