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Can It! - A History of Preserved Foods by Gary Allen
Category: Culinary Theory
What do beer, cheese, yogurt, sauerkraut, miso, jam, even chocolate--I'll bet you didn't know--have in common? They are all preserved foods. Artisanal canned tomatoes and homemade kimchee might be trendy items now, but they come from a culinary need as old as human civilization itself. Can It celebrates ...Show more
Herbs : A Global History by Gary Allen
Category: Cooking | Series: Edible
You can't make pesto alla Genovese without basil or a Mojito without mint. You can use peppermint to settle an upset stomach, ease arthritis pain with stinging nettles, and heal burns and wounds with aloe vera. And then there is cannabis, perhaps the most notorious herb of all. Despite the fact that her ...Show more
Painting Masterclass by GARY ALLEN-GARY
Category: Art-wh
Combines in one volume the most enduring mediums and painting subjects - watercolour, acrylics, oils, landscapes, the human body and flowers - arranged in six self-contained and comprehensive sections.
Sauces Reconsidered: Apres Escoffier by Gary Allen
Category: Food and Drink | Series: Rowman and Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy Ser.
Sauces Reconsidered: Apr s Escoffier replaces the traditional French hierarchy of sauces with a modern version based on the sauces' physical properties. While it is not a traditional cookbook, it does include many recipes. Cooks need not slavishly follow them, however, as the recipes illustrate their un ...Show more
Sausage : A Global History by Gary Allen
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
When you get right down to it, taking the intestine of an animal and stuffing it with the ground meat of that animal doesn’t really seem all that intuitive an approach to food preparation. But, as Gary Allen shows in this rich and engaging history, people worldwide have been making sausage for thousands ...Show more