Creator: Darra Goldstein; Kathrin Merkle
Publication date: 2005-07-01
Dewey code: 641
List Price: $75.00
Price: $75.00
Review Culinary Cultures of Europe: Identity, Diversity and Dialogue / Council of Europe Publication:There is nothing trivial about food: the study of culinary culture and its history provides an insight into broad social, political and economic changes in society. The present collection of essays reflects many of the important transitions through which 40 European countries have passed, and in this sense, it is a history book. It is also a colourful celebration of an enormously rich part of our cultural heritage. The tastes and smells of a country¹s traditional table are a meaningful route to an important part of its collective memory, accessible to everyone. Food is also one of the simplest and most direct ways to promote multicultural understanding. This book offers an excellent insight into the meaning of food culture and will be of interest to anyone who wishes to explore the diversity of our European cultural heritage. Contents Preface Introduction - Food: identity and diversity by Fabio Parasecoli Country essays- Armenia: Insights into traditional food culture by Svetlana Haik Poghosyan Austria: Contemporary art and the essence of eating by Rainer Metzger Azerbaijan: A cuisine in harmony by Tahir I. Amiraslanov Belgium: Endives, Brussels sprouts and other innovations by Marc Jacobs and Jean Fraikin Bosnia and Herzegovina: The mouth is small but it can swallow a mountain by Nenad Tanovi´c Bulgaria: Golden fruits from the orchards by Rayna Gavrilova Croatia: From myth to authenticity by Veljko Barbieri Cyprus: Culinary traditions throughout the year by Savvas Sakkadas Denmark: Nation-building and cuisine by Else-Marie Boyhus Estonia: Pleasures of the palate by Maire Suitsu Finland : Continuity and change by Johanna Mäkelä France: French gastronomy, French gastronomies by Jean-Pierre Poulain Georgia: Foodways in rapid transition by Mary Ellen Chatwin and Zaal Kikodze Germany: Sauerkraut, beer and so much more by Gunther Hirschfelder and Gesa U. Schönberger Greece: A well-tempered culinary experience by Eleonora Skouteri-Didaskalou and Evie Voutsina Hungary: The komatál: symbol of friendship and affection by Zsuzsanna Tátrai Iceland: The creative fight for survival by Örn D. Jónsson Ireland: Simplicity and integration, continuity and change by Regina Sexton Italy : Food in Italian cinema by Viviana Lapertosa Latvia: Old customs and contemporary habits by Ieva Pi-gozne-Brinkmane Lithuania: Rituals and feasts by Birute. [+]Imbrasiene. Luxembourg: A gastronomic expedition by Georges Hausemer Malta: Continuity in change by Kenneth Gambin Moldova : Ritual breads through the seasons by Varvara Buzila? and Teodorina Bâzgu Monaco: A rich culinary heritage by Françoise Gamerdinger and René Novella Netherlands: Twenty-two minutes at the table by Bert Natter Norway: Between innovation and tradition by Henry Notaker Poland: Cuisine, culture and variety on the Wisla river by Kazimierz Krzysztofek Portugal : A dialogue of cultures by Ana Pessoa e Costa Romania: Discoveries and delights by the House of Guides and Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs Russian Federation: Rediscovering classics, enjoying diversity by Alexandra Grigorieva Serbia and Montenegro: A culinary quilt by Vesna Bizi´c-Omc?ikus Slovak Republic: The character of Slovak cuisine by Rastislava Stolic?ná Slovenia: The festive table by Janez Bogataj Spain: Agape and conviviality at the table by Diego Valverde Villena Sweden: From crispbread to ciabatta by Richard Tellström “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”: A new regime of nutrition by Dusan Matic Turkey: The tastes of a splendid herita.
