18 books like Culinary taste

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A guide for the greedy by a greedy woman Elizabeth Robins Pennell · 1923 · 179p · ≈ 5h · Challenging This is surely the most extraordinary book on food and eating ever published in the English language. Miss Pennell, who was a correspondent for the Pall Mall Gazette at the height of its amusement and fashionability, was obviously the inspiration of the ‘Two Fat Ladies’. Writing about good food with good writing has never been done so successfully. Beginning with an essay on the virtue of… Shares: Gastronomie, Gastronomy, Cooking

European Gastronomy into the 21st Century Cailein Gillespie · 2001 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Gastronomy is the art and science of good eating and drinking: a concept that extends outwards to embrace wider notions of tradition, culture, society and civilisation. This book provides a rigorous, well researched and much needed treatment of the subject, systematically outlining: the development of European gastronomic tradition, and the social, economic, philosophical and geographical… Shares: Gastronomie, Gastronomy, Cooking

Physiologie du goût Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin · 1826 · 357p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Mayor of Bellay, cousin of Madame Recamier, Chevalier de l'Empire, author of A History of Duelling and a number of racy stories (unfortunately lost), whose sister died in her hundredth year having just finished a good meal and shouting loudly for her dessert, is now best known for his "Physiologie du Gout", which was first published in December 1825. The work has a… Shares: Feeding Behavior, Gastronomie, Gastronomy, Cooking

Hunger and work in a savage tribe Audrey I. Richards · 1932 · 238p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The force of hunger in shaping human character and social structure has been largely overlooked. This omission is a serious one in the study of primitive society, in which starvation is a constant menace. This work remedies this deficiency and opens up new lines of anthropological inquiry. The whole network of social institutions is examined which makes possible the consumption, distribution, and… Shares: Habitudes alimentaires, Food habits, Cooking

Much Depends on Dinner Margaret Visser · 1986 · ★ 3.9 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Food. We spend a good part of every day buying, preparing, eating, and savouring it. Only sleep and work take more time out of our lives. Margaret Visser uses the ingredients of an ordinary meal as a jumping-off point for an engaging, thoroughly researched look into one of our essential obsessions. Did you know that lettuce is a member of the daisy family? That sea salt is cultivated in salt… Shares: Habitudes alimentaires, Food habits, Cooking

The unprejudiced palate Angelo M. Pellegrini · 1948 · ★ 3.0 · 242p · ≈ 8h · Challenging First issued in 1948, when soulless minute steaks and quick casseroles were becoming the norm, The Unprejudiced Palate inspired a seismic culinary shift in how America eats. Written by a food-loving immigrant from Tuscany, this memoir-cum-cookbook articulates the Italian American vision of the good life: a backyard garden, a well-cooked meal shared with family and friends, and a passion for… Shares: Gastronomy, Cooking

An alphabet for gourmets M. F. K. Fisher · 1949 · ★ 4.2 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Challenging An Alphabet for Gourmets A playful, thoughtful, and delicious A to Z of M.F.K. Fisher’s food writing.In An Alphabet for Gourmets, M.F.K. Fisher creates a wide-ranging, whimsical, and profound miscellany of food that moves readers from A (for dining alone) to Z (zakuski, the classic accompaniments to a shot of Russian vodka), traversing a broad swath of human history, taste, and sensation along… Shares: Gastronomy, Cooking

Cooking and Eating Rebecca Rissman · 2014 · 24p · ≈ 48m · Moderate Photographs and simple, levelled text compare and contrast modern and historical activities in a child-friendly format, making this a great took for discussing how life has changed over the years. Shares: Food habits, Cooking

Tasting the past Jacqui Wood · 2009 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The many influences of the past on our diet today make the concept of 'British food' very hard to define. The Celts, Romans, Saxons, Vikings and Normans all brought ingredients to the table, and the country was introduced to all manner of spices after the Crusades. The Georgians enjoyed a new level of excess and then, of course, the world wars forced us into the challenge of making meals from… Shares: Food habits, Cooking

Delights and Prejudices (On Food) James Beard · 1964 · 338p · ≈ 11h · Moderate viii, 337 p.: 24 cm Shares: Gastronomy, Cooking

The art of eating M. F. K. Fisher · 1954 · ★ 4.1 · 749p · ≈ 24h · Moderate This book is the essence of M.F.K. Fisher, whose wit and fulsome opinions on food and those who produce it, comment upon it, and consume it are as apt today as they were several decades ago, when she composed them. Why did she choose food and hunger, she was asked, and she replied, 'When I write about hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it, and warmth, and the love of it . .… Shares: Gastronomy, Cooking

Grand dictionnaire de cuisine Alexandre Dumas · 1873 · ★ 4.1 · 282p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Original edition. Shares: Gastronomie, Gastronomy, Cooking

The essence of Japanese cuisine Michael Ashkenazi · 2000 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The past few years have shown a growing interest in cooking and food, as a result of international food issues such as BSE, world trade and mass foreign travel, and at the same time there has been growing interest in Japanese Studies since the 1970s. This volume brings together the two interests of Japan and food, examining both from a number of perspectives. The book reflects on the social and… Shares: Food habits, Cooking

Food in England Dorothy Hartley · 1954 · 674p · ≈ 22h · Moderate The long poem at the centre of John Hartley Williams' new collection is a dramatic monologue narrated by a laconic, possibly lamed, forest dweller, a lowly crewmember on a barge travelling an unnamed waterway. Some of his remarks are addressed to his talisman, the shrunken head of an African tribesman. The barge carries a sinister cargo and its captain has a preference for sadistic sex. Other… Shares: Food habits, Cooking

Bibliographie gastronomique Georges Vicaire · 1890 · 972p · ≈ 32h · Demanding Shares: Gastronomy, Cooking

Food and feeding Sir Henry Thompson · 1879 · ★ 4.0 · 657p · ≈ 21h · Demanding The present work is the outcome of two lectures on the Books of the Tuat, i.e., the Egyptian Underworld, or "Other World," which I had the honour to deliver at the Royal Institution in the spring of 1904, and it has been prepared at the suggestion of many who wished to continue their inquiries into the beliefs of the Egyptians concerning the abode of the departed, and the state of the blessed and… Shares: Gastronomy, Cooking

Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser · 2001 · ★ 3.8 · 383p · ≈ 12h · Moderate To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar Amerca. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food industry has triggered the homogenization of our society. Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled the juggernaut of American cultural imperialism… Shares: Feeding Behavior, Cooking

Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners Elizabeth Hiller · 2016 · 114p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Years ago nothing but butter or lard were used for shortening and frying; to-day the visible supply of these two products is insufficient to supply the demand, taking into consideration the amount of butter required for table use. Furthermore, as the demand increased it outgrew the supply of butter and lard, with the result that prices were materially advanced; and, incidentally, the quality has… Shares: Cooking

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