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Dates : A Global History by Nawal Nasrallah
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
In Dates, Nawal Nasrallah draws on her experience of growing up in the lands of ancient Mesopotamia, where the date palm was first cultivated, to explore the history behind the fruit. Dates have an important role in their arid homeland of the Middle East, where they are a dietary staple and can be consu ...Show more
Doughnut: A Global History by Heather DeLancey Hunwick
Category: Food and Drink | Series: Edible
Doughnuts, those deep-fried pieces of dough, have powerful associations with nostalgia, irreverence and playfulness. Treasured around the world, they are known by many names including loukoumades, ponchiki, beignets and oliebollen. Doughnut: A Global History takes the reader on a fast-paced journey thro ...Show more
Dumplings : A Global History by Barbara Gallani
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible Ser.
From gnocchi to pierogi to wonton, the dumpling has become synonymous with comfort food around the world. Whether stuffed or unfilled, steamed or boiled, many countries have their own version of the dish. In this book, Barbara Gallani looks at the differences and similarities between the ways dumplings ...Show more
Edible Flowers : A Global History by Mary Constance L.; Newman Kirker
Category: Cook Books | Series: Edible
Edible Insects: A Global History by Gina Louise Hunter
Category: Science | Series: Edible Ser.
From grasshoppers to grubs, an eye-opening look at insect cuisine around the world. An estimated two billion people worldwide regularly consume insects, yet bugs are rarely eaten in the West. Why are some disgusted at the thought of eating insects while others find them delicious? Edible Insects: A ...Show more
Eggs : A Global History by Diane Toops
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? In Hindu scripture, the world began as an egg. Laid by a swan floating on the waters of chaos, after a year the egg split into silver and gold halves, with the silver becoming the earth and the gold transforming into the sky. Throughout history, the egg has take ...Show more
Fats : A Global History by Phillipov, Michelle
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible Ser.
Description: No other food is as nutritionally crucial, symbolically important or controversial as fat. Butter, oil, tallow, lard, schmaltz - culinary fats have not only shaped world cuisines, they are themselves steeped in cultural and symbolic meanings. From Paleolithic times to contemporary popular c ...Show more
Figs : A Global History by David Sutton
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible Ser.
Figs, fresh and dried, have become the fruit of celebrations and festivities throughout the western world, and have been the typical fruit of Christmas since at least the time of Charles Dickens. In Figs: A Global History, David C. Sutton examines the festive and celebratory importance of figs in many ...Show more
Foie Gras: A Global History by Norman Kolpas
Category: Cook Books | Series: Edible Ser.
Few ingredients inspire more high-soaring praise and provoke greater outrage than foie gras. Literally meaning 'fat liver', foie gras is traditionally produced by force-feeding geese or ducks, a process which has become the object of widespread controversy and debate. In Foie Gras: A Global History, Nor ...Show more
Game : A Global History by Paula Young Lee
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
Antelope and porcupines in Africa, feral cats and wild goats in Australia and deer, pheasants and rabbits in the USA and Europe are just a few of the world's game animals, or creatures hunted for food. Game has been central to the development of humanity and forms a core part of cultures - and meat in ...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
Herring : A Global History by Kathy Hunt
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
Herring: A Global History looks at the environmental, historical, political, cultural, and culinary background of this highly prolific and easily caught fish. For such a small fish, the herring has played an enormous role in history. Since the Middle Ages battles have been waged for it; international ec ...Show more