The Man Who Ate the World: In Search of the Perfect Dinner
ISBN: 9780805090239 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A hilarious and insightful journey into the world of restaurant meals."--Mario Batali "Nobody goes to restaurants for nutritional reasons. They go for the experience. And what price a really top experience?" What price indeed? Fearlessly, and with great wit and verve, award-winning restaurant critic Jay Rayner goes in search of the perfect meal. From the Tokyo sushi chef who offers a toast of snake-infused liquor to close a spectacular meal, to Joel Robuchon in Las Vegas where Robuchon himself eagerly watches his guest's every mouthful, to seven three-star Michelin... "A hilarious and insightful journey into the world of restaurant meals."--Mario Batali "Nobody goes to restaurants for nutritional re... |
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90,63 zł |
The Battle for Wine and Love: Or How I Saved the World from Parkerization
ISBN: 9780156033268 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "I want my wines to tell a good story. I want them natural and most of all, like my dear friends, I want them to speak the truth even if we argue," says Alice Feiring. Join her as she sets off on her one-woman crusade against the tyranny of homogenization, wine consultants, and, of course, the 100-point scoring system of a certain all-powerful wine writer. Traveling through the ancient vineyards of the Loire and Champagne, to Piedmont and Spain, she goes in search of authentic barolo, the last old-style rioja, and the tastiest new terroir-driven champagnes. She reveals just what goes into... "I want my wines to tell a good story. I want them natural and most of all, like my dear friends, I want them to speak the truth even if we argue,"... |
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86,27 zł |
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
ISBN: 9780812981117 / Angielski / Miękka / 289 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
At an early age, Ruth Reichl discovered that -food could be a way of making sense of the world. . . . If you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were.- Her deliciously crafted memoir, Tender at the Bone, is the story of a life determined, enhanced, and defined in equal measure by a passion for food, unforgettable people, and the love of tales well told. Beginning with Reichl's mother, the notorious food-poisoner known as the Queen of Mold, Reichl introduces us to the fascinating characters who shaped her world and her... NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
At an early age, Ruth Reichl discovered that -food could be a way of making sense of the world. . . . I... |
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94,94 zł |
Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father's Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater
ISBN: 9780547336893 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A memoir about the joys of food and parenting and the wild melange of the two Matthew Amster-Burton was a restaurant critic and food writer long before he and his wife, Laurie, had Iris. Now he s a full-time, stay-at-home Dad and his experience with food has changed . . . a little. He's come to realize that kids don t need puree in a jar or special menus at restaurants, and that raising an adventurous eater is about exposure, invention, and patience. He writes of the highs and lows of teaching your child about food--the high of rediscovering how something tastes for the first time... A memoir about the joys of food and parenting and the wild melange of the two Matthew Amster-Burton was a restaurant critic and food writer long... |
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81,95 zł |
The Joy Of Eating : The Virago Book of Food
ISBN: 9781860499050 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beatrix Potter wove one of her most malicious tales around the roly-poly pudding. Colette counted the nuts she would pick before falling asleep in the French countryside. Dorothy Wordsworth noted her pie-making sessions in her diary and Anne Frank observed the eating habits of her companions in hiding. Food is a constant in our lives, and it has always been a basic ingredient of women's writingin household books, cookbooks, diaries, letters, and fiction. In this anthology concentrating on international food writing by women, indulge your appetite with such diverse writers asEdwidge Danticat,...
Beatrix Potter wove one of her most malicious tales around the roly-poly pudding. Colette counted the nuts she would pick before falling asleep in the...
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187,49 zł |
The Cook - The Engineer: A Collection of Stories and Recipes
ISBN: 9780595530489 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pursuing a passion for food and cooking seemed far removed from the familiar routine of civil engineering practice. However, attending culinary school and testing these new skills in a restaurant, Jess Schroeder opened an exciting new chapter in his life. Balancing full-time engineering with these pursuits was a challenge, but achievable and rewarding.
One might think that cooking and engineering are completely different. However, similarities do exist. The Cook-The Engineer shares perceptions about contrasts and similarities between cooking and engineering. Then, the author's personal... Pursuing a passion for food and cooking seemed far removed from the familiar routine of civil engineering practice. However, attending culinary school...
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77,46 zł |
Omelette and a Glass of Wine
ISBN: 9781599218601 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Savor her book in a comfortable chair, with a glass of sherry. Bon Appetit Elizabeth David has the intelligence, subtlety, sensuality, courage and creative force of the true artist. Wine and Food The best food writer of her time. Jane Grigson, Times Literary SupplementAn Omelette and a Glass of Wine is a culinary classic by the greatest food writer of the mid-twentieth century, and one of the greatest food writers of any era. This revered volume contains a collection of articles Elizabeth David originally wrote for magazines and newspapers such as the Spectator, Gourmet, Vogue, and the Sunday...
Savor her book in a comfortable chair, with a glass of sherry. Bon Appetit Elizabeth David has the intelligence, subtlety, sensuality, courage and cre...
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73,14 zł |
Food, Feminisms, Rhetorics
ISBN: 9780809335909 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inspired by the need for interpretations and critiques of the varied messages surrounding what and how we eat, Food, Feminisms, Rhetorics collects eighteen essays that demonstrate the importance of food and food-related practices as sites of scholarly study, particularly from feminist rhetorical perspectives.
Inspired by the need for interpretations and critiques of the varied messages surrounding what and how we eat, Food, Feminisms, Rhetorics collects eig...
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263,67 zł |
M.F.K. Fisher: An Annotated Bibliography
ISBN: 9781492183433 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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135,85 zł |
Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Mea
ISBN: 9780802144935 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A staple of the food-writing genre that prefigured the current locavore and foodist movements by almost two decades, Margaret Visser s "Much Depends on Dinner" is a delightful and intelligent history of the food we eat, and a cornucopia of incredible details about the ways we do it.
Presented as a meal, each chapter of Much Depends on Dinner represents a different course or garnish, which Margaret Visser handpicks from the most ordinary American dinner: corn on the cob with butter and salt, roast chicken with rice, salad dressed in lemon juice and olive oil, and ice cream. Visser tells the... A staple of the food-writing genre that prefigured the current locavore and foodist movements by almost two decades, Margaret Visser s "Much Depends o...
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86,31 zł |
Cornbread Nation 5: The Best of Southern Food Writing
ISBN: 9780820335070 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The fifth volume in this popular series from the Southern Foodways Alliance spans the food cultures of the South. "Cornbread Nation 5," lovingly edited by accomplished food writer Fred W. Sauceman, celebrates food and the ways in which it forges unexpected relationships between people and places. In this collection of more than seventy essays and poems, we read about the food that provides nourishment as well as a sense of community and shared history. Essays examine Nashville's obsession with hot chicken and the South's passion for congealed foods. There are stories of green tomatoes... The fifth volume in this popular series from the Southern Foodways Alliance spans the food cultures of the South. "Cornbread Nation 5," lovingly ed... |
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120,61 zł |
Eating for Beginners: An Education in the Pleasures of Food from Chefs, Farmers, and One Picky Kid
ISBN: 9780547520353 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With grace, humor, and irresistible recipes, the author of Girl Sleuth takes us on her journey as an amateur chef, amateur farmer, and amateur parent With grace, humor, and irresistible recipes, the author of Girl Sleuth takes us on her journey as an amateur chef, amateur farmer, and amateur pare... |
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86,27 zł |
Man with a Pan: Culinary Adventures of Fathers Who Cook for Their Families
ISBN: 9781565129856 / Angielski / Miękka / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Look who's making dinner Twenty-one of our favorite writers and chefs expound upon the joys-and perils-of feeding their families. Mario Batali's kids gobble up monkfish liver and foie gras. Peter Kaminsky's youngest daughter won't eat anything at all. Mark Bittman reveals the four stages of learning to cook. Stephen King offers tips about what to cook when you don't feel like cooking. And Jim Harrison shows how good food and wine trump expensive cars and houses. This book celebrates those who toil behind the stove, trying to nourish and please. Their tales are accompanied by more...
Look who's making dinner Twenty-one of our favorite writers and chefs expound upon the joys-and perils-of feeding their families. Mario Batali's ...
