Big City Food Biographies – serie
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22 produkter
New Orleans
A Food Biography
Inbunden, 2012
713 kr
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Beignets, Po’ Boys, gumbo, jambalaya, Antoine’s. New Orleans’ celebrated status derives in large measure from its incredibly rich food culture, based mainly on Creole and Cajun traditions. At last, this world-class destination has its own food biography. Elizabeth M. Williams, a New Orleans native …
New Orleans
A Food Biography
E-bok, 2012
330 kr
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Beignets, Po’ Boys, gumbo, jambalaya, Antoine’s. New Orleans’ celebrated status derives in large measure from its incredibly rich food culture, based mainly on Creole and Cajun traditions. At last, this world-class destination has its own food biography. Elizabeth M. Williams, a New Orleans native …
San Francisco
A Food Biography
Inbunden, 2013
713 kr
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San Francisco is a relatively young city with a well-deserved reputation as a food destination, situated near lush farmland and a busy port. San Francisco's famous restaurant scene has been the subject of books, but the full complexity of the city's culinary history is revealed here for the first …
San Francisco
A Food Biography
E-bok, 2013
803 kr
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San Francisco is a relatively young city with a well-deserved reputation as a food destination, situated near lush farmland and a busy port. San Francisco''s famous restaurant scene has been the subject of books, but the full complexity of the city''s culinary history is revealed here for the first …
New York City
A Food Biography
Inbunden, 2013
711 kr
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New York City’s first food biography showcases all the vibrancy, innovation, diversity, influence, and taste of this most-celebrated American metropolis. Its cuisine has developed as a lively potluck supper, where discrete culinary traditions have survived, thrived, and interacted. For almost 400 …
Chicago
A Food Biography
Av Daniel R. Block, Howard B. Rosing
Inbunden, 2015
596 kr
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Chicago began as a frontier town on the edge of white settlement and as the product of removal of culturally rich and diverse indigenous populations. The town grew into a place of speculation with the planned building of the Illinois and Michigan canal, a boomtown, and finally a mature city of …
Portland
A Food Biography
Inbunden, 2014
641 kr
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The infant city called The Clearing was a bald patch amid a stuttering wood. The Clearing was no booming metropolis; no destination for gastrotourists; no career-changer for ardent chefs — just awkward, palsied steps toward Victorian gentility. In the decades before the remaining trees were scraped …
Kansas City
A Food Biography
Inbunden, 2016
602 kr
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While some cities owe their existence to lumber or oil, turpentine or steel, Kansas City owes its existence to food. From its earliest days, Kansas City was in the business of provisioning pioneers and traders headed west, and later with provisioning the nation with meat and wheat. Throughout its …
Taste of Naples
Neapolitan Culture, Cuisine, and Cooking
Inbunden, 2018
558 kr
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In other places, it might seem trite or cliché to say that love is an essential component of cooking, food, and dining. But in the shadow of a still-fuming Vesuvio, the love of everyday life is palpable in Naples: that passion for life is the spirit that guides Neapolitan cuisine. You can taste it …
Food and Drink of Sydney
A History
Inbunden, 2018
560 kr
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Sydney, famed for its setting and natural beauty, has fascinated from the day it was conceived as an end-of-the-world repository for British felons, to its current status as one of the world’s most appealing cities. This book recounts, and celebrates, the central role food has played in shaping the …
Rio de Janeiro
A Food Biography
Inbunden, 2016
602 kr
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From fish soup to caipirinha, the culinary traditions of Rio de Janeiro come alive in this rich and sumptuous tour of its people and the foods they cook, eat, love, and enjoy.In the last four centuries of its history, the inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro created a lifestyle that is unique and has been …
Food and Drink of Seattle
From Wild Salmon to Craft Beer
Av Judith Dern
Inbunden, 2018
576 kr
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Offers a comprehensive exploration of Seattle’s cuisine from geographical, historical, cultural, and culinary perspectives. From glaciers to geoducks, from the Salish Sea with swift currents sweeping wild salmon home from the Pacific Ocean to their original spawning grounds, to settlers, …
Food and Drink of Seattle
From Wild Salmon to Craft Beer
Av Judith Dern
E-bok, 2018
615 kr
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Offers a comprehensive exploration of Seattle’s cuisine from geographical, historical, cultural, and culinary perspectives. From glaciers to geoducks, from the Salish Sea with swift currents sweeping wild salmon home from the Pacific Ocean to their original spawning grounds, to settlers, …
Madrid
A Culinary History
Inbunden, 2017
584 kr
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As the capital city of Spain, Madrid is nowadays considered one of the most interesting “food towns” in the world. This is perhaps due to the wide variety of specialty dishes that its cuisine boasts, ranging from the old-fashioned and traditional to the modern, and even the futuristic; a cuisine …
New Orleans
A Food Biography
Häftad, 2016
321 kr
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Beignets, Po’ Boys, gumbo, jambalaya, Antoine’s. New Orleans’ celebrated status derives in large measure from its incredibly rich food culture, based mainly on Creole and Cajun traditions. At last, this world-class destination has its own food biography. Elizabeth M. Williams, a New Orleans native …
Eternal Table
A Cultural History of Food in Rome
Inbunden, 2019
558 kr
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The Eternal Table: A Cultural History of Food in Rome is the first concise history of the food, gastronomy, and cuisine of Rome spanning from pre-Roman to modern times. It is a social history of the Eternal City seen through the lens of eating and feeding, as it advanced over the centuries in a …
History of the Food of Paris
From Roast Mammoth to Steak Frites
Inbunden, 2018
558 kr
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Paris has played a unique role in world gastronomy, influencing cooks and gourmets across the world. It has served as a focal point not only for its own cuisine, but for regional specialties from across France. For tourists, its food remains one of the great attractions of the city itself. Yet the …
Culinary History of Taipei
Beyond Pork and Ponlai
Av Katy Hui-wen Hung, Steven Crook
Inbunden, 2018
562 kr
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There is a compelling story behind Taiwan’s recent emergence as a food destination of international significance. A Culinary History of Taipei is the first comprehensive English-language examination of what Taiwan’s people eat and why they eat those foods, as well as the role and perception of …
Taste of Barcelona
The History of Catalan Cooking and Eating
Inbunden, 2019
562 kr
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Widely associated with avant-garde gastronomy and lavish food markets, Barcelona has become a top destination for gourmands and chefs around the world, especially after the spectacular rise of chef Ferran Adrià of the famed elBulli, soon to be reborn as elBulli1846. Barcelona is a city that …
Taste of Barcelona
The History of Catalan Cooking and Eating
Häftad, 2023
284 kr
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Widely associated with avant-garde gastronomy and lavish food markets, Barcelona has become a top destination for gourmands and chefs around the world, especially after the spectacular rise of chef Ferran Adrià of the famed elBulli, soon to be reborn as elBulli1846. Barcelona is a city that …
Culinary History of Taipei
Beyond Pork and Ponlai
Av Katy Hui-wen Hung, Steven Crook
Häftad, 2025
269 kr
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There is a compelling story behind Taiwan’s recent emergence as a food destination of international significance. A Culinary History of Taipei is the first comprehensive English-language examination of what Taiwan’s people eat and why they eat those foods, as well as the role and perception of …
Taste of Naples
Neapolitan Culture, Cuisine, and Cooking
Häftad, 2025
269 kr
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In other places, it might seem trite or cliché to say that love is an essential component of cooking, food, and dining. But in the shadow of a still-fuming Vesuvio, the love of everyday life is palpable in Naples: that passion for life is the spirit that guides Neapolitan cuisine. You can taste it …
