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Man Bites Dog: Hot Dog Culture in America
AltaMira Press 2012; US$ 39.99Man Bites Dog explores the meaning of the great democratic food, the hot dog, in American culture and will serve as the definitive pop culture book for the general public on the history, people, décor, and venues associated with various styles of hot dogs in this country. The gustatory, cultural, social, economic, and imaginative aspects of the... more...
Daniel
Grand Central Publishing 2013; US$ 19.99Daniel Boulud, one of America's most respected and successful chefs, delivers a definitive, yet personalcookbook on his love of French food. From coming of age as a young chef to adapting French cuisine to American ingredients and tastes, Daniel Boulud reveals how he expresses his culinary artistry at Restaurant Daniel. With more than 75 signature... more...
Pork
Reaktion Books 2012; US$ 18.00“Pork. The Other White Meat.” The well known National Pork Board slogan doesn’t begin to describe the many types of meat that fall under the umbrella of “pork.” The most versatile of meats, pork ranges from the rich, delicate succulence of a roast loin to the dry, salty assertiveness of pancetta and bacon. Since the Roman... more...
Pudding
Reaktion Books 2013; US$ 18.00Pudding usually brings to mind flavors like chocolate, vanilla, and tapioca, but prepackaged pudding cups don’t even scratch the surface of global pudding varieties—the term can denote dishes containing candied fruits and nuts or even frugal blends of little more than flour and suet. Pudding: A Global History explains how puddings developed... more...
The Way We Ate
Touchstone 2013; Not AvailableFrom the food photographers and creators of the popular blog The Way We Ate comes a lavishly illustrated journey through the rich culinary tradition of the last American century, with 100 recipes from the nation's top chefs and food personalities. The blog The Way We Ate , launched in 2011 by Noah Fecks and Paul Wagtouicz as a retrospective... more...
The Way We Ate
Touchstone 2013; Not AvailableFrom the food photographers and creators of the popular blog The Way We Ate comes a lavishly illustrated journey through the rich culinary tradition of the last American century, with 100 recipes from the nation's top chefs and food personalities. The blog The Way We Ate , launched in 2011 by Noah Fecks and Paul Wagtouicz as a retrospective... more...
The Way We Ate
Touchstone 2013; US$ 32.00From the food photographers and creators of the popular blog The Way We Ate comes a lavishly illustrated journey through the rich culinary tradition of the last American century, with 100 recipes from the nation's top chefs and food personalities. The blog The Way We Ate , launched in 2011 by Noah Fecks and Paul Wagtouicz as a retrospective... more...
Recipes from an Edwardian Country House
Atria Books/Marble Arch Press 2013; US$ 16.00A nostalgic culinary pilgrimage, rediscovering the sort of classic, robust, wholesome food that would have emerged from the kitchen of an Edwardian country house like Downton Abbey . In this attractive cookbook, Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall takes us on a nostalgic culinary pilgrimage, rediscovering classic recipes from the Edwardian kitchen. With... more...
Eating Right in the Renaissance
University of California Press 2002; US$ 45.00Eating right has been an obsession for longer than we think. Renaissance Europe had its own flourishing tradition of dietary advice. Then, as now, an industry of experts churned out diet books for an eager and concerned public. Providing a cornucopia of information on food and an intriguing account of the differences between the nutritional logic of... more...
Zinfandel
University of California Press 2003; US$ 35.00The Zinfandel grape?currently producing big, rich, luscious styles of red wine?has a large, loyal, even fanatical following in California and around the world. The grape, grown predominantly in California, has acquired an almost mythic status?in part because of the caliber of its wines and its remarkable versatility, and in part because of the mystery... more...









