false 454957 0 0 male Brooklyn, NY 1964/11/03 962213 2060662 1845204301 9781845204303 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/20/662/2060662-m-1255791579.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/20/662/2060662-s-1255791579.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2060662.Beans_A_History 3.36 14 Beans is a ripping tale of a truly magical fruit.</div></div></div>]]> 454957 3.45 33 10 2007 4935014 1861893922 9781861893925 4 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4935014.Pancake_A_Global_History 3.40 10 Pancake traverses over centuries and civilizations to examine the culinary and cultural importance of pancakes in human history. From the Russian blini to the Ethiopian injera, Albala reveals how pancakes have been a perennial source of sustenance from Greek and Roman eras to the Middle Ages through to the present day.  He explores how the pancake has gained symbolic currency in diverse societies as a comfort food, a portable victual for travelers, a celebratory dish, and a breakfast meal. The book also features a number of historic and modern recipes—tracing the first official pancake recipe to a sixteenth-century Dutch cook—and is accompanied by a rich selection of illustrations.
Pancake is a witty and erudite history of a well-known favorite and will ensure that the pancake will never be flattened under the shadow of better known foods. </DIV> (20080714)]]> 454957 3.45 33 10 2008 1663378 0520229479 9780520229471 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186538099m/1663378.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186538099s/1663378.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1663378.Eating_Right_in_the_Renaissance 4.00 4 Eating Right in the Renaissance takes us through an array of historical sources in a narrative that is witty and spiced with fascinating details. Why did early Renaissance writers recommend the herbs parsley, arugula, anise, and mint to fortify sexual prowess? Why was there such a strong outcry against melons and cucumbers, even though people continued to eat them in large quantities? Why was wine considered a necessary nutrient? As he explores these and other questions, Albala explains the history behind Renaissance dietary theories; the connections among food, exercise, and sex; the changing relationship between medicine and cuisine; and much more.
Whereas modern nutritionists may promise a slimmer waistline, more stamina, or freedom from disease, Renaissance food writers had entirely different ideas about the value of eating right. As he uncovers these ideas from the past, Ken Albala puts our own dietary obsessions in an entirely new light in this elegantly written and often surprising new chapter on the history of food.]]> 454957 3.45 33 10 2002 2604316 0313330964 9780313330964 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/26/316/2604316-m-1255791594.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/26/316/2604316-s-1255791594.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2604316.Cooking_in_Europe_1250_1650 3.67 3 454957 3.45 33 10 2006 3414115 1419693913 9781419693915 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3414115.Human_Cuisine 3.00 1 454957 3.45 33 10 2008 884547 0313319626 9780313319624 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179179003m/884547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179179003s/884547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/884547.Food_in_Early_Modern_Europe 3.00 1 454957 3.45 33 10 2003 2604318 0618995463 9780618995462 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2604318.What_Is_A_Good_Society_ 0.0 0 454957 3.45 33 10 2007 2604317 0313039410 9780313039416 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2604317.Food_in_Early_Modern_Europe 0.0 0 454957 3.45 33 10 2003 2060665 031333725X 9780313337253 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2060665.The_Business_of_Food_Encyclopedia_of_the_Food_and_Drink_Industries 0.0 0 454957 3.45 33 10 2007 999450 0252031334 9780252031335 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180111313m/999450.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180111313s/999450.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/999450.The_Banquet_Dining_in_the_Great_Courts_of_Late_Renaissance_Europe 0.0 0
In The Banquet, Ken Albala covers the transitional period between the heavily spiced and colored cuisine of the Middle Ages and classical French haute cuisine. This development involved increasing use of dairy products, a move toward lighter meats such as veal and chicken, increasing identification of national food customs, more sweetness and aromatics, and a refined aesthetic sense, surprisingly in line with the late Renaissance styles found in other arts.</div>]]> 454957 3.45 33 10 2007