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Eating the Plates
Aladdin 2008; US$ 10.99A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. more...
Food Culture in Scandinavia
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 70.00The 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...
A Feast for All Seasons
Arsenal Pulp Press 2010; US$ 21.95A collection of traditional recipes that provide a fascinating glimpse into Native culture and customs. more...
The Oriental, the Ancient and the Primitive
Cambridge University Press 1990; US$ 48.00In 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 Dreams
Sumner Books 2006; US$ 13.99Stories 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 Talks
Indiana University Press 2012; US$ 21.99Rice 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 Taste
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 119.95This 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*t
St. Martin's Press 2011; US$ 12.99A 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...
Coffee
Wiley 2011; US$ 20.95Offering 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...