Publication date: 2004-06-30
Dewey code: 394.10946
List Price: $56.95
Price: $41.57
Review Sabores De Espana (Biblioteca Practica) / Piramide Ediciones Sa:
Publication date: 1995-07
Dewey code: 641
List Price: $39.95
Price: $78.45
Review Flavors of the Fjords: The Norwegian Holiday Cookbook / Belleaire Press:A unique new work on Norwegian foods, holiday customs, recipes, and the "Norwegian-American Experience. " The largest number of traditional Norwegian holiday recipes-cakes, cookies, breads-ever put together in one book, and interwoven with fascinating bits of Norwegian social history, including explanations of Norwegian Holiday traditions and customs, many of them kept alive to this day by millions of Norwegian-American families. Authentic manuscript recipes for over 125 holiday cookies, cakes, breads, toppings, and puddings are interwoven with fascinating bits of Norwegian and Newport, Rhode Island social history. Poignant recollections and photographs chronicle life in Newport-all was not "Bellevue Avenue high life. " Lavishly illustrated, it offers over 300 photographs showcased by its 8 1/2 x 11 inch format illustrating life from Norway-to-Newport, R. I. -then and now-from period portraits and views of the late 19th and early 20th century, including antique post cards, to the present day. Unpublished photographs selected from private collections (including an autographed picture of Roald Amundsen, who discovered the South Pole), antique post cards, and contemporary Norwegian scenes.
Creator: Sybil Kapoor
Publication date: 2006-01
Price: $39.64
Review London: Authentic Recipes Celebrating the Foods of the World / Bonnier:
Publication date: 2004-06-30
Dewey code: 641
List Price: $57.95
Price: $42.30
Review Bodegas Con Sabor (Fondos Distribuidos) / Grupo Anaya Comercial:
Publication date: 1995-12
Price: $35.00
Review The Melting Pot: Balkan Food & Cookery / Prospect Books (UK):A monumental step foreword in the literature available on the food of this remarkably diverse, if war-torn region. Their cuisine borrows from the Greeks, Italians, Turks, Hungarians, Austrians, and Slavs, with touches of their own. Thoroughly researched. Dish names given in multiple languages.
Edition: 2nd
Publication date: 1997-01
List Price: $27.00
Price: $92.64
Review Take a Thousand Eggs or More: A Translation of Medieval Recipes from Harleian Ms. 279, Harleian Ms. 4016, and Extracts of Ashmole Ms. 1439, Laud Ms. / C. Renfrow:
Authors
- Simone Ortega Klein
- Manuel Martinez Llopis
Dewey code: 641
List Price: $72.95
Price: $53.25
Review La cocina tipica de Madrid/ The Traditional Food of Madrid / Alianza Editorial Sa:
Creator: Lisa Cooperman
Publication date: 2006-06-30
Dewey code: 641.59409
List Price: $45.00
Price: $42.68
Review Cooking in Europe, 1250-1650 (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series) (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series) / Greenwood Press:Ever get a yen for hemp seed soup, digestive pottage, carp fritters, jasper of milk, or frog pie? Would you like to test your culinary skills whipping up some edible counterfeit snow or nun's bozolati? Perhaps you have an assignment to make a typical Renaissance dish. The cookbook presents 171 unadulterated recipes from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Elizabethan era. Most are translated from French, Italian, or Spanish into English for the first time. Some English recipes from the Elizabethan era are presented only in the original if they are close enough to modern English to present an easy exercise in translation. Expert commentary helps readers to be able to replicate the food as nearly as possible in their own kitchens. An introduction overviews cuisine and food culture in these time periods and prepares the reader to replicate period food with advice on equipment, cooking methods, finding ingredients, and reading period recipes. The recipes are grouped by period and then type of food or "course. " Three lists of recipes-organized by how they appear in the book and by country and by special occasions-in the frontmatter help to quickly identify the type of dish desired. Some recipes will not appeal to modern tastes or sensibilities. This cookbook does not sanitize them for the modern palate. [+]Most everything in this book is perfectly edible and, according to the author, noted food historian Ken Albala, delicious!.
