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Cheese and culture
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Paul Kindstedt |
"Behind every traditional type of cheese there is a fascinating story. By examining the role of the cheesemaker throughout world history and by understanding a few basic principles of cheese science … |
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Animals, equality and democracy
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Siobhan O'Sullivan |
"Animals, Equality and Democracy examines the structure of animal protection legislation and finds that it is deeply inequitable, with a tendency to favor those animals the community is most likely t… |
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The table comes first
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Adam Gopnik |
"From the author of Paris to the Moon--one man's quest for the meaning of food in a time obsessed with what to eat. Never before have we cared so much about food. It preoccupies our popular culture, … |
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Change comes to dinner
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Katherine Gustafson |
"A fascinating exploration of America's food innovators, that gives us hopeful alternatives to the industrial food system described in works like Michael Pollan's bestselling Omnivore's Dilemma Chang… |
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All or nothing
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Jesse Schenker |
"Part Kitchen Confidential part Breaking Bad, a culinary memoir exploring the highs and lows of addiction, anxiety, and ambition in the world of haute cuisine"-- |
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Voices of the food revolution
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John Robbins |
"Did you know that: More than 80% of the foods you eat in restaurants and buy at supermarkets contain genetically engineered ingredients, and that these ingredients have been linked to toxic and alle… |
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The third plate
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Dan Barber |
"Renowned chef Dan Barber introduces a new kind of cuisine that represents the future of American dining in THE THIRD PLATE. Barber explores the evolution of American food from the "first plate," or … |
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The big ratchet
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Ruth S. DeFries |
"Our species' pervasive presence on the planet is the combined result of two powerful forces: earth's rich natural endowments and humanity's ability to manipulate nature. From our ability to control … |
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Edible
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Daniella Martin |
" Edible offers a fascinating look into the world of entomophagy and how eating bugs may save the planet. Martin takes readers to the front lines of the next big trend in the global food movement. Sh… |
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Organic
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Peter Laufer |
"Part food narrative, part investigation, part adventure story, Organic is an eye-opening and entertaining look into the anything goes world behind the organic label. It is also a wakeup call about t… |
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Why did the chicken cross the world?
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Andrew Lawler |
"From ancient empires to modern economics, veteran journalist Andrew Lawler delivers a sweeping history of the animal that has been most crucial to the spread of civilization across the globe--the ch… |
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Cheddar
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Gordon Edgar |
Author Gordon Edgar (Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge) is well equipped to take readers on a tour through the world of cheddar. For more than fifteen years he has worked as an iconoclastic cheesemon… |
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Chasing the harvest
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Gabriel Thompson |
"'The Grapes of Wrath' brought national attention to the condition of California's migrant farmworkers in the 1930s. Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers' grape and lettuce boycotts captured the … |
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The Vegetarian's Guide to Eating Meat
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Marissa Landrigan |
234 pages ; 22 cm |
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The weed runners
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Nick Schou |
"Drawing on unparalleled access to sources ranging from doctors and lawyers to lobbyists, cannabis club owners, outlaw cultivators, and industry entrepreneurs, The Weed Runners is both journalistic e… |
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Evolved Eater
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Nick Taranto |
xii, 254 pages : 23 cm |
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Omnivore's Dilemma. A Natural History of Four Meals
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Michael Pollan,Richie Chevat,Raul Nagore |
What should we have for dinner? The question has confronted us since man discovered fire, but according to Michael Pollan, the bestselling author of The Botany of Desire, how we answer it today, at t… |
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