eating customs

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eating customs

The language of food

a linguist reads the menu
2014
Explores the history, geography, and etymology of words associated with food and dining, and how these words have been modified over the centuries.

A taste of Cuba

2005
Provides an introduction to Cuban cuisine, discussing cooking methods, ingredients, and customs, and features recipes for hors d'oeuvres and snacks, soups and appetizers, main and side dishes, desserts, and sweets.

Dragons love tacos

2013
Explores the love dragons have for tacos, and the dangers of feeding them anything with spicy salsa.

Literary eats

Emily Dickinson's gingerbread, Ernest Hemingway's picadillo, Eudora Welty's onion pie and 400+ other recipes from American authors past and present
2014
"This is a comprehensive collection of authentic recipes, for drinks and dishes that more than 150 American authors since the late 18th century are known to have enjoyed. This is a celebrity cookbook to which many literary celebrities, living and dead, have contributed, among them Harriet Beecher Stowe, Rudolfo Anaya, Emily Dickinson, William Faulkner and Benjamin Franklin"--Provided by publisher.

Food

2004
A simple introduction to why people need food and how they obtain it.

The century in food

America's fads and favorites
2002
Chronicles fads and developments in foods, food preparation, and food storage decade by decade from 1900 to 1999, presenting recipes, chronologies, and photos of food items, advertisements, and packaging.

Little Brown Bear does not want to eat

1996
Little Brown Bear resists all the efforts to get him to eat his soup.

Edible

an adventure into the world of eating insects and the last great hope to save the planet
Presents the argument that in order to ease the burden on the world's food supplies and maybe even to end world hunger, insects--the most populous creature on the planet--should become the main source of food for human beings.

Anything that moves

renegade chefs, fearless eaters, and the making of a new American food culture
Examines how food fits into contemporary culture in America, discussing how food writers, chefs, and professional food eating contestants are changing the way food is viewed in contemporary American culinary thought.

A Mediterranean feast

the story of the birth of the celebrated cuisines of the Mediterranean, from the merchants of Venice to the Barbary Corsairs
1999
An exploration of the culinary history of the Mediterranean that discusses the influence of geography and climate on the cuisine, methods of preparation, ingredients, and other related topics, and includes more than five hundred recipes.

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