Category - History
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The Kingdom of Rye: A Brief History of Russian Food Volume 77
HardcoverOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Celebrated food scholar Darra Goldstein takes readers on a vivid tour of history and culture through Russian cuisine. The Kingdom of Rye unearths t...
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Grain and Fire: A History of Baking in the American South
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /While a luscious layer cake may exemplify the towering glory of southern baking, like everything about the American South, baking is far more compl...
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Pastries from the Past: From my Grandmother's Recipe Book
PaperbackOriginal price $28.85Original price $28.85 - Original price $28.85Original price $28.85Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /40 pastry recipes selected from the most successful and delicious cakes and desserts described in the 80-page recipe notebook I inherited from my g...
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Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure
PaperbackOriginal price $19.00Original price $19.00 - Original price $19.00Original price $19.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /The remarkable untold story of France's courageous, clever vinters who protected and rescued the country's most treasured commodity from German plu...
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Agave Spirits: The Past, Present, and Future of Mezcals
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /All tequilas are mezcals; all mezcals are made from agaves; and every bottle of mezcal is the remarkable result of collaborations among agave entre...
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Sweet Land of Liberty: A History of America in 11 Pies
HardcoverOriginal price $27.00Original price $27.00 - Original price $27.00Original price $27.00Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /IACP AWARD WINNER - A delicious and delightful narrative history of pie in America, from the colonial era through the civil rights movement and bey...
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The Discovery of Pasta: A History in Ten Dishes
HardcoverOriginal price $27.95Original price $27.95 - Original price $27.95Original price $27.95Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /What is Italy without pasta? Come to think of it, where would the rest of us be without this staple of global cuisine? An acclaimed Italian food wr...
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Egg: A Dozen Ovatures
HardcoverOriginal price $28.00Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00Original price $28.00Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /The egg is a paradox--both alive and not alive--and a symbol as old as culture itself. In this wide-ranging and delightful journey through its natu...
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Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /A wonderfully entertaining, often surprising history of presidential taste, from the grim meals eaten by Washington and his starving troops at Vall...
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Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
HardcoverOriginal price $27.99Original price $27.99 - Original price $27.99Original price $27.99Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /*A Finalist for the Spirited Award for Best New Book on Drinks Culture, History or Spirits**A Guardian Best History and Politics Book of 2022*"At l...
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Bourbon: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of an American Whiskey
HardcoverOriginal price $26.00Original price $26.00 - Original price $26.00Original price $26.00Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /Once and for all, America learns the likely inventor of its beloved bourbon.Bourbon is not just alcohol--this amber-colored drink is deeply ingrain...
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The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /The 2020 IBPA Awards Winner! Bring an authentic slice of Downton Abbey into your kitchen with over 100 delicious recipes from this official cookboo...
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Corn Dance: Inspired First American Cuisine
HardcoverOriginal price $34.95Original price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /Growing up in Shawnee, Oklahoma, among a host of grandmothers and aunties, Loretta Barrett Oden learned the lessons and lore of Potawatomi cooking,...
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A History of the World in 10 Dinners: 2,000 Years, 100 Recipes
HardcoverOriginal price $55.00Original price $55.00 - Original price $55.00Original price $55.00Current price $47.99$47.99 - $47.99Current price $47.99| /For every lover of food culture, this scrupulously researched and accessible cookbook presents one-of-a-kind dinner parties inspired by seminal mom...
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The History and Natural History of Spices: The 5000-Year Search for Flavour
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /The dramatic search for spices through history, and how the pursuit of rare flavors changed and opened up our world Spices have been highly valued...
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Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American
PaperbackOriginal price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00$28.99$28.99 - $28.99Current price $28.99| /Red Sauce traces the evolution of popular Italian-American foods like lasagna, eggplant parmigiana, and penne alla vodka while seeking the origins ...
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Food, Hope & Resilience: Authentic Recipes and Remarkable Stories from Holocaust Survivors
PaperbackOriginal price $29.99Original price $29.99 - Original price $29.99Original price $29.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Culinary Traditions Preserved, Stories Never to be Forgotten This vital collection of survivor stories uplifts and inspires alongside recipes that ...
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The Theory and Practice of Brewing
PaperbackOriginal price $21.62 - Original price $21.62Original price $21.62$21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /The Theory and Practice of Brewing, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that ...
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The Little Book of Wine: In Vino Veritas
HardcoverOriginal price $8.95 - Original price $8.95Original price $8.95$11.99$11.99 - $11.99Current price $11.99| /A oenophile's guide to all things wine Red, white, sparkling or rosé - arguably no other alcoholic drink has had more impact on our society than ...
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Casseroles, Can Openers, and Jell-O: American Food and the Cold War, 1947-1959
PaperbackOriginal price $33.95Original price $33.95 - Original price $33.95Original price $33.95Current price $30.99$30.99 - $30.99Current price $30.99| /Casseroles, Can Openers, and Jell-O provides insight on how American food culture developed during the early years of the Cold War. Highlighting ...
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The Official Bridgerton Guide to Entertaining: How to Cook, Host, and Toast Like a Member of the Ton: A Cookbook
HardcoverOriginal price $25.00Original price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price $25.00Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Notes From Your BooksellerHow obsessed are you with Bridgerton? If you answered in any degree of the affirmative, you need this book to coach you...
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The Wine List: Stories and Tasting Notes Behind the World's Most Remarkable Bottles
HardcoverOriginal price $28.00Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00Original price $28.00Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /Notes From Your BooksellerThe perfect book for anyone with a deep appreciation for wine, Grant Reynolds is the guy you want telling these stories...
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What's Cooking in the Kremlin: From Rasputin to Putin, How Russia Built an Empire with a Knife and Fork
PaperbackOriginal price $20.00Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /A New York Times Editors’ Choice“Entertaining . . . A heady mix of propaganda and paranoia . . . [Szabłowski writes] sensitively . . . not just a...
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The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food--Featuring More Than 100 Historical Recipes
HardcoverOriginal price $28.00Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00Original price $28.00Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /An Eater Best Food Book of 2023A Smithsonian Best Food Book of 2023From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cod and Salt, a delectable look ...
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