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 The Physiology of Taste: Or Meditations on Transcendental GastronomyBest Price: $19.95 Brillat-Savarin makes you feel good about feeling good about food! Especially entertaining are... |  Sex, Death and Oysters: A Half-Shell Lover's World TourBest Price: $6.38 When award-winning Texas food writer Robb Walsh discovers that the local Galveston Bay oysters... |  Food Heroes: 16 Culinary Artisans Preserving TraditionBest Price: $5.38 Can you imagine selecting the foremost artisanal food devotees from not only the U.S. but... |  The Pantropheon: Or a History of Food and Its Preparation in Ancient TimesBest Price: $29.95 The Pantropheon or a history of food and its preparation in ancient times is embellished with... |  The Taste Culture Reader: Experiencing Food and Drink (Sensory Formations)Best Price: $95.00 From Eve's apple to Proust's madeleine to today's culinary tourism, food looms large... |
 The Whole Hog: Recipes & Lore for Everything but the OinkBest Price: $20.82 Filled with historical and culinary lore as well as more than 100 recipes, this gourmet... |  ReflexionsBest Price: $50.00 Egads, here by his own hand we see for ourselves what a nasty, petty, vindictive man Mr. Olney... |  Pass the Polenta: And Other Writings from the Kitchen |  The Physiology of Taste: Or Meditations on Transcendental GastronomyBest Price: $112.42 Published in 1825 after some three decades of consuming research, The Physiology of Taste is the... |  Displeasures of the Table (Green Integer)Best Price: $6.87 A wonderful little prose work by a respected L.A. poet. Maybe it's "quirky... |
 Righter Monthly Review-September 2009Original poems, stories, articles, serialized books, book reviews, travel and humor by a diverse... |  Turning the Tables: The Insider's Guide to Eating OutBest Price: $2.49 Award-winning food critic Steven A. Shaw (a.k.a. "The Fat Guy") can get a last-minute... |  Peace MealsInstead of rehashing her own travails while reporting in the world's war zones--the usual... |  The Hunger: A Story of Food, Desire, and AmbitionBest Price: $4.21 For me, the book was a page turner; I couldn't put it down. The Amazon plot description... |  The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and BonesBest Price: $11.32 In the multiweek New York Times bestseller The Nasty Bits , bestselling chef and No... |
 Man with a PanLook who?s making dinner! Twenty-one of our favorite writers and chefs expound upon the joys?and... |  Secrets of the Red Lantern: Stories and Vietnamese Recipes from the HeartBest Price: $11.98 In my family, food is our language. Food enables us to communicate the things we find so hard to... |  Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing SeafoodDividing his sensibilities between Epicureanism and ethics, Taras Grescoe set out on a... |  German Gourmania (Food Fare Culinary Collection)German Gourmania contains a brief history of Germany, and features information about German... |  Sri Lankan FlavoursEat as the Sri Lankans do combining a mixture of curries - lamb with coriander, hot fish,... |
 House and Home Papers (Cooking in America)Best Price: $14.96 This 1865 volume by Harriet Beecher Stowe was originally published under the psuedonym... |  The Inner Man: Good Things To Eat And Drink And Where To Get Them (1891)Best Price: $24.84 This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations,... |  Delicate FeastingBest Price: $7.95 Originally published in 1890, this early works is a fascinating novel of the period and still an... |  A Passion for Food: Conversations With Canadian ChefsBest Price: $19.95 In this book, 12 leading chefs in three Canadian cities share their ideas and feelings about... |  Entertaining with BoozeBest Price: $3.96 I couldn't have asked for a better X-mas gift for my "Martha Stewart" sister-in... |
 The Young Man and the Sea : Recipes and Crispy Fish Tales from EscaBest Price: $3.15 Can someone from Artisan Books or Mr. Pasternack please post the corrected recipe for... |  Sex and Bacon: Why I Love Things That Are Very, Very Bad for MeBest Price: $7.22 There are three interwoven subjects in this book. I'll pass on having anything to say about... |  Secrets of the Sommeliers: How to Think and Drink Like the World's Top Wine ProfessionalsBest Price: $19.90 Let's start with the worst part of this book: the title. I had to hold my nose and buy it... |  Measure of Her Powers: An M. F. K. Fisher ReaderBest Price: $8.00 This book of autobiographical essays is the best introduction to the writings of M.F.K. Fisher... |  The Physiology of Taste: Or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy (Vintage Classics)Best Price: $8.53 A delightful and hilarious classic about the joys of the table, The Physiology of Taste is the... |
