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The Business of Food
Greenwood Publishing Group 2007; US$ 85.00The business of food and drink is for better and worse the business of our nation and our planet, and to most consumers how it works remains largely a mystery. This encyclopedia takes readers as consumers behind the scenes of the food and drink industries. The contributors come from a wide range of fields, and the scope of this encyclopedia is broad,... more...
Chocolate Fortunes
AMACOM 2009; US$ 3.99Could there be a more intriguing East-meets-West story than one about the introduction of chocolate?that very symbol of Western indulgence?to legendarily austere China? more...
From Kitchen to Consumer
Elsevier Science 1991; US$ 43.00This book contains all the factual, technical, and resource information anyone would need to successfully market and establish a food manufacturing business. It covers such topics as choosing a food product, developing that product,legal and economic aspects of the food marketing business, successful marketing, advertising, packaging, and food safety.... more...
The Summer of Beer and Whiskey
PublicAffairs 2013; US$ 26.99Chris von der Ahe knew next to nothing about base¬ball when he risked his life?s savings to found the franchise that would become the St. Louis Cardinals. Yet the German-born beer garden proprietor would become one of the most important?and funniest?figures in the game?s history. Von der Ahe picked up the team for one reason?to sell more beer. Then... more...
Global Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries
World Bank Publications 2004; US$ 34.99Global Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries presents research findings based on a series of commodity studies of significant economic importance to developing countries. First, the book sets the stage with background chapters and investigations of cross-cutting issues. Trade and domestic policy regimes affecting agricultural and food markets... more...
Trusting Trade and the Private Sector for Food Security in Southeast Asia
World Bank Publications 2011; US$ 24.99Trusting Trade and the Private Sector for Food Security in Southeast Asia challenges policymakers who oversee the rice sector in Southeast Asia and reexamines deep-rooted preceptsabout their responsibilities. The authors argue that fixating on national self-sufficiency hasbeen costly and counterproductive, and cooperation can both improve rice productionat... more...
Candyfreak
Algonquin Books 2004; US$ 21.95Perhaps you remember the whipped splendor of the Choco-Lite, or the luscious Caravelle bar, or maybe the sublime and perfectly balanced Hershey's Cookies 'n Mint. The Marathon, an inimitable rope of caramel covered in chocolate. Oompahs. Bit-O-Choc. The Kit Kat Dark. Steve Almond certainly does. In fact, he was so obsessed by the inexplicable disappearance... more...
China's Cotton Industry
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 138.00The cotton processing industry is a distinct sector of China?s rural economy which recently underwent a momentous transition from plan to market. China is the world?s largest producer as well as consumer of cotton, and cotton processing links the agricultural production of this important commodity to China?s booming textile industry. Alpermann... more...
Great Jerusalem Artichoke Circus
University of Minnesota Press 1993; US$ 57.00In 1981, near the end of America?s second post-World War II energy crisis, and at the onset of the nations most recent farm crisis, American Energy Farming Systems began to sell and distribute what it deemed a ?providential plant? destined to be a new and saving crop? the Jerusalem Artichoke. This volume recounts this story of the bizarre intersection... more...
Food Movements Unite!
Food First Books 2011; US$ 12.99Food Movements Unite! Strategies to transform our food systems The present corporate food regime dominating the planet?s food systems is environmentally destructive, financially volatile and socially unjust. Though the regime?s contributions to the planet?s four-fold food-fuel-finance and climate crises are well documented, the ?solutions? advanced... more...









