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Learning to Cook in 1898: A Chicago Culinary Memoir
ISBN: 9780814333648 / Angielski / CD-ROM Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Learning to Cook in 1898 is more than just a cookbook or a collection of nostalgic recipes. While the volume does contain treasured family recipes, the book's primary focus is on the efforts Irma Rosenthal Frankenstein took to educate herself about cooking, nutrition, health, and household management as a young, American-born, middle class Chicago bride of Jewish heritage at the turn of the century. In this volume, author Ellen F. Steinberg analyzes primary material found in Irma's "First Cook Book" and memoirs. She focuses on approximately one year in Irma's life during which the... Learning to Cook in 1898 is more than just a cookbook or a collection of nostalgic recipes. While the volume does contain treasured family recipes,... |
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110,58 zł |
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Chilies to Chocolate: Food the Americas Gave the World
ISBN: 9780816513246 / Angielski / Miękka / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Columbus stumbled upon the New World while seeking the riches of the orient, yet native peoples of the Americas already held riches beyond his knowing. From maize to potatoes to native beans, a variety of crops unfamiliar to Europeans were cultivated by indigenous peoples of the Americas, with other foods like chilies and chocolate on hand to make diets all the more interesting (even when used in combination, as aficionados of mole will attest). Chilies to Chocolate traces the biological and cultural history of some New World crops that have worldwide economic importance....
Columbus stumbled upon the New World while seeking the riches of the orient, yet native peoples of the Americas already held riches beyond his ...
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72,96 zł |
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Spices: The Story of Spices the Spices Described
ISBN: 9780820603506 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Volume 1 of Spices covers the history of spices from ancient time to the modern world, description of spices, as well as an outline of trends in the spice industry. An Appendix, in alphabetical order, details the origins and nature of the spices described and additional information on essential oils of the spices. This two volume set is an excellent reference sources for those who need to understand spices.
Volume 1 of Spices covers the history of spices from ancient time to the modern world, description of spices, as well as an outline of trends in the s...
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365,85 zł |
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Rare Bits: Unusual Origins of Popular Recipes
ISBN: 9780821412329 / Angielski / Twarda / 331 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In terms of geological time, good cooks are a young species. They've been evolving for a scant half a million years, since fire was first tamed and tended. "Rare Bits" is a delightful and illuminating account of humankind's progression from skewering meat to whipping up a batch of Strawberries Sarah Bernhardt.
The range is wide, from Bismarcks to Green Goddess dressing. Stevens provides much food for thought as she delves always deeper, brushing aside spurious anecdotes to find the truth. This is culinary history at its most appetizing. Stevens brings serious historical research to a... In terms of geological time, good cooks are a young species. They've been evolving for a scant half a million years, since fire was first tamed and te...
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141,12 zł |
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Rare Bits: Unusual Origins of Popular Recipes
ISBN: 9780821412336 / Angielski / Miękka / 331 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In terms of geological time, good cooks are a young species. They've been evolving for a scant half a million years, since fire was first tamed and tended. Rare Bits is a delightful and illuminating account of humankind's progression from skewering meat to whipping up a batch of Strawberries Sarah Bernhardt. The range is wide, from Bismarcks to Green Goddess dressing. Stevens provides much food for thought as she delves always deeper, brushing aside spurious anecdotes to find the truth. This is culinary history at its most appetizing. Stevens brings serious historical research to a neglected...
In terms of geological time, good cooks are a young species. They've been evolving for a scant half a million years, since fire was first tamed and te...
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72,96 zł |
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The Forgotten Art of Building and Using a Brick Bake Oven, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780911469257 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published by Yankee Magazine in 1977, this book remains the authority on how old-time brick ovens were designed and used. The book explains the evolution of the brick oven from the 17th through the 19th centuries, out lines the basic points to consider in building such an oven today, and describes in detail construction of a brick oven, ash pit complex, including the tools required, procedures to be followed, types of brick and mortar, lintels and doors, plans, dimensions, and actual brickwork, graphically illustrated with photographs, diagrams and drawings. Also covered is how to heat...