 Life a la Henri: Being the Memories of Henri Charpentier (Modern Library Food)Best Price: $29.50 "Life Á La Henri - Being the Memories of Henri Charpentier" by Henri... |  Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties, from Kansas City to CuzcoBest Price: $7.71 I love this book. If your favorite types of food reviews are lengthy personal ones, then this... |  The Saucier's Apprentice: One Long Strange Trip through the Great Cooking Schools of EuropeBest Price: $1.18 The title of choice is never explained in the book: I thought at some point the author would... |  Vie de France: Sharing Food, Friendship, and a Kitchen in the Loire ValleyBest Price: $14.94 This is a thoroughly entertaining and interesting account of the author's month in France. ... |  How to Write and Publish a Classic Cookbook (Plume)Best Price: $46.98 |
 Cuisine and Culture: A History of Food and PeopleBest Price: $26.30 An illuminating account of how history shapes our diets?now in a new revised and updated Third... |  Cuisine and Culture: A History of Food & PeopleBest Price: $14.95 This book was assigned to me as a part of a culinary arts curriculum. The entire book is one... |  Cooking: The Quintessential Art (California Studies in Food and Culture)Best Price: $12.96 From its intriguing opening question--"How can we reasonably judge a meal?"--to its... |  The Edible Tao: Munching My Way Toward EnlightenmentBest Price: $14.01 With a thoroughly enjoyable collection of articles and anecdotes focused on "gastro... | House and Home Papers (Cooking in America) Best Price: $14.96 This 1865 volume by Harriet Beecher Stowe was originally published under the psuedonym... |
| The Inner Man: Good Things To Eat And Drink And Where To Get Them (1891) Best Price: $24.84 This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations,... | Delicate Feasting Best Price: $7.95 Originally published in 1890, this early works is a fascinating novel of the period and still an... | A Passion for Food: Conversations With Canadian Chefs Best Price: $19.95 In this book, 12 leading chefs in three Canadian cities share their ideas and feelings about... | Entertaining with Booze Best Price: $3.96 I couldn't have asked for a better X-mas gift for my "Martha Stewart" sister-in... | The Young Man and the Sea : Recipes and Crispy Fish Tales from Esca Best Price: $3.15 Can someone from Artisan Books or Mr. Pasternack please post the corrected recipe for... |
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 Deer Camp Tales & RecipesBest Price: $15.95 Every deer season has a story, and these award-winning authors have one of their own. Authors... |  In the Danger Zone (Chinese Edition) |  Late DinnerI read (part of) this book in anticipation of a trip to Madrid and points south and was very... |  A Slice of Apple PieThis book is about the life and times of Randy Shamlian and of his culinary and romantic... |  Last Chance to Eat: The Fate of Taste in a Fast Food WorldBest Price: $6.04 A witty and vividly remembered culinary memoir about how eating once was, and still can be, a... |
 Eat This!: 1,001 Things to Eat Before You DietBest Price: $2.17 Ian Jackman believes that life is too short to deny yourself our nation's true culinary... |  Fat of the Land: Adventures of a 21st Century ForagerForaging is not just a throwback to our hunter-gatherer past; it's a way to reconnect with... |  Untangling My Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in KyotoBest Price: $10.85 Having just finished Untangling My Chopsticks by Victoria Abbot Riccardi, I fix myself a cup of... |  Roadfood: The Coast-to-Coast Guide to 700 of the Best Barbecue Joints, Lobster Shacks, Ice Cream Parlors, Highway Diners, and Much, Much More (Roadfood: The Coast-To-Coast Guide to the Best Barbecue)Best Price: $75.00 First off, I have to say that this review is for the 2008 version of Roadfood. The writers,... |  Heirloom: Notes from an Accidental Tomato FarmerBest Price: $2.61 Heirloom: Notes From an Accidental Tomato Farmer is the bestselling book at my local coffeehouse... |
 The Shameless Carnivore: A Manifesto for Meat LoversBest Price: $2.87 I knew (and half hoped) that there would be some kind of backlash against Scott's book when... |  Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the TableFor better or for worse, almost all of us grow up at the table. It is in this setting that Ruth... |  Gluttony: More is More (Sin)Best Price: $4.95 GLUTTONY: More is More is for everyone who has ever eaten, dieted, binged or indulged a secret... |  Castle Street Cafe CookbookBest Price: $24.90 A refreshingly wholesome and delicious approach to cooking and baking that avoids the trendiness... |  Why prohibition!Best Price: $18.55 This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional... |
