On the land of his ancestors in Scotland, a young farmer struggles to find a balance between farming, the conservation o......more
"This book explores changing settlement and subsistence in the Northern Great Lakes from the perspective of food-process......more
"This book explores changing settlement and subsistence in the Northern Great Lakes from the perspective of food-process......more
"A deeply curious and evenhanded report on our national appetites." --The New York Times In the tradition of Fast Food N......more
This volume explores our cultural celebration of food, blending lobster festivals, politicians’ roadside eats, reality s......more
Anthropologists and historians have confirmed the central role alcohol has played in nearly every society since the dawn......more
Industrial agriculture is responsible for widespread environmental degradation and undermines the pursuit of human well-......more
Industrial agriculture is responsible for widespread environmental degradation and undermines the pursuit of human well-......more
In our complex, consumerist societies, the intricacy of personal interactions and the number of goods and products avail......more
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Despite the pervasiveness of barter across societies, this mode of transaction has largely escaped the anthropologist’s ......more
The industrial food system, from production to consumption and waste, is a major contributor to environmental, social, a......more
Bitter Southerner 2022 Summer Reading pick - Garden & Gun Best Southern Cookbooks pick - Forbes Best New Cookbooks For T......more
Winner of the George Washington Prize A fresh, original look at George Washington as an innovative land manager whose si......more
Who controls what we eat? This book reveals how dominant corporations, from the supermarket to the seed industry, exert ......more
Who controls what we eat? This book reveals how dominant corporations, from the supermarket to the seed industry, exert ......more
Having "discovered" the flavors of barbacoa, bibimbap, bánh mi, sambusas, and pupusas, white middle-class eaters are inc......more
Having "discovered" the flavors of barbacoa, bibimbap, bánh mi, sambusas, and pupusas, white middle-class eaters are inc......more
"Eloquent and detailed...precise and well-thought-out...Read her book -- and listen." -- Jane Smiley, The Washington Pos......more
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Colonist George Thorpe first crafted corn beere, an ancestor to bourbon, in 1620 at Berkeley Plantation, and George Wash......more
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This comprehensive handbook represents a definitive state of the current art and science of food waste from multiple per......more
This book looks at agricultural systems and rural economies in Asia through the prism of alternative innovation systems,......more
From the author of Ten Restaurants That Changed America, an exploration of food’s cultural importance and its crucial ro......more
Leading from the North aims to improve public dialogue around the future of Northern Australia to underpin robust and fl......more
What defines cooking as cooking, and why does cooking matter to the understanding of society, cultural change and everyd......more
How food industry lobbyists and a small group of scientists have successfully fought government efforts to reduce danger......more
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Entangled Otherness explores the dynamics of cross-dressing and gender performance in contemporary francophone Caribbean......more
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One morning in 2014, Ramrao Panchleniwar, an ordinary cotton grower in Maharashtra’s infamous Vidarbha region, consumed ......more
How modern food helped make modern society between 1870 and 1930: stories of power and food, from bananas and beer to br......more
The Provisions of War examines how soldiers, civilians, communities, and institutions have used food and its absence as ......more
The Provisions of War examines how soldiers, civilians, communities, and institutions have used food and its absence as ......more
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The acclaimed chronicle of the regeneration of one family’s traditional English farm NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Winner of the......more
What exactly do vegans believe? Why has veganism become such a critical and criticized social movement, and how does veg......more
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A call to action in an ongoing battle against industrial agriculture From the early twentieth century and across generat......more
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A fascinating examination of the controversial work of Harvey Wiley, the founder of the pure food movement and an early ......more
Considering how recipes and food writing are read differently than other narratives, this book examines the concept of t......more
Traces how alternative food movements are affected by global and local trends, with a focus on how organic agriculture w......more
Explores the interplay of religion and food in Native American cultures....more
The first exploration of vegan Irish epistemology, one that can be traced along its history of animism, agrarianism, asc......more
This book examines alcohol production, consumption, regulation, and commerce, alongside the gendered, medical, religious......more
In Everyday Food Practices, Tarunna Sebastian examines the everyday food journeys of people in diverse metropolitan comm......more
This is a book to savor, especially if you re a fast-food fan. --Bookpage This fun, argumentative, and frequently surpr......more
How can consumers, nations, and international organizations work together to improve food systems before our planet lose......more
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- The best book about making great ice cream at home, using amateur equipment, and showing you how quickly and easily yo......more
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Food plays a central role in the production of culture and is likewise a powerful resource for the representation and or......more
What a rare mushroom can teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planet Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in t......more
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We live in a world shaped by food, a Sitopia (sitos - food; topos - place). Food, and how we search for and consume it, ......more
As beef and cattle production progressed in nineteenth-century America, the cow emerged as the nation’s representative f......more
Battle lines have long been drawn over how food is produced, what food is made available to whom, and how best to protec......more
Battle lines have long been drawn over how food is produced, what food is made available to whom, and how best to protec......more
Driven by consumers’ desire for slow and local food, craft breweries, traditional butchers, cheese makers and bakeries h......more
Driven by consumers’ desire for slow and local food, craft breweries, traditional butchers, cheese makers and bakeries h......more
This book provides an accessible introduction to food inequality in the United States, offering readers a broad survey o......more
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