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Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda...

Why does honey from the tupelo-lined banks of the Apalachicola River have a kick of cinnamon unlike any other? Why is salmon from Alaskas' Yukon River the richest in the world? Why does one underground cave in Greensboro, Vermont, produce many of the country's most intense cheeses? The answer is terroir (tare-WAHR), the "taste of place". Originally used by the French to describe the way local conditions such as soil and climate affect the flavor of a wine, terroir has been little understood (and often mispronounced) by Americans, until now.

Better Than Homemade is food biographer Carolyn Wyman’s freewheeling and entertaining cultural history of the innovative packaged foods that changed the way we eat. It highlights the fascinating stories behind the food inventions; the histories behind the brands and icons that have become synonymous with them; the jingles that have made them such a large part of our popular culture; and the recipes that have tutored generations of homemakers and comfort-food master chefs.

Efter en urspårad kväll på Operakällaren förs Mons Kallentoft akut till sjukhus. Medan läkarna kämpar för att rädda hans liv ställer han sig frågan: Varför har jag levt mitt liv på det här viset? Restaurangerna, dryckerna och maten har fått Mons att spendera en förmögenhet och försaka nästan allt i ett maniskt sökande efter den ultimata smakkicken, från rykande stånd med gatumat i Bangkok till femstjärniga krogar i New York. I Food Junkie är gastronomi på liv och död, ett sätt att fly och söka en sanning om sig själv.

Il movimento futurista è nato col famoso "Manifesto del futurismo" agli inizi del Novecento. Il manifesto fu scritto da Filippo Tommaso Marinetti con la promessa di un cambiamento totale della società, trasformazione che ne esaltasse il progresso e la velocità. I futuristi si sarebbero quindi espressi in maniera totale, dalle arti visive alla musica, organizzando serate futuriste e arrivando a influenzare il modo di vestire e di vivere, persino le abitudini alimentari di parte della popolazione.

Il futurismo italiano, padre di numerosi futurismi e avanguardisti esteri, non rimane prigioniero delle vittorie mondiali ottenute "in venti anni di grandi battaglie artistiche politiche spesso consacrate col sangue" come le chiamò Benito Mussolini. Il futurismo italiano affronta ancora l'impopolarità con un programma di rinnovamento totale della cucina.

"Danskernes mad" er historien om et køkken, der i stigende grad er baseret på nemme og hurtige måltidsløsninger, hvor sund kost ikke fylder alverden for flertallet, og hvor vi hygger os med kage, slik og sodavand, hver gang lysten melder sig. Bogen fortæller også historien bag nogle af de mest ærkedanske og mest populære produkter som 3-Stjernet salami, Stryhns leverpostej og KiMs ostepops. Undervejs kan du blive klogere på, hvorfor det er lige præcis er de varer, der ryger i indkøbskurven, og dykke ned i de overraskende regionale forskelle i vores lille madnation.

Perché gli Italiani mangiano la pasta al dente? La "tempura" è davvero un'invenzione giapponese? Perché la pizza ha conquistato il mondo? E perché il sushi ha conquistato noi? E cosa c'entrano il baccalà con il Concilio di Trento e il caffè con la nascita delle compagnie di assicurazioni? Sono alcuni degli argomenti affrontati da questo libro. Tradizioni gastronomiche, modi di cuocere il cibo, maniere di comportarsi a tavola, passioni, repulsioni, valori estetici, tipicità, territori, sono altrettanti specchi del rapporto che gli uomini hanno con se stessi.

Based on extensive archival research as well as interviews with the movement's key players going back to the 1960s, this acclaimed book is the most comprehensive chronicle yet of one of the most interesting and lucrative culinary trends in the US since World War II. Acitelli weaves the story of the rise of American craft beer into the tales of trends like Slow Food and the rebirth of America's urban areas, and paints an unforgettable portrait of plucky entrepreneurial triumph.

Which cheese do you think is the most expensive in the world? How large was the wheel of cheddar given to Queen Victoria as a wedding present? And what cheese did Napoleon enjoy most as his army swept through Europe? Narrator Charles King answers these questions and more as he talks us through 101 Amazing Facts About Cheese. Whether you’re an experienced cheese buff and want to discover some interesting and little-known facts or you’re simply interested to know more about the process of cheese making, this is the perfect book for you.

