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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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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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£25,00
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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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£27,50
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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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£9,99
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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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