First published by Yankee Magazine in 1977, this book remains the authority on how old-time brick ovens were designed and used. The book explains the ...
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63,89 zł |
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Depression Era Recipes
ISBN: 9780934860550 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Learn about the Depression Era, how Grandma cooked, and enjoy simple, basic cooking This book commemorates an era that will never be forgotten, with over 450 back-to-the-basics recipes, household hints, a spice guide and some period poetry.
Learn about the Depression Era, how Grandma cooked, and enjoy simple, basic cooking This book commemorates an era that will never be forgotten, with ...
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38,24 zł |
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Eat My Words: Reading Women's Lives Through the Cookbooks They Wrote
ISBN: 9781403962935 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Some people think that a cookbook is just a collection of recipes for dishes that feed the body. In Eat My Words: Reading Women's Lives through the Cookbooks They Wrote, Janet Theophano shows that cookbooks provide food for the mind and the soul as well. Looking beyond the ingredients and instructions, she shows how women have used cookbooks to assert their individuality, develop their minds, and structure their lives. Beginning in the seventeenth century and moving up through the present day, Theophano reads between the lines of recipes for dandelion wine, "Queen of Puddings," and...
Some people think that a cookbook is just a collection of recipes for dishes that feed the body. In Eat My Words: Reading Women's Lives through the...
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107,56 zł |
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Housekeeping in Old Virginia
ISBN: 9781410105080 / Angielski / Miękka / 532 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1879, this cooking classic was praised by Mrs. President Rutherford B. Hayes, Mrs. Chief Justice M. H. Waite, Mrs. Secretary of State W. M. Evarts, and a wide range of wives of Senators and Governors. The editor was the granddaughter of Patrick Henry, and herself one of the famous housekeepers of Virginia.
Originally published in 1879, this cooking classic was praised by Mrs. President Rutherford B. Hayes, Mrs. Chief Justice M. H. Waite, Mrs. Secretary o...
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128,91 zł |
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The Pantropheon: Or a History of Food and Its Preparation in Ancient Times
ISBN: 9781589633599 / Angielski / Miękka / 556 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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85,87 zł |
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The Cook Book of Left-Overs
ISBN: 9781589636620 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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98,78 zł |
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The French Cook: Englished by I.D.G., 1653
ISBN: 9781870962179 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Published in 1651, this revolutionary recipe book represents a move away from peasant traditions, and lays the foundations of classic French cuisine. La Varenne's was the first recipe book to receive international acclaim, and influenced European cookery for many centuries to come. Little is known of La Varenne's life, or if he was responsible for the considerable innovations that appear in his books, but he was certainly the first to write them down. They include recipes for omelettes, ragouts, bisques and caramel, new ways of spicing and flavouring dishes, many new technical terms and such...
Published in 1651, this revolutionary recipe book represents a move away from peasant traditions, and lays the foundations of classic French cuisine. ...
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204,19 zł |
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Food and the Rites of Passage
ISBN: 9781903018170 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the eleventh volume in the series Food and Society produced by the Leeds Symposium on Food History. Prospect produced last year s proceedings, Feeding a City: York; this book is uniform with that. There are plentiful black and white illustrations throughout; the book is fully indexed and annotated. BAPTISM, MARRIAGE, CHILDBIRTH, DEATH: these are the milestones of life, invariably marked by a feast or comforting rituals founded on food and drink. Some of these habits flourished, then died away think of the cups of wine passed around the gossips gathered at a lying in; others have...
This book is the eleventh volume in the series Food and Society produced by the Leeds Symposium on Food History. Prospect produced last year s proceed...
