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Apple : A Global History by Erika Janik
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
'Gravenstein', 'Coe's Golden Drop', 'Mendocino Cox': the names sound like something from Tolkien or the ingredients in a fairy potion rather than the names of fruit. But as befits their magical names apples - both real and imaginary - have transfixed and beguiled humans for thousands of years. "Apple: A ...Show more
Avocado - A Global History by Jeff Miller
Category: Cook Books | Series: Edible Ser.
The avocado is arguably the most iconic food of the twenty-first century. In less than one-hundred years, it has gone from a little-known regional delicacy to global embrace and social media fame. This may seem like an astounding trajectory for a fruit that isn't sweet, that gets bitter when it is cooke ...Show more
Banana : A Global History by Lorna Piatti-Farnell
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
For over a century, the banana has been the world's favourite fruit. Quick and easy to eat, tasty and versatile, the banana is a staple of many diets around the globe. Its history, however, is more than simply a succession of happy family scenes and appealing exotic locations. The growth and development ...Show more
Barbeque : A Global History by Jonathan Deutsch
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
From the first barbecues of ancient Africa to Fijian pig and Chinese char siu, meat that's been slowly roasted over a smoky fire is enjoyed around the globe - and with an infinite variety of spices, sauces and sides. A muscular, sinewy account of this quintessentially red-blooded pursuit, Barbecue explo ...Show more
Beans - A Global History by Natalie Rachel Morris
Category: Cook Books | Series: Edible Ser.
Beans are considered a basic staple in most kitchen cupboards, yet these unassuming foodstuffs have a very long history: there is evidence that beans have been eaten for 9,000 years. Whether dried, frozen, or canned, beans have substantial nutritional and environmental benefits, and can easily be made i ...Show more
Beef : A Global History by Lorna Piatti-Farnell
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
Beef is everywhere, throughout history and around the globe. Starting from the premise that beef farming, cooking and eating can be found in virtually all countries in the world, Beef explores the social, cultural and economic factors that shaped the production and consumption of beef throughout history ...Show more
Beer : A Global History by Gavin D. Smith
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
Pilsners, blonde ales, India pale ales, lagers, porters, stouts: the varieties and styles of beer are endless. But as diverse as the drink is, its appeal is universal - beer is the most-consumed alcoholic beverage in the world. From pubs and inns to restaurants, bars and microbreweries, beer has made ...Show more
Berries : A Global History by Heather Arndt Anderson
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
Cheerfully offering themselves to passersby, berries have been juicy staples of the human diet for millennia. They are good luck charms and amulets to some, portents of doom to others. They inspire everything from lip gloss flavors to amusement parks (Knott's Berry Farm, anyone?)--but eat some varieties ...Show more
Brandy: A Global History by Becky Sue Epstein
Category: Culinary Theory | Series: Edible
Made from distilled grape wine and produced in countries spanning the globe, brandy is a spirit loved by many, long associated with refined taste and sophisticated consumption. Yet it has recently welcomed a new surge in popularity thanks to exciting new cocktail trends - today it has taken on a new lif ...Show more
Bread : A Global History by William Rubel
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
Bread has been one of the principal forms of food for man from earliest times. Loaves and rolls have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs and wheat has been found in pits where human settlements flourished 8,000 years ago. Bread, both leavened and unleavened, is mentioned in the Bible many times. Bread ...Show more
Breakfast Cereal - A Global History by Kathryn Cornell Dolan (Contribution by)
Category: Food & Wine | Series: Edible Ser.
Oats, an ancient grain used for that most enduring breakfast meal, porridge, have been found preserved in 5,000-year-old European 'bog bodies', The word 'cereal' derives from the name of the Roman goddess of agriculture, Ceres, Scotland hosts the annual porridge festival known as the Golden Spurtle Worl ...Show more
Cabbage : A Global History by Meg Muckenhoupt
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible Ser.
Cabbage has as many faces as it does leafy furbelows. How could a vegetable be so beloved, so universal, and at the same time so disdained? One of the oldest crops in the world, cabbage has for millennia provided European and Asian peoples with vitamins A and C . . . and babies--a belief lent credence b ...Show more