Food Studies - hosted by iambriam

Food, Economics, & Social Class
Stories about how food relates to businesses, food systems, social class, companies, capitalism, socialism, scarcity, and human decision-making.
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Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed by Bryant Terry

Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed

Bryant Terry

215 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction cookbook informative slow-paced
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South

Michael W. Twitty

480 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history informative reflective slow-paced
The Taste of Empire: How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World by Lizzie Collingham

The Taste of Empire: How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World

Lizzie Collingham

missing duration info • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Scoff: A History of Food and Class in Britain by Pen Vogler

Scoff: A History of Food and Class in Britain

Pen Vogler

480 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history sociology informative medium-paced
The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z by Tamar Adler

The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z

Tamar Adler

560 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction cookbook food and drink informative inspiring medium-paced
Cooking with Scraps: Turn Your Peels, Cores, Rinds, and Stems Into Delicious Meals by Lindsay-Jean Hard

Cooking with Scraps: Turn Your Peels, Cores, Rinds, and Stems Into Delicious Meals

Lindsay-Jean Hard

216 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction informative inspiring lighthearted slow-paced
Hippie Food: How Back-To-The-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat by Jonathan Kauffman

Hippie Food: How Back-To-The-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat

Jonathan Kauffman

344 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history science sociology funny informative lighthearted slow-paced
Baking Yesteryear: Plating the Past with the Best Recipes from the 1900s to The 1980s by B. Dylan Hollis

Baking Yesteryear: Plating the Past with the Best Recipes from the 1900s to The 1980s

B. Dylan Hollis

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction cookbook funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
Dethroning the King: The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch, an American Icon by Julie MacIntosh

Dethroning the King: The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch, an American Icon

Julie MacIntosh

380 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction business economics food and drink history informative slow-paced
Spuds, Spam And Eating For Victory: Rationing In The Second World War by Katherine Knight

Spuds, Spam And Eating For Victory: Rationing In The Second World War

Katherine Knight

224 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced