The Gentleman's Companion: Being an Exotic Drinking Book Or, Around the World with Jigger, Beaker and Flask
ISBN: 9781626541139 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During prohibition, Charles Baker traveled the world in search of exotic alcoholic beverages in addition to interesting people with whom he could share them. "The Gentleman's Companion: The Exotic Drinking Book" is the summation of Baker's drinking experiences abroad. Baker accents his tales of high adventure with recipes for cocktails and other alcoholic beverages that were considered unusual specimens in the 1920s and 30s. Baker, a captivating storyteller, wrote about food and drink for a number of well-known magazines. In this travelogue he relates how notorious figures, including... During prohibition, Charles Baker traveled the world in search of exotic alcoholic beverages in addition to interesting people with whom he could s... |
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86,34 zł |
Cooking as Fast as I Can: A Chef's Story of Family, Food, and Forgiveness
ISBN: 9781476766157 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Affecting....as warm and comforting as a home-cooked meal" (People), a no-holds-barred memoir on Southern life, Greek heritage, same sex marriage--and the meals that have shaped her memories--from the Food Network star and first female winner of Iron Chef, Cat Cora. Before she became a renowned chef and Food Network star, Cat Cora was just a girl from Jackson, Mississippi, where days were slow and every meal was made from scratch. By the age of fifteen, Cora was writing the business plan for her first restaurant. Her love of cooking started in her Greek home, where fresh feta and...
"Affecting....as warm and comforting as a home-cooked meal" (People), a no-holds-barred memoir on Southern life, Greek heritage, same sex marri...
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73,01 zł |
The EFFIN Hostility/Hospitality Industry: Tales of the Food and Beverage Biz
ISBN: 9781523280483 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a collection of wild tales and bizarre behind the scenes happenings from four east coast, career servers in the food and beverage industry. Their careers have been supported by their ability to be warm, hospitable, courteous and welcoming at all times. But truth is this world is much more like a battle field. For the most part, it is the stigma that many consider this particular population to be nothing more than faceless servants, who must be soft-witted to do what they do. Servers are expected to be readily available, yet remain inconspicuous. This is a truly humbling...
This book is a collection of wild tales and bizarre behind the scenes happenings from four east coast, career servers in the food and beverage industr...
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67,59 zł |
Driving Hungry: A Delicious Journey, from Buenos Aires to New York to Berlin
ISBN: 9780345802675 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Adrift in Buenos Aires, Layne Mosler was hungry for an excellent (and cheap) meal, for a great story, for a new direction. A chance recommendation from a taxi driver helped her find all these things, and sparked a quest that would take her to three cities, meeting people from all walks of life, and finding an array of unexpected flavors. A story about following your passion, the pleasures of not always knowing your destination, and the beauty of chance encounters, Driving Hungryis a vivid, and inspiring, read from first to last. "Adrift in Buenos Aires, Layne Mosler was hungry for an excellent (and cheap) meal, for a great story, for a new direction. A chance recommendation ... |
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90,18 zł |
Cooking with Kip: A Cook's Memoir
ISBN: 9781491782026 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kip Meyerhoff learned how to cook from his father, a New York City gangster who got his formal training in culinary arts while doing a stretch in prison. His dad taught him the axioms of cooking: a little sugar can go a long way; bitterness can spoil your appetite for life; tarts are not always a just dessert; heat can reduce heat; and hot is not always hot. Kip wanted to learn more, so his father turned him over to a succession of hotel chefs. Soon he was searing and broiling, baking and boiling, sauteing and flambeing, roasting and toasting. He looks back at his... Kip Meyerhoff learned how to cook from his father, a New York City gangster who got his formal training in culinary arts while doing a stretch in p... |
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85,68 zł |
France Is a Feast: The Photographic Journey of Paul and Julia Child
ISBN: 9780500519073 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Their wanderings through the French capital and countryside, frequently photographed by Paul, would help lead to the classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and Julia's brilliant and celebrated career in books and on television. Though Paul was an accomplished photographer (his work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art), his photographs remained out of the public eye until the publication of Julia's memoir, My Life in France, in which several of his images were included. Now, with more than 200 of Paul's photographs and personal stories recounted by his... Their wanderings through the French capital and countryside, frequently photographed by Paul, would help lead to the classic Mastering the Art ... |
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150,31 zł |
Slice Harvester: A Memoir in Pizza
ISBN: 9781476790541 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When a twenty-something punk rocker eats a cheese slice from every pizzeria in New York City over the course of two years, he also gets sober, falls in love, and starts a blog. He is the Slice Harvester, and "everyone has something to gain from this tale of blackouts, almost burning out, and too-burned crusts" (Newsweek). In August 2009, Colin Hagendorf set out to review every regular slice of pizza in Manhattan, and his blog, Slice Harvester, was born. Two years and 435 slices later, he'd been featured in The Wall Street Journal and the New York Daily...
When a twenty-something punk rocker eats a cheese slice from every pizzeria in New York City over the course of two years, he also gets sober, falls i...
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68,67 zł |
Save Room for Pie: Food Songs and Chewy Ruminations
ISBN: 9780374536886 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Our best-laid plans will yield to fate. Roy Blount Jr. is one of America's most cherished comic writers. He's been compared to Mark Twain and James Thurber, and his books have been called everything from "a work of art" (Robert W. Creamer, The New York Times Book Review) to "a book to read till it falls apart" (Newsweek). Now, in Save Room for Pie, he applies his much-praised wit and charm to a rich and fundamental topic: food. As a lifelong eater, Blount always got along easy with food--he didn't... Our best-laid plans will yield to fate. Roy Blount Jr. is one of America's most cherish... |
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85,89 zł |
A Lucky Life
ISBN: 9780996780261 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A LUCKY LIFE Memoirs of an amazing Man Kenneth Hugh Harrison was picked up by his father from an orphanage at the age of seven. He successfully survived: the Depression, starvation, the Battle of Britain and malaria in West Africa. He likes to say he's had "three wives and three lives," including careers as petty officer and steward in the Royal Navy, sailing on great liners like the Queens Elizabeth and Mary. In his third and American incarnation, Ken obtained a master's degree from Reed College and for many years was an English teacher and soccer coach. Now, happily retired in Carmel,...
A LUCKY LIFE Memoirs of an amazing Man Kenneth Hugh Harrison was picked up by his father from an orphanage at the age of seven. He successfully surviv...
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67,34 zł |
The Hairy Bikers Blood, Sweat and Tyres: The Autobiography
ISBN: 9781474601429 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Si King and Dave Myers, AKA the Hairy Bikers have traveled an interesting road. Born in the north of England, both Si and Dave had their childhood challenges. For Si, being bullied as the fat kid in class was part of his daily school routine. For Dave, his life changed when he became a childhood carer for his mother. But through the challenges of their early years came a love of really good food.
And it was food that brought Si and Dave together. Their eyes met over a curry and a pint on the set of a Catherine Cooksoon drama, and they knew they would be firm and fast friends for life.... Si King and Dave Myers, AKA the Hairy Bikers have traveled an interesting road. Born in the north of England, both Si and Dave had their childhood cha...
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56,74 zł |
The Tormentor
ISBN: 9781532000348 / Angielski / Miękka / 680 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Monsieur Arthur Valois Dourville de Montrissart was a short cynical man who distrussed everything and demeaned almost everybody. The lack of refinement in his personality, his devious attitude betrayed his self proclaimed aristocratic name of Valois Dourville de Montrissart. Arthur was far to be a chivalrous knight. As the owner of a classy French restaurant Le Cerisier, he displayed these characteristics to the disgust of his dedicated employees. For many ordinary working men, Arthur's hostile management was enough reason to quit, just as Leansing, Camille and chef Picharon did. But not... Monsieur Arthur Valois Dourville de Montrissart was a short cynical man who distrussed everything and demeaned almost everybody. The lack of refine... |
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111,62 zł |
Longthroat Memoirs: Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds
ISBN: 9781911115267 / Angielski / Miękka / 357 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of the John Avery Award at the Andre Simon Food & Drink Book Awards 2016. "A breathtakingly original and fresh piece of food writing, which I found myself compulsively rereading. Aribisala is that rare writer who makes you laugh while also informing you about Nigerian food, which, as she points out, is something that has been 'misunderstood, atrociously photographed, not yet given its due.' Thanks to this book, this should now change."--Bee Wilson, food critic, author, and journalist "Aribisala summersaults through geography, economics, popular culture,... Winner of the John Avery Award at the Andre Simon Food & Drink Book Awards 2016. "A breathtakingly original and fresh piece... |
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72,80 zł |
Hunger : A Memoir of (My) Body
ISBN: 9780062569714 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the New York Times best-selling author of Bad Feminist, a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself.
