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Jewish Soul Food Traditional Fare and What It Means
ISBN: PB: 9781611685015, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, May 2015
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Jewish traditional foods often have symbolic meanings. A Passover matzo is a taste of Egyptian slavery. The Hanukkah latke reminds us of the little jug of oil that burned, miraculously, for eight nights. Noshing hamentaschen at Purim, we remember the...
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£23,00
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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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Big Jones Cookbook Recipes for Savoring the Heritage of Regional Southern Cooking
ISBN: HB: 9780226205724, University of Chicago Press, April 2015
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 36 line drawings
You expect to hear about restaurant kitchens in Charleston, New Orleans, or Memphis perfecting plates of the finest southern cuisine – from hearty red beans and rice to stewed okra to crispy fried chicken. But who would guess that one of the most inn...
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£22,50
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Eating the Enlightenment Food and the Sciences in Paris, 1670-1760
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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Knish In Search of the Jewish Soul Food
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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Land and Wine The French Terroir
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
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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Vegetables A Biography
ISBN: PB: 9780226059952, ISBN: HB: 9780226059945, University of Chicago Press, April 2013
128 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm
From Michael Pollan to locavores, Whole Foods to farmer's markets, today cooks and foodies alike are paying more attention than ever before to the history of the food they bring into their kitchens – and especially to vegetables. Whether it's an heir...
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Aguecheek's Beef, Belch's Hiccup, and Other Gastronomic Interjections Literature, Culture, and Food Among the Early Moderns
ISBN: PB: 9780226021270, ISBN: HB: 9780226021263, University of Chicago Press, June 2012
376 pp., 23x15 cm, 21 halftones
We didn't always eat the way we do today, or think and feel about eating as we now do. But we can trace the roots of our own eating culture back to the culinary world of early modern Europe, which invented cutlery, haute cuisine, the weight-loss diet...
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Oldest Cuisine in the World Cooking in Mesopotamia
ISBN: PB: 9780226067346, ISBN: HB: 9780226067353, University of Chicago Press, April 2011
152 pp., 22.6x15.2 cm
In this intriguing blend of the commonplace and the ancient, Jean Bottero presents the first extensive look at the delectable secrets of Mesopotamia. Bottero's broad perspective takes us inside the religious rites, everyday rituals, attitudes and tab...
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