Bananas: An American History
 Yes! We have the cultural history of bananas!: Who would have thought there was so much to say about the modern love affair between America and bananas? I should have known it, though, for at Mathcamp the staff had entire wars based on bananas and the [... more]
$16.95
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Feast Your Eyes: The Unexpected Beauty of Vegetable Gardens
primarily a history book: I was a little disappointed in this book. It is primarily a history of some famous gardens which have been covered more completely elsewhere. The photos are for the most part very old and not as clear as they should be, and [... more]
$34.95
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The Tomato in America: Early History, Culture, and Cookery
An amazing story...: I read this book the month it came out in 1994. I'm not sure how I found out about it but oh well... Tomatoes are one of god's gifts and if you have the least bit of interest in this amazing fruit, get this book. The history of the [... more]
$24.95
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The Tomato in America: Early History, Culture, and Cookery
An amazing story...: I read this book the month it came out in 1994. I'm not sure how I found out about it but oh well... Tomatoes are one of god's gifts and if you have the least bit of interest in this amazing fruit, get this book. The history of the [... more]
$24.00
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PURE KETCHUP PB
Amazon.com Review: The marriage of food and pop culture has one of its better moments in Pure Ketchup by Andrew F. Smith. This history proves that a book larded with hundreds of footnotes can captivate. Smith's writing is lucid and clips along briskly [... more]
$16.95
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Culture of the Fork
Bad translation distracting -- but content is good: I would have given this book *five* stars, had it not been for the shoddy - literal translation from Italian to English. Being an Italian speaker, I sometimes had to re-read certain sentences with my & [... more]
$32.50
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Pickled, Potted, and Canned: How the Art and Science of ...
Amazon.com Review: We're apt to ignore the importance of food preservation, but its significance can't be overestimated. In Pickled, Potted, and Canned, Sue Shephard tells the fascinating and unexpectedly stirring story of the development of preserved, [... more]
$26.00
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Cider, Hard and Sweet: History, Traditions, and Making ...
Amazon.com Review: Slack-My-Girdle. Never has a fruit been better named. It's an apple, in this case, favored in Devonshire, England, by apple cider makers. A few pints of their good cider and you may want to slack your girdle, too. Crack the cover of [... more]
$19.95
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Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini: The Essential ...
Amazon.com Review: Elizabeth Schneider's Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables set a standard for exact yet lively investigation. Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini follows in her earlier book's footsteps to create a compelling guide to 350 common and exotic [... more]
$65.00
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From Hardtack to Home Fries: An Uncommon History of ...
Amazon.com Review: Barbara Haber's fascinating From Hardtack to Home Fries bills itself as "An Uncommon History of American Cooks and Meals." More exactly, it locates the recurrent intersection of American women's history and culinary practice [... more]
$25.00
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Dangerous Tastes: The Story of Spices (California ...
Tough going, small result: Clearly, the author didn't have those who's interest is in the culinary use of spices in mind as an audience. One of my degrees is in history, I'm used to sorting through dry tomes for nuggets of fact, but didn't find anything [... more]
$39.95
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American Vintage : The Rise of American Wine
A Brilliant Tale of Wine, History, and Innovation: This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. I loved the the history and, as a wine lover, it helped me understand the product and the industry in a way I never did before. I am a management [... more]
$28.00
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