The Stimulating Story of the World's Most Popular Brew
What is it about coffee that makes it so popular across so many different cultures? Is it the just the caffeine, or is there something else about coffee that makes it so alluring? This book presents the story that traces the rich and intriguing history of coffee - from its first known consumption to the ubiquitous dominance of Starbuck's.
Spanning nearly six hundred years of Japanese food culture, Japanese Foodways, Past and Presentconsiders the production, consumption, and circulation of Japanese foods from the mid-fifteenth century to the present day in contexts that are political, economic, cultural, social, and religious. Diverse contributors--including anthropologists, ......
Spanning nearly six hundred years of Japanese food culture, Japanese Foodways, Past and Presentconsiders the production, consumption, and circulation of Japanese foods from the mid-fifteenth century to the present day in contexts that are political, economic, cultural, social, and religious. Diverse contributors--including anthropologists, ......
Sweet Treats from the Beehive across the Centuries and around the World
Honey, I'm Homemade: Sweet Treats from the Beehive across the Centuries and around the World showcases a wealth of recipes for cookies, breads, pies, puddings, and cakes that feature honey as an essential ingredient. Collecting recipes from hundreds of cookbooks, noted entomologist May Berenbaum also details the fascinating history of honey ......
Fondly remembered as the centerpiece of family Thanksgiving reunions, the turkey is a cultural symbol as well as a multi-billion dollar industry. As a bird, dinner, commodity, and national icon, the turkey has become as American as the bald eagle (with which it actually competed for supremacy on national insignias).Food historian Andrew F. Smith's ......
‘A Carlton please!’ a name that’s still shouted across every bar and hotel in Australia. It was one of six breweries that united to form the company we know today as CUB (Foster’s), yet we still call it Carlton. But this is not a book of that great company – it’s a book of the people that made Carlton the greatest. They were all part of the long ......
Passengers who dined on the Baltimore and Ohio during the heyday of American railroading received fivestar service: white tablecloths, china, and silver; food cooked from scratch; and the undivided attention of skilled waiters. The B& O's cuisine won wide acclaim as the finest railway food in the country. Passengers enjoyed it as the slightly ......
Lavishly illustrated with nearly three hundred gorgeous full-color photos, this engaging guidebook carefully describes forty different edible species of wild mushrooms found around Illinois and surrounding states, including Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Indiana, and Kentucky. With conversational and witty prose, the book provides extensive detail on ......
This fascinating biography tells the story of nineteenth-century America through the life of one of its most magnetic and influential characters: Sojourner Truth. Sojourner Truth's America examines the complex dynamics of the times in which Truth acted, highlighting the transnational contours of her spirituality and early life as a slave, her ......
