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Cake : A Global History by Nicola Humble
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
What birthday, wedding, bar mitzvah or children's party would be complete without a cake? In nutritional terms cake is completely unnecessary, and yet it plays a crucial role in celebrations and rituals within the majority of cultures around the world. Despite being such a popular foodstuff, however, ca ...Show more
Caviar : A Global History by Nichola Fletcher
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
Caviar: piquant, luxurious, and decadent, it is renowned the world over as an iconic delicacy. "Caviar: A Global History" looks back to the food's indulgent heyday, as well as relating its effect on the lives of the people who pursue, trade, and consume it today. Renowned food writer and critic Nichola ...Show more
Champagne: A Global History by Becky Sue Epstein
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
Everyone loves 'bubbly'. From the smash of a bottle on the side of a new ship to the pop of the cork at a gathering, champagne signals celebration, fun and camaraderie, all over the world. This book is for those who not only enjoy champagne but who'd like to learn more about it. Becky Sue Epstein chroni ...Show more
Cheese : A Global History by Andrew Dalby
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
If you ever wondered how cheese was invented - and where, and when, and even why - then "Cheese" is the book for you. If you ever guessed that Roquefort, Cheshire and Gorgonzola might not be quite as ancient as their publicists claim, this book will confirm your guess. Until now there has been no global ...Show more
Chillies : A Global History by Heather Arndt Anderson
Category: Cook Books | Series: Edible
Despite their fearsome reputation, chillies have helped to shape the identities of innumerable world cuisines. Chillies traces the culinary journey of the spice and uncovers cultural and spiritual links between chillies and humans, from their use as an aphrodisiac, to the recent discovery that chilli he ...Show more
Chocolate : A Global History by Sarah Moss
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
Redolent of everything sensual and hedonistic, chocolate is adored around the world, and has been since the Spanish first encountered cocoa beans in South America in the sixteenth century. Chocolate is seen as magical, addictive, and powerful beyond anything that can be explained by its ingredients, and ...Show more
Cocktails: A Global History by Joseph M. Carlin
Category: Food and Drink | Series: Edible
Cocktails are the most American of alcoholic beverages, and at the same time the most international of drinks. Created in the United States around 1806, they quickly spilled over into all corners of the globe. The cocktail's ancestor, punch, arrived from the British colonies and became a mainstay of tav ...Show more
Coconut - A Global History by Constance L. Kirker; Mary Newman
Category: Nature | Series: Edible Ser.
From curries to creamy piña coladas, a delectable global history of the many culinary incarnations of the coconut. The flavor and image of the coconut are universally recognizable, conjuring up sweet, exotic pleasures. Called the "Swiss army knife" of the plant world, the versatile coconut can be an ...Show more
Cod - A Global History by Elisabeth Townsend
Category: World History | Series: Edible Ser.
From Viking fisheries to Portuguese bacalao and beyond, a delectable and informative journey through cod fact, cuisine, and lore. This is the first culinary history of a truly remarkable fish. Elisabeth Townsend follows cod around the globe, showing how its pursuit began with the Vikings, and explorin ...Show more
Coffee : A Global History by Jonathan Morris
Category: Cook Books | Series: Edible Ser.
Most of us can't make it through morning without our cup (or cups) of joe, and we're not alone. Coffee is a global beverage: it's grown commercially on four continents and consumed enthusiastically on all seven--and there is even an Italian espresso machine on the International Space Station. Coffee's j ...Show more
Corn : A Global History by Michael Owen Jones
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
In Corn: A Global History, Michael Owen Jones interweaves food history, folklore, history, and popular culture to create a vibrant story of corn's prevalence and importance worldwide. Indigenous people in the New World referred to maize as 'Our Mother', 'Our Life', and 'She Who Sustains Us'. Originating ...Show more
Curry : A Global History by Colleen Taylor Sen
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
'Curry' is one of the most widely used - and misused - terms in the culinary lexicon. Rarely used by Indians to describe their food, the word has become a catchall for any Indian dish, or Indian food in general. "Curry: A Global History" answers the elusive question 'What is curry?' by giving a lively h ...Show more