 Drinks of the World (Cooking in America)James Mew and John Ashton's 1892 work presents a history of beverages created and consumed... |  Table of Contents: From Breakfast with Anita Diamant to Dessert with James Patterson - a Generous Helping of Recipes, Writings and Insights from Today's Bestselling AuthorsBest Price: $1.10 From Breakfast with ANITA DIAMANT to dessert with JAMES PATTERSON. Book lovers you will not... |  Scars of a ChefRick Tramonto started as a high school dropout working at Wendy?s; he became one of the hottest... |  The Battle for Wine and Love: or How I Saved the World from ParkerizationBest Price: $0.01 I was hoping this book would be a legitimate critique of the influence of a few wine writers... |  Eat Me: Love, Sex and the Art of EatingSex in the City meets Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver in this delicious combination of love, sex... |
 The Table is Laid: The Oxford Anthology of South Asian Food Writing (Oxford India Collection)Best Price: $24.95 This anthology of writings on food brings together a wide range of literary and non-literary... |  Aguecheek's Beef, Belch's Hiccup, and Other Gastronomic Interjections: Literature, Culture, and Food Among the Early ModernsBest Price: $19.59 There have been a lot of essays and books published recently on literature and food, but this is... |  The Campaign for Domestic Happiness (Penguin Great Food)Best Price: $3.50 Firmly of the belief that a home should be run as an efficient military campaign, Mrs. Beeton,... |  The Ethics of Diet: A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh-EatingBest Price: $2.70 0"Now we can join Gandhi and Tolstoy and nameless others who encountered this vigorous and... |  Eating ArchitectureBest Price: $24.48 Although what a book says is perhaps the most pressing sphere in which to evaluate it, the way... |
 Eating ArchitectureBest Price: $17.33 The contributors to this highly original collection of essays explore the ... |  Texas Monthly On . . .: FoodBest Price: $15.00 From reviews of the newest, hippest restaurants in cities across Texas to stories about the... |  Best Food Writing 2010Best Price: $3.68 Every year since 2000, Holly Hughes has edited a savory spread of some of the nation's most... |  Wild, Wild East: Recipes and Stories from VietnamBest Price: $6.00 ...i am so thankful that someone has taken the time to make good vietnamese cuisine assessable... |  The United States of Arugula: The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food RevolutionBest Price: $5.37 The United States of Arugula is ostensibly about how America changed from a burgers and fries,... |
 Squeamish About Sushi: And other Food Adventures in JapanBest Price: $8.99 Betty Reynolds, an American artist who lived in Japan for six years, is NOT squeamish about... |  Arab/American: Landscape, Culture, and Cuisine in Two Great DesertsBest Price: $10.01 The landscapes, cultures, and cuisines of deserts in the Middle East and North America have... |  The Taste of American PlaceBest Price: $90.00 Tracing the intertwined roles of food, ethnicity, and regionalism in the construction of... |  Wine, Food & Friends: Karen's Wine and Food Pairing Guide, Plus Over 100 Cooking Light RecipesBest Price: $5.19 The other reviews I saw about this book only said it was a great book and applauded Ms. MacNeil... |  Recipes for Roughing It EasyBest Price: $26.70 A good book with a variety of fun and Delicious Recipes! I find it difficult to believe the bad... |
 Hunger and Thirst: Food LiteratureBest Price: $3.57 "Don't talk with your mouth full!" I'm glad the writers in Hunger and Thirst... |  Saucy Broad: A Culinary Manifesto of HopeBest Price: $12.86 So many cookbooks have tried to do what the Saucy Broad does--to give us a truly narrative look... |  Jam TodayBest Price: $18.99 Jam Today is just my kind of book - one of those rare trackings of the healthy human animal... |  The Porridge Manifesto: An amazing life starts with an amazing breakfastBest Price: $14.95 Porridge Manifesto is a clever but intuitive look into breakfast. It brings bright new ideas to... |  Rhymes & RecipesBest Price: $15.52 "Key West Sweet, Key West Treat!" If you visited Key West, Florida in the 80's... |
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 Crazy in the Kitchen: Food, Feuds, and Forgiveness in an Italian American FamilyBest Price: $5.88 I picked up this book to read thinking it was like so many other books I have read about... |  The Devil's Picnic: Around the World in Pursuit of Forbidden FruitBest Price: $2.50 The unapologetic underlying message in this travelogue of forbidden fruits is a resounding... | |||
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