Authors
- Ruth Van Waerebeek
- Maria Robbins
Dewey code: 641.59493
List Price: $15.95
Price: $75.00
Review Everybody Eats Well in Belgium Cookbook / Workman Publishing Company:It's a country that boasts more three-star restaurants per capita than any other nation-including France. It's a country where home cooks-and everyone, it seems, is a great home cook-spend copious amounts of time thinking about, shopping for, preparing, discussing, and celebrating food. With its French foundation, hearty influences from Germany and Holland, herbs straight out of a Medieval garden, and condiments and spices from the height of Flemish culture, Belgian cuisine is elegant comfort food at its best-slow-cooked, honest, bourgeois, nostalgic. It's the Sunday meal and a continental dinner party, family picnics and that antidote to a winter's day. In 250 delicious recipes, here is the best of Belgian cuisine. Veal Stew with Dumplings, Mushrooms, and Carrots. Potato and Leek Stoemp. Smoked Trout Mousse with Watercress Sauce. Braised Partridge with Cabbage and Abbey Beer. Gratin of Belgian Endives. [+]Flemish Carrot Soup. Steak-Frites. Belgian Steamed Mussels. Belgian Steamed Mussels. Cognac Scented Flemish Waffles. And desserts, some using the best chocolate on earth: Belgian Chocolate Ganache Tart, Lace Cookies from Brugge, Almond Cake with Fresh Fruit Topping, Little Chocolate Nut Cakes. As Belgians explain it, since one has to eat three times a day, why not make a feast of every meal? 57,000 copies in print.
Publication date: 2002-03-10
Dewey code: 641
List Price: $56.00
Price: $56.00
Review Bulgarian Cuisine: The Best Traditional Recipes / Abm Komers:Over the course of 35 years, the author of this book has collected more than 4,500 cooking recipes from all over Bulgaria. They reflect the thousand-year old cultural traditions and relations, as well as an important part of the present-day lifestyle of the people of Bulgaria. Bulgarian Cuisine presents the reader with some of the most popular culinary riches of Bulgarian culture.
Publication date: 2008-11-30
Dewey code: 641.594
List Price: $45.00
Price: $40.12
Review Cooking in Europe, 1650-1850 (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series) / Greenwood Press:From the Baroque Era to the Victorian Era, 1650-1850, unprecedented changes took place in the food ways and dining habits of European society. This daily life aspect of history comes alive for students and food enthusiasts as they read and try out these recipes, most translated into English for the first time. There are nearly 200 recipes, organized overall by the mini-periods of the Baroque and Rococo Era, the Reign of Louis XV to the French Revolution, and the reign of Napoleon to the Victorian Era. Author Ivan Day, a renowned food historian who specializes in meticulous recreation of these amazing dishes for museum exhibitions, makes them accessible with clear explanations of techniques and unusual ingredients. Recipes include examples from France, Italy, England, Austria, Germany, Holland, Portugal, Spain, and Scotland, from the simple Salad of Pomegranate from La Varenne Careme's 1651 cookbook to the elaborate Boar's Head in Galantine of Careme's 1833 cookbook. This unique cookbook is a culinary treasure trove to complement all European History library collections. As Day shows in his narrative and recipes, the principal theme in the story of food during the two centuries is the rapid spread of French fine cooking throughout Europe and its gradual percolation down the social scale. However, despite the domination of French cuisine at higher levels, most nations managed to cling proudly to their own indigenous traditions. A lively introduction explains the dramatic shift in culinary taste led by the exuberant creativity of French cooks. Cookbooks started to emerge from the Paris printing presses after a hundred years of silence. [+]Numerous innovations completely transformed French cuisine and swept away all remnants of lingering medieval taste. There were new efficient cooking techniques for the kitchens of powerful and wealthy. For all, there were new ingredients from New World and new cooking mediums such as the mechanical spit and roasting ranges that made cooking cleaner and less back breaking. The recipes, each with a short explanation, are organized by type of dish. Categories include salads and cold dishes; soups; meat; poultry; fish and seafood; vegetables and fungi; eggs and dairy; sauces; savory pastries; starches, pastas, and legumes; breads and cakes; sweet pastries and puddings; fruit, nuts, and flower preserves; sweets and confections; jellies and ices; and drinks. Occasional sidebars offer period menus of, for example, elaborate feasts. A glossary and an appendix listing suppliers of equipment and ingredients are added features.