"I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . . I was trapped in my body, one that I barely recognized or understood, but at least I was safe."... From the New York Times best-selling author of Bad Feminist, a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and... |
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101,41 zł |
Milly's Real Food: 100+ Easy and Delicious Recipes to Comfort, Restore and Put a Smile on Your Face
ISBN: 9780008215033 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. MILLY'S REAL FOOD is all about going back to basics and creating tasty classics from scratch with a modern twist, making food a pleasure; both the ritual of cooking and the joy of eating. Recipes that embrace sustainable and accessible ingredients, easy methods and a refreshingly fad-free approach to home cooking.
MILLY'S REAL FOOD is all about going back to basics and creating tasty classics from scratch with a modern twist, making food a pleasure; both the rit...
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127,56 zł |
Colonel Sanders and the American Dream
ISBN: 9781477314753 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben to the Jolly Green Giant and Ronald McDonald, corporate icons sell billions of dollars' worth of products. But only one of them was ever a real person--Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken/KFC. From a 1930s roadside cafe in Corbin, Kentucky, Harland Sanders launched a fried chicken business that now circles the globe, serving "finger lickin' good" chicken to more than twelve million people every day. But to get there, he had to give up control of his company and even his own image, becoming a mere symbol to people today who don't know that Colonel... From Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben to the Jolly Green Giant and Ronald McDonald, corporate icons sell billions of dollars' worth of products. But only ... |
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76,41 zł |
Old Farm Country Cookbook: Recipes, Menus, and Memories
ISBN: 9780870208300 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Jerry Apps was growing up on a Wisconsin farm in the 1930s and 1940s, times were tough. Yet most folks living on farms had plenty to eat. Preparing food from scratch was just the way things were done, and people knew what was in their food and where it came from. Delicious meals were at the center of every family and social affair, whether it be a threshing-day dinner with all the neighbors, the end-of-school-year picnic, or just a hearty supper after chores were done. As Jerry writes, "For me food will always be associated with times of good eating, storytelling, laughter, and...
When Jerry Apps was growing up on a Wisconsin farm in the 1930s and 1940s, times were tough. Yet most folks living on farms had plenty to eat. Prepari...
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124,33 zł |
Famous Nathan
ISBN: 9781250074553 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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98,73 zł |
The Gentleman's Companion: Being an Exotic Drinking Book Or, Around the World with Jigger, Beaker and Flask
ISBN: 9781684221295 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 2017 Reprint of 1939 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Charles H. Baker, Jr., wrote five collections of recipes that are far more than cookbooks, and impossible to classify. Baker states his chief tenet that informs his work: that all truly interesting people-sportsman, explorers, musicians, scientists, vagabonds and writers-were vitally interested in good things to eat and drink; cared for exotic and intriguing ways of composing them. We soon discovered further that this keen interest was not solely through gluttony, the... 2017 Reprint of 1939 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Charles H. Baker, Jr., wro... |
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91,10 zł |
Arbitrary Stupid Goal
ISBN: 9781250183910 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Arbitrary Stupid Goal, Tamara Shopsin takes the reader on a pointillist time-travel trip to the Greenwich Village of her bohemian 1970s childhood, a funky, tight-knit small town in the big city, long before Sex and the City tours and luxury condos.
In Arbitrary Stupid Goal, Tamara Shopsin takes the reader on a pointillist time-travel trip to the Greenwich Village of her bohemian 1970s childhood, ...
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77,30 zł |
Cupid Hates Me: True Dating Tales of the Self-Proclaimed Sexy Ogre
ISBN: 9781532015212 / Angielski / Miękka / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most of us have been there: that horrible, God-awful date you just can’t wait to get home and dish about with your friends, then eat a big bowl of ice cream while you soak in the tub watching some funny show streaming on your smartphone. To those who haven’t had that experience: we hate you. Luckily for the rest of us, one man is brave enough to face the madness of dating in this crazy world. He goes into the dating battle armed only with his resolve to meet “The One.” Will he meet her? Will she meet him? How many cats does it take to make you crazy? All these... Most of us have been there: that horrible, God-awful date you just can’t wait to get home and dish about with your friends, then eat a big bo... |
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124,50 zł |