A groundbreaking culinary work of extraordinary depth and scope that spans more than one thousand years of history, A Mediterranean Feast tells the sweeping story of the birth of the venerated and diverse cuisines of the Mediterranean. Author Clifford A. Wright weaves together h…
A sweeping culinary history and cookbook of extraordinary scope, with more than 500 recipes from Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, and the Near East.
"M.F.K. Fisher is our host for the potluck of the ages, and there could be no better. The celebrated author of such books as 'The Art of Eating', 'Cooking of Provincial France', and 'With Bold Knife and Fork' knows how to prepare a feast of reading as no other. She has extended …
Ask children where food comes from, and they will probably answer: "the supermarket." Ask most adults, and their replies may not be much different. Where our foods are raised and what happens to them between farm and supermarket shelf have become mysteries. How did we become so …
Cooking: the quintessential art
by This, Hervé, Gagnaire, Pierre
fromCalifornia studies in food and culture
From its intriguing opening question-""How can we reasonably judge a meal?""-to its rewarding conclusion, this beautiful book picks up where Brillat-Savarin left off almost two centuries ago. Hervé This, a cofounder (with the late physicist Nicholas Kurti) of the new approach to…
Cooking: the quintessential art
by This, Hervé, Gagnaire, Pierre
fromCalifornia studies in food and culture
From its intriguing opening question-"How can we reasonably judge a meal?"--To its rewarding conclusion, this beautiful book picks up where Brillat-Savarin left off almost two centuries ago. Hervé This, a cofounder (with the late physicist Nicholas Kurti) of the new approach to …
In Cook, Taste, Learn, the food scientist and author Guy Crosby offers a lively tour of the history and science behind the art of cooking, with a focus on achieving a healthy daily diet. He traces the evolution of cooking from its earliest origins, recounting the innovations tha…
"Cooking food is one of the activities that makes humanity unique. It's not just about what tastes good: advances in cooking technology have been a constant part of our progress, from the ability to control fire to the emergence of agriculture to modern science's understanding o…
"Cooking food is one of the activities that makes humanity unique. It's not just about what tastes good: advances in cooking technology have been a constant part of our progress, from the ability to control fire to the emergence of agriculture to modern science's understanding o…
Cooking food is one of the activities that makes humanity unique. It's not just about what tastes good: advances in cooking technology have been a constant part of our progress, from the ability to control fire to the emergence of agriculture to modern science's understanding of…
"Cooking food is one of the activities that makes humanity unique. It's not just about what tastes good: advances in cooking technology have been a constant part of our progress, from the ability to control fire to the emergence of agriculture to modern science's understanding o…
Cooking food is one of the activities that makes humanity unique. It's not just about what tastes good: advances in cooking technology have been a constant part of our progress, from the ability to control fire to the emergence of agriculture to modern science's understanding of…