Publication date: 2005-08-30
Dewey code: 641.5942
List Price: $55.00
Price: $36.85
Review Cooking with Jane Austen (Feasting with Fiction) / Greenwood Press:One of the greatest writers of all time, Jane Austen drew upon her domestic culture to color her works. Food is central to her novels, just as it was to everyday life in Austen's England. And just as her fiction continues to captivate modern audiences, her world of breakfasts and banquets captures the imagination of contemporary readers. Many of her fans will enjoy recreating the meals she describes in her novels, while high school students will similarly gain greater appreciation for her works by learning about her food culture. Through more than 200 recipes, this book transports readers to Jane Austen's England and brings her world to contemporary kitchens. The book begins with some introductory chapters on cooking and eating in Austen's world. It then presents chapters on broad categories of food, such as beef and veal, seafood, pastries and sweets, and beverages. Each chapter includes extracts from Austen's works and from cookbooks of her period, accompanied by easy-to-follow modernized recipes. Some of these are for relatively common dishes, such as: Roast Beef Roast Pork Loin Roast Chicken Apple Pie And more. Others are for more exotic meals, such as: Fricasseed Tripe Neat's Tongue Fried Cowheel and Onion Mutton Hash Liver and Crow Mushroom Ketchup And others. [+]The volume closes with some sample menus; glossaries of ingredients, sources, and special tools; and a bibliography of period cookbooks and modern studies.
Creator: Siger Zeischka
Publication date: 2008-12-01
Dewey code: 641
List Price: $59.00
Price: $37.17
Review The Dining Nobility: From the Burgundian Dukes to the Belgian Royalty / ASP-VUB Press:Presenting a rare glimpse into the dining rooms of Belgian nobility from the Middle Ages to modern times, specialists in the field discuss gastronomy and festive culture in a historical and sociological context. This stunning work provides insights into both the culinary proclivities and table manors of these epic gourmands, answering such questions as What was the daily menu of the dukes of Burgundy? What was behind the sudden enthusiasm for saltwater fish in the 17th century? and Why were exotic desserts so popular in the 19th century? A valuable addition to the historical study of Belgian Noblemen and the ruling elite, this bilingual collection—presented in both English and French—creates a wonderfully rich portrait of the past, from the dukes of Burgundy to Belgian royalty.
Creator: Fabien Bellahsen
Publication date: 1998-12
Dewey code: 641
Price: $29.95
Review Desserts (Eurodelices) / Konemann:
Authors
- Jens Olscher
- Jennifer Olscher
Publication date: 2007-03-30
List Price: $44.95
Price: $44.95
Review Raclette: The Insider's Guide to the Secret World of Raclette Dining / Raclette Australia:Winter ideal for Raclette As the raclette meal was invented in the alpine regions of Switzerland, winter is the ideal time to try raclette. This book will take a novice and make a true expert out of her in all things raclette. Other books on this topic fail by assuming the reader to know about raclette, but The Insider's Guide to the Secret World of Raclette Dining starts at the very beginning. It is the only book on raclette originally written in English (not translated like "the other book" in all three incarnations!) The first part looks at raclette's relationship with fondue and also answers the question why fondue became so famous outside Switzerland while raclette remained a well-kept secret for over 500 years and what the Swiss are doing right now to try to keep it a secret. The recipe section is full of inspirational recipes that you really want to try. Packed with serving suggestions and which cheeses are ideal for raclette melting. Recipes included: Traditional Raclette, Mini-Hamburgers, Raclette a la Pizza, Camembert with Cranberries, Spinach filled Crepes plus many dessert options. Brilliantly composed with colour photographs for every recipe, the book is the ideal companion to the modern table top Raclette grill. Showcasing the various ways that you can enjoy raclette from the traditional Swiss style to the way the French or the Dutch like to serve it. In August 2007 Leelanau Cheese Company won the Best of Show Award from the American Cheese Society for their Aged Raclette cheese, recognising it as the best cheese in the USA in 2007. [+]While this fact happened after the book was printed, it contains a lot of other top rated information even experts want to know. This book is the only book in English that actually contains the traditional raclette recipe itself as well as the modern variations. It does not waste valuable space for drink recipes or fills up the last third with salad recipes (or puts a pumpkin salad on the cover!) like other books on this topic. It is the only book in English offered directly by Amazon and of such high quality that you will not find used or discounted copies. The book is written, printed, bound and published in Australia by the internationally recognised experts from Raclette Australia. Get it now for yourself and another for a friend as a great Christmas present!.