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194,61 zł |
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Changing Chinese Foodways in Asia
ISBN: 9789622019140 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through the lens of Chinese food, the authors address recent theories in social science concerning cultural identity, ethnicity, boundary formation, consumerism and globalization, and the invention of local cuisine in the context of rapid culture change in East and Southeast Asia. Through the lens of Chinese food, the authors address recent theories in social science concerning cultural identity, ethnicity, boundary formation... |
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165,50 zł |
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Moveable Feasts: The History, Science, and Lore of Food
ISBN: 9780803216327 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Food has functioned both as a source of continuity and as a subject of adaptation over the course of human history. Onions have been a staple of the European diet since the Paleolithic era; by contrast, the orange is once again being cultivated in large quantities in southern China, where it was originally grown. Other foods remain staples of their original regions as well as of the world diet at large. Still others are now grown in places that would have seemed impossible in the past-bananas in heated greenhouses in Iceland, corn on the fringes of the Gobi Desert, tomatoes on the...
Food has functioned both as a source of continuity and as a subject of adaptation over the course of human history. Onions have been a staple of the E...
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71,68 zł |
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Hard to Swallow: A Brief History of Food
ISBN: 9780521064941 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Richard Lacey questions the nature of what we eat in an entertaining and informative way.
Richard Lacey questions the nature of what we eat in an entertaining and informative way.
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242,33 zł |
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La Varenne's Cookery: The French Cook, the French Pastry Chef, the French Confectioner
ISBN: 9781903018415 / Angielski / Twarda / 655 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These three books by Francois Pierre de la Varenne (c. 16151678), who was chef to the Marquis d Uxelles, are the most important French cookery books of the seventeenth century. It was the first French cookery book of any substance since Le Viandier almost 300 years before, and it ran to thirty editions in 75 years. The reason for its success was simply; it was the first book to record and embody the immense advances which French cooking had made, largely under the influence of Italy and the Renaissance, since the fifteenth century. Some characteristics of medieval cookery are still visible,...
These three books by Francois Pierre de la Varenne (c. 16151678), who was chef to the Marquis d Uxelles, are the most important French cookery books o...
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277,42 zł |
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Food in Medieval Times
ISBN: 9780313361760 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Students and other readers will learn about the common foodstuffs available, how and what they cooked, ate, and drank, what the regional cuisines were like, how the different classes entertained and celebrated, and what restrictions they followed for health and faith reasons. Fascinating information is provided, such as on imitation food, kitchen humor, and medical ideas. Many period recipes and quotations flesh out the narrative. The book draws on a variety of period sources, including as literature, account books, cookbooks, religious texts, archaeology, and art. Food was a... Students and other readers will learn about the common foodstuffs available, how and what they cooked, ate, and drank, what the regional cuisines w... |
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122,98 zł |
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The Hamburger: A History
ISBN: 9780300144499 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What do Americans think of when they think of the hamburger? A robust, succulent spheroid of fresh ground beef, the birthright of red-blooded citizens? Or a Styrofoam-shrouded Big Mac, mass-produced to industrial specifications and served by wage slaves to an obese, brainwashed population? Is it cooking or commodity? An icon of freedom or the quintessence of conformity? This fast-paced and entertaining book unfolds the immense significance of the hamburger as an American icon. Josh Ozersky shows how the history of the burger is entwined with American business and culture and, unexpectedly,...
What do Americans think of when they think of the hamburger? A robust, succulent spheroid of fresh ground beef, the birthright of red-blooded citizens...
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128,10 zł |
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Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods [With CD (Audio)]
ISBN: 9780816524648 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods takes readers on a journey through 3,000 years of the history of chocolate. It is a trip filled with surprises. And it is a beautifully illustrated tour, featuring 132 vibrant color photographs and a captivating sixty-minute DVD documentary. Along the way, readers learn about the mystical allure of chocolate for the peoples of Mesoamerica, who were the first to make it and who still incorporate it into their lives and ceremonies today. Although it didn't receive its Western scientific name, Theobroma cacao--"food of the gods"--until the eighteenth...
Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods takes readers on a journey through 3,000 years of the history of chocolate. It is a trip filled with surprises. ...
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126,51 zł |