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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, Camille Kingsolver · 384 pages
Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat."As the U.S. population made an unprecedented mad dash for the Sun Belt, one carload of us paddled against the tide, heading for the Promised Land where water falls from the sky and green stuff grows all around. We were about to begi
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
Amy Stewart · 400 pages
Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries. Of all the extraordinary a
Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms
Eugenia Bone · 358 pages
The True History of Chocolate
Sophie D. Coe, Michael D. Coe · 280 pages
"The food of the gods": Delicious indulgence or cause of migraines? Aphrodisiac or medicinal tonic? Religious symbol or Mesoamerican currency? This tale of one of the world's favorite foods draws upon botany, archaeology, socioeconomics and culinary history to present for the first time a complete and accurate history of chocolate. The story begins some 3000 years ago in the jungles of lowland Mex
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
Susan Orlean · 300 pages
The orchid thief in Susan Orlean's true story of beauty and obsession is John Laroche, a renegade plant dealer and sharply handsome guy, in spite of the fact that he is missing his front teeth and has the posture of al dente spaghetti. In 1994, Laroche and three Seminole Indians were arrested with rare orchids they had stolen from a wild swamp in south Florida that is filled with some of the world
Keys to Good Cooking: A Guide to Making the Best of Foods and Recipes
Harold McGee · 564 pages
Happy Snacking, Don't Die!: Foraging and Vegan Recipes with Black Forager (A Cookbook)
Alexis Nikole Nelson · 272 pages
The Backyard Homestead: Produce All the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre!
Carleen Madigan · 367 pages
**From a Quarter of An Acre, You Can Harvest:** 1400 Eggs 50 Pounds of Wheat 60 Pounds of Fruit 2000 Pounds of Vegetables 280 Pounds of Pork 75 Pounds of Nuts **The Indispensable Guide to Food Self-Sufficiency** Learn How To: -milk a goat -prime a fruit tree -dry herbs -make dandelion wine -bake whole-grain bread -tap a maple tree -make fresh mozzarella -brew beer -mill grains
As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto
Julia Child · 416 pages
Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig
Mark Essig · 310 pages
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
Dan Koeppel · 281 pages
A gripping biological detective story that uncovers the myth, mystery, and endangered fate of the world's most humble fruitTo most people, a banana is a banana: a simple yellow fruit. Americans eat more bananas than apples and oranges combined. In others parts of the world, bananas are what keep millions of people alive. But for all its ubiquity, the banana is surprisingly mysterious; nobody knows
Salt: A World History
Mark Kurlansky · 490 pages
Mark Kurlansky's books Cod & Salt are the musts for every student on food studies. Together they supply the missing link of knowledge. One or two semesters courses are recommended for beginners in cod and salt studies.
The Little Green Book of Chartreuse
Jordan Mackay with Paul Einbund
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Michael Pollan · 244 pages
What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, the well-considered answers he provides to the que
Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum Health
Jo Robinson · 407 pages
"Approximately 10,000 years ago our ancestors began to domesticate animals for food and choose plants to grow in their gardens. The choices we have been making ever since then about what to feed those animals and what plants to grow have had a huge impact on our diets. In Pasture Perfect Jo explained the benefits of eating meats, eggs, and dairy products from animals raised on pasture – their nati
The Frugal Gourmet on Our Immigrant Ancestors: Recipes You Should Have Gotten from Your Grandmother
Jeff Smith · 539 pages
Featuring the cuisine of thirty-five different ethnic groups, this collection of more than four hundred recipes encompasses easy-to-prepare dishes ranging from appetizers to desserts.
Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer
Maureen Ogle · 432 pages
The Taste of Country Cooking
Edna Lewis · 304 pages
Recipes for specific dishes and entire meals from the cooking tradition of the author's Virginia Piedmont farming village, originally settled by freed slaves, are interspersed with reminiscences of her childhood.
Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture
Marvin Harris · 289 pages
Why are human food habits so diverse? Why do Americans recoil at the thought of dog meat? Jews and Moslems, pork? Hindus, beef? Why do Asians abhor milk? In *Good to Eat*, bestselling author Marvin Harris leads readers on an informative detective adventure to solve the world's major food puzzles. He explains the diversity of the world's gastronomic customs, demonstrating that what appear at first
The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America
Langdon Cook · 296 pages
"In the dark corners of America's forests grow culinary treasures. Chefs pay top dollar to showcase these elusive and beguiling ingredients on their menus. Whether dressing up a filet mignon with smoky morels or shaving luxurious white truffles over pasta, the most elegant restaurants across the country now feature an abundance of wild mushrooms. The mushroom hunters, by contrast, are a rough lot.
A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook
Sariann Lehrer · 240 pages
Provides recipes inspired by the "A Song of Ice and Fire" fantasy series--as well as the HBO show it spawned, "Game of Thrones"--Including mutton in onion-ale broth, stewed rabbit, iced milk with honey, and wintercakes.