The definition of 'healthy eating' has been chewed up, spat out and re-digested enough times to make Joe Public give up and seek out their nearest branch of McDonald's. Our mindless obsession with eating 'right' is such that we're now more concerned about what our Instagram followers think of a poorly lit picture of our dinner than we are of its effect on our own palate. Or, indeed, our happiness. We seem to be living in a time where we no longer eat with our hearts, emotions or heritage - but with what our waistlines (and followers) in mind.

Maharaj reconnects food with health, wellness, education, and rehabilitation in a way that serves people, not just budgets, and provides a blueprint for reclaiming control from corporations and brutal bottom lines.

Two centuries ago, nearly half the North American diet was foraged, hunted, or caught in the wild. Today, so-called “wild foods” are becoming expensive luxuries, served to the wealthy in top restaurants. Meanwhile, people who depend on wild foods for survival and sustenance find their lives forever changed as new markets and roads invade the world’s last untamed landscapes. In Feasting Wild, geographer and anthropologist Gina Rae La Cerva embarks on a global culinary adventure to trace our relationship to wild foods.

Curry is a dish that doesn't quite exist, but, as this wildly funny and sharp essay points out, a dish that doesn't properly exist can have infinite, equally authentic variations. By grappling with novels, recipes, travelogues, pop culture, and his own upbringing, Naben Ruthnum depicts how the distinctive taste of curry has often become maladroit shorthand for brown identity. Ruthnum sinks his teeth into the story of how the beloved flavor calcified into an aesthetic genre that limits the imaginations of writers, readers, and eaters.

Hot drinks, cold drinks, and everything in-between - this is the history of beverages through the ages. This book aims to describe the development of beverages and drinking habits, as well as their connection with other facets of life. This information will be of universal interest, no matter the listener's occupation or background. What Will You Drink? is a rather uncommon history book, as books on history generally tend to disregard the topic of food and drink. However, this book is all about quenching thirst.

It was when traveling on assignment in India that journalist Stephen Henderson first learned of soup kitchens operated by Sikh houses of worship (or gurudwaras). After volunteering for a week at the Gurudwara Bangla Sahib in Delhi - which feeds 20,000 men, women, and children every day - Henderson became curious to research global gastrophilanthropy, or the very different ways in which hungry people are served free meals around the world.

America is more than just a fast food nation. Food Americana is the inside story of how generations of Americans have formed a national cuisine with tastes from all over the world. Fried chicken was a distinctly Southern dish - now it's the Sunday night special at the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Hollywood. A Utah restaurant won Maine's annual Best Lobster Roll competition. And perhaps the ultimate all-American dish, pizza, is served up in 30 different styles, a total of three billion pies a year, an average of 23 pounds for each of us.

Meg Muckenhoupt begins with a simple question: When did Bostonians start making Boston Baked Beans? Storekeepers in Faneuil Hall and Duck Tour guides may tell you that the Pilgrims learned a recipe for beans with maple syrup and bear fat from Native Americans, but in fact, the recipe for Boston Baked Beans is the result of a conscious effort in the late 19th century to create New England foods. This toothsome volume reveals the effort that went into the creation of these foods and lets us begin to reclaim the culinary heritage of immigrant New England.

From awkward schoolgirl to Caterer to the Stars, Mary Giuliani weaves together a collection of hilarious memories, from professional growing pains to her long journey to motherhood, never losing her sense of humor and her love for everyone's favorite party food, pigs in a blanket. Mary's utterly...

Neither an advocate nor a critic of cultured meat, Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft spent five years researching the phenomenon. In Meat Planet, he reveals how debates about lab-grown meat reach beyond debates about food, examining the links between appetite, growth, and capitalism. Could satiating the growing appetite for meat actually lead to our undoing? Are we simply using one technology to undo the damage caused by another? Like all problems in our food system, the meat problem is not merely a problem of production. It is intrinsically social and political.