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38 books

Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and its Place in Western Civilization by Paul Kindstedt
Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and its Place in Western Civilization
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Paul Kindstedt

Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and its Place in Western Civilization

Paul Kindstedt

272 pages • hardcover • 2012

Garlic, an Edible Biography: The History, Politics, and Mythology Behind the World's Most Pungent Food--With Over 100 Recipes by Robin Cherry

Garlic, an Edible Biography: The History, Politics, and Mythology Behind the World's Most Pungent Food--With Over 100 Recipes

Robin Cherry

240 pages • paperback • 2014

nonfiction food and drink history funny informative lighthearted slow-paced
Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas by Mark Kurlansky

Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas

Mark Kurlansky

400 pages • paperback • 2018

nonfiction food and drink history science informative slow-paced
Pepper: A History of the World's Most Influential Spice by Marjorie Shaffer

Pepper: A History of the World's Most Influential Spice

Marjorie Shaffer

321 pages • digital • 2013

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat by Matt Siegel

The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat

Matt Siegel

288 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction essays food and drink history funny informative fast-paced
Rice: A Global History by Renee Marton

Rice: A Global History

Renee Marton

143 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House by Alex Prud'Homme

Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House

Alex Prud'Homme

528 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction history informative lighthearted slow-paced
The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World by Larry Zuckerman

The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World

Larry Zuckerman

336 pages • paperback • 1998

nonfiction food and drink history adventurous informative medium-paced