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68,83 zł |
Culinary Tourism
ISBN: 9780813129853 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ""From Kosher Oreos to the gentrification of Mexican cusine, from the charismatic cook of Basque communities in Spain and the United States to the mainstreaming of southwestern foodways, Culinary Tourism maps a lively cultural and intellectual terrain."" -- from the foreword by Barbara Kirshenblatt-GimblettCulinary Tourism is the first book to consider food as both a destination and a means for tourism. The book's contributors examine the many intersections of food, culture and tourism in public and commercial contexts, in private and domestic settings, and around the world. The... ""From Kosher Oreos to the gentrification of Mexican cusine, from the charismatic cook of Basque communities in Spain and the United States to the ... |
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138,16 zł |
Entre Fourchette Et Baguettes: Plaisir Et Sagesse Au Menu
ISBN: 9781426950421 / Francuski / Miękka / 696 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Un tour du monde gourmand des plus grandes traditions alimentaires favorisant la vitalite, la longevite et la sante optimale: Japon - Chine - Inde - Vietnam - Thailande - Crete - Grece - Italie - Provence Explorez les secrets de sante de la cuisine asiatique et mediterraneenne Decouvrez les meilleures recommandations alimentaires en fonction des plus grandes recherches nutritionnelles Apprenez a adapter chacune de ces recommandations a votre condition personnelle a l'aide de la medecine traditionnelle orientale En appliquant les principes de ce livre vous pourrez: Exprimer votre pleine...
Un tour du monde gourmand des plus grandes traditions alimentaires favorisant la vitalite, la longevite et la sante optimale: Japon - Chine - Inde - V...
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172,40 zł |
Saucy Broad: A Culinary Manifesto of Hope: A Culinary Manifesto of Hope
ISBN: 9780983078319 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Reader's Cookbook The Saucy Broad is a regular gal, just like you. She doesn't have a television show, a research budget, a world-famous blog, a hair and makeup expert, or a huge ego (yet). She is always on the lookout for creative recipes to personalize and perfect, and this book is her way of sharing those recipes with you Because food is a personal experience, each recipe is accompanied by a engaging personal story. From appetizers and breads to main dishes, desserts, and drinks, this book is a reminder to enjoy the food and the people in your life If you're tired of cookbooks full of...
A Reader's Cookbook The Saucy Broad is a regular gal, just like you. She doesn't have a television show, a research budget, a world-famous blog, a hai...
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67,92 zł |
Human Cuisine
ISBN: 9781419693915 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There's something about the idea of munching on a nice leg o' man that makes everyone want to be a comedian. We use jokes to hide anxiety about touchy subjects, of course, but it's more than nervous laughter. People like to discuss eating people--once someone else brings up the subject. William Bueller Seabrook, a man who acquired more firsthand knowledge about the fundamental facts of cannibalism than most of the civilized people who talk about it, wrote about cannibals in 1931, 'Even aside from their delightful humorous aspect they are a highly interesting and wholly legitimate subject,...
There's something about the idea of munching on a nice leg o' man that makes everyone want to be a comedian. We use jokes to hide anxiety about touchy...
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76,99 zł |
Mrs. Letsaveit
ISBN: 9781456518615 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mrs. Letsaveit learned some things from "Irma Brombeck" and "Mrs. Goldberg." She stirred what she took from them into "Water for Chocolate." Out came a group of funny stories with a true blue recipe in almost every one.
Mrs. Letsaveit learned some things from "Irma Brombeck" and "Mrs. Goldberg." She stirred what she took from them into "Water for Chocolate." Out came ...
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49,84 zł |
The Culinary Imagination: From Myth to Modernity
ISBN: 9780393067651 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What does it mean to transform raw stuff into cooked dishes, which then become part of our own bodies; to savor festive meals yet resolve to renounce gluttony; to act as predators where in another life we might have become prey? Do the rituals of the kitchen have different meanings for men and women, for professional chefs and home cooks? Why, today, do so many of us turn so passionately toward table topics, on the page, online, and on screen? What are the philosophical implications of the food chain on which we all find ourselves InThe Culinary Imagination, Gilbert addresses these...
What does it mean to transform raw stuff into cooked dishes, which then become part of our own bodies; to savor festive meals yet resolve to renounce ...
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118,50 zł |
House and Home Papers (Trade)
ISBN: 9781429097437 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume of essays and short stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe was written under the pseudonym Christopher Crowfield. As with many women of her time, Stowe took on a male pseudonym in order to make her work more acceptable to male dominated literary outlets, such as the Atlantic Monthly, where these works were originally published. Focusing on the domestic American household of the 1860s, the short pieces comment on the changes wrought by the Civil War. The wartime economic boom brought inexpensive consumer goods to more households. What was once a homey, comfortable parlor, the center of...
This volume of essays and short stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe was written under the pseudonym Christopher Crowfield. As with many women of her time...
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126,83 zł |