Publication date: 2004-06-30
Dewey code: 641
List Price: $54.95
Price: $40.11
Review Cocina Y Gastronomia De Cantabria (Biblioteca Practica) / Piramide Ediciones Sa:
Publication date: 2007-05-28
Dewey code: 641.509945
List Price: $59.95
Price: $37.33
Review The Lake House: Recollections and Recipes for All Seasons / Hardie Grant Books:For lovers of fine food and high-end travel, this collection of photographs and recipes offers a peek inside an award-winning small boutique hotel. Set in the stunning surroundings of Victoria, Australia, the Lake House is not only a destination for those who like to sleep in style but also those who like to eat in style. This book shares tales from the hotel along with recipes and anecdotes from the kitchen, including the stories of the local growers who provide the regional, seasonal produce that is the focus of the restaurant’s cuisine. As a lush memento or a read to tempt armchair travelers and aspiring chefs alike, this celebration of a world-class destination will delight readers of all tastes.
Authors
- Aniko Gergely
- Ruprecht Stempell
- Christoph Buechel
Publication date: 2000-01
Dewey code: 641.59439
List Price: $19.95
Price: $128.85
Review Hungary (Culinaria) / Konemann:
Authors
- Raquel Rodriguez De Bujalance
- Covadonga De La Rica
- Cristina Larraondo
Dewey code: 641
List Price: $50.95
Price: $37.19
Review Triunfar En La Cocina Sin Ayuda De Las Mujeres (Biblioteca Practica) / Piramide:
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Culinary Cultures of Europe: Identity, Diversity and Dialogue, Sabores De Espana (Biblioteca Practica), Flavors of the Fjords: The Norwegian Holiday Cookbook, London: Authentic Recipes Celebrating the Foods of the World, Bodegas Con Sabor (Fondos Distribuidos), The Melting Pot: Balkan Food & Cookery, Take a Thousand Eggs or More: A Translation of Medieval Recipes from Harleian Ms. 279, Harleian Ms. 4016, and Extracts of Ashmole Ms. 1439, Laud Ms., La cocina tipica de Madrid/ The Traditional Food of Madrid, Cooking in Europe, 1250-1650 (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series) (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series), Everybody Eats Well in Belgium Cookbook, Bulgarian Cuisine: The Best Traditional Recipes, Cooking in Europe, 1650-1850 (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series), Cooking with Jane Austen (Feasting with Fiction), The Dining Nobility: From the Burgundian Dukes to the Belgian Royalty, Desserts (Eurodelices), Raclette: The Insider's Guide to the Secret World of Raclette Dining, Cocina Y Gastronomia De Cantabria (Biblioteca Practica), The Lake House: Recollections and Recipes for All Seasons, Hungary (Culinaria), Triunfar En La Cocina Sin Ayuda De Las Mujeres (Biblioteca Practica)Top headlines: Neocons Converge Around Giuliani Campaign: ›21:52 6 Oct, Sat Top 20 medical breakthroughs for women: This years biggest advances are changing the face and future of your health. 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