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  • Eating the Platesby Lucille Recht Penner

    Aladdin 2008; US$ 10.99

    A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. more...

  • Food Culture in Scandinaviaby Henry Notaker

    ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 70.00

    The food cultures of Scandinavian countries are similar in important ways but also have many different traditions because of variations in geography and climate and unique social, cultural and political history. Food Culture in Scandinavia covers Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland's unique and common foodways, all in the context of significant... more...

  • Milkby Hannah Velten

    Reaktion Books 2010; US$ 15.95

    Milk??It does a body good.? It?s difficult to deny the truth of the American Dairy Council?s former advertising campaign. From birth milk is the sustaining and essential food of all mammals. It is the first food we ever taste. And yet, despite that na more...

  • A Feast for All Seasonsby Andrew George; Robert Gairns

    Arsenal Pulp Press 2010; US$ 21.95

    A collection of traditional recipes that provide a fascinating glimpse into Native culture and customs. more...

  • The Oriental, the Ancient and the Primitiveby Jack Goody

    Cambridge University Press 1990; US$ 48.00

    In The Oriental, the Ancient and the Primitive one of the world's most foremost anthropologists looks in depth at kinship practice in Asia, and continues the comparative survey of pre-industrial family formation undertaken in The Development of Family and Marriage in Europe (1983) and elsewhere. Professor Goody's findings cause him to question... more...

  • In Search of Pipe Dreamsby Rick Newcombe

    Sumner Books 2006; US$ 13.99

    Stories of pipe-smoking's greatest craftspeople intertwine with advice and commentary in these essays on the art of pipe smoking. While exploring pipe craftsmanship worldwide, these writings combine tales of the author's visits to Europe's most prestigious pipe-makers with a look at pipe-smoking's history and the hobby's most famous practitioners,... more...

  • Rice Talksby Nir Avieli

    Indiana University Press 2012; US$ 21.99

    Rice Talks explores the importance of cooking and eating in the everyday social life of Hoi An, a properous market town in central Vietnam known for its exceptionally elaborate and sophisticated local cuisine. In a vivid and highly personal account, Nir Avieli takes the reader from the private setting of the extended family meal into the public realm... more...

  • Royal Tasteby Daniëlle De Vooght

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 119.95

    This book addresses the relationship between food consumption, status and power at the royal courts of Europe in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The volume addresses issues of social networks, prestige, politics and diplomacy, banquets and their design, income and spending, economic aims, taste and preference, cultural innovations, social... more...

  • You Don't Know Sh*tby Doug Mayer; Val Stori; Tod von Jahnes

    St. Martin's Press 2011; US$ 12.99

    A brilliant miscellany of all things scatalogical ? You Don?t Know Sh*t glides from the sublime heights of human ingenuity to the lowest of the lower depths.  It?s the ultimate human journey.??Frederick Kaufman, author of Wasteland It?s part of all of our lives. But how much do you really know about poop, scat, sh*t, excrement?  From the... more...

  • Coffeeby Fritz Allhoff; Scott F. Parker; Michael W. Austin; Donald Schoenholt

    Wiley 2011; US$ 20.95

    Offering philosophical insights into the popular morning brew, Coffee -- Philosophy for Everyone kick starts the day with an entertaining but critical discussion of the ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and culture of coffee. Matt Lounsbury of pioneering business Stumptown Coffee discusses just how good coffee can be Caffeine-related chapters cover... more...