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Cabbage : A Global History by Meg Muckenhoupt
$24.99 AUD
Category: Food & Cooking | 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
Coconut - A Global History by Constance L. Kirker; Mary Newman
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Category: Food & Cooking | 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
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Category: Food & Cooking | 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
Edible Insects: A Global History by Gina Louise Hunter
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Category: Food & Cooking | 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
Fats : A Global History by Phillipov, Michelle
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Category: Food & Cooking | 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
Hummus - A Global History by Harriet Nussbaum
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Category: Food & Cooking | Series: Edible Ser.
Complete with recipes, a mouthwatering look at the complicated origins and rise of the world's favorite garbanzo bean spread and dip. This is a global history of hummus bi-tahina, the delicious combination of chickpeas, tahini, lemon, and garlic that we know and love as hummus. The story begins in t ...Show more
Mustard - A Global History by Demet Güzey
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Category: Food & Cooking | Series: Edible Ser.
Whether grainy or smooth, spicy or sweet, Dijon, American, or English, mustard accompanies our food and flavors our life around the globe. It has been a source of pleasure, health, and myth from ancient times to the present day, its tiny seed a symbol of faith and its pungent flavor a testimony to refin ...Show more
Onions and Garlic : A Global History by Martha Jay
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Category: Food & Cooking | Series: Edible Ser.
Look at any recipe for a savory dish and chances are it will start with this step: fry onions in a pan over medium heat. Onions--and their allium family relatives, shallots, garlic, chives, and leeks--are one of the most heavily used ingredients in cuisines all over the world. You'll rarely find them in ...Show more
Pickles : A Global History by Jan Davison
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Category: Food & Cooking | Series: The\Edible Ser.
From the fiery kimchi of Korea to American dill spears; from the spicy achar of India to the ceviche of Latin America; from Europe's sauerkraut to brined herrings and chutneys, pickles are unquestionably a global food. Across continents and throughout history, humans have relied upon pickling to preserv ...Show more
Rice : A Global History by Renee Marton
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Category: Food & Cooking | Series: The\Edible Ser.
From jambalaya to risotto, curry to nasi kandar, few foods are as ubiquitous in our meals as rice. A dietary staple and indispensable agricultural product from Asia to the Americas, the grain can be found in Michelin restaurants and family kitchens alike. In this engaging culinary history, Renee Marton ...Show more
Sauces : A Global History by Maryann Tebben
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Category: Food & Cooking | Series: Edible Ser.
Where would eggs benedict be without hollandaise, spaghetti without Bolognese, tortilla chips without salsa, or French fries without ketchup? A world without sauces is a dull and dry world indeed. But what exactly are sauces? How did they become a crucial element in every country’s cuisine? Maryann Tebb ...Show more
Soda and Fizzy Drinks - A Global History by Judith Levin
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Category: Food & Cooking | Series: Edible Ser.
An effervescent exploration of the global history and myriad symbolic meanings of carbonated beverages. More than eighty years before the invention of Coca-Cola, sweet carbonated drinks became popular around the world, provoking arguments remarkably similar to those they prompt today. Are they medic ...Show more