Gastronomy History

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    • By: Paul Freedman
    • Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
    • Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 09-22-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 314 ratings
    • From Delmonico's to Sylvia's to Chez Panisse, a daring and original history of dining out in America as told through 10 legendary restaurants....

    Regular price: $19.74

    • From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar
    • By: David Wondrich
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 08-22-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 170 ratings
    • Cocktail writer and historian David Wondrich presents the colorful, little-known history of classic American drinks and the ultimate mixologist's guide....

    Regular price: $20.00

    • African Americans and the United States of Barbecue
    • By: Adrian Miller
    • Narrated by: JD Jackson
    • Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 08-31-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • Across America, the pure love and popularity of barbecue cookery have gone through the roof. Prepared in one regional style or another, in the South and beyond, barbecue is one of ….

    Regular price: $24.95

    • Advice, Wisdom, and History with a Grain of Saltiness
    • By: Caitlin PenzeyMoog
    • Narrated by: Tanya Eby
    • Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 08-11-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 40 ratings
    • You'll learn where spices come from: historically, geographically, botanically, and in the modern market. You'll hear snapshots of life in a spice shop, how the flavors and stories can infuse not just meals but life and relationships. And you'll get straightforward advice....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • By: Tom Standage
    • Narrated by: George K. Wilson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 07-20-09
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 572 ratings
    • Throughout history, food has acted as a catalyst of social change, political organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict, and economic expansion....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World
    • By: Lizzie Collingham
    • Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
    • Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 10-03-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 74 ratings
    • In The Taste of Empire, acclaimed historian Lizzie Collingham tells the story of how the British Empire's quest for food shaped the modern world. Told through 20 meals....

    Regular price: $18.05

    • The Life and Times of the Legendary Venice Landmark
    • By: Arrigo Cipriani
    • Narrated by: Bryan Bendle
    • Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 12-31-12
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 61 ratings
    • The complete history of the legendary Venice landmark where Hemingway, Welles, and others were regulars....

    Regular price: $14.95

    • A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails
    • By: Wayne Curtis
    • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
    • Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 11-08-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 339 ratings
    • And a Bottle of Rum tells the raucously entertaining story of America as seen through the bottom of a drinking glass. With a chapter for each of 10 cocktails....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
    • By: Amy Stewart
    • Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
    • Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 03-19-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 954 ratings
    • Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley. Gin was born from a conifer shrub....

    Regular price: $21.04

    • Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment
    • By: Stephane Henaut, Jeni Mitchell
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 05-28-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 490 ratings
    • A witty exploration of the facts and legends surrounding some of the most popular French foods and wines by a French cheesemonger and an American academic, A Bite-Sized History of France tells the compelling and often surprising story of France from the Roman era to modern times....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States
    • By: Andrew Coe
    • Narrated by: Eric Martin
    • Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 07-20-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
    • Andrew Coe's Chop Suey is a fascinating tour of America's centuries-long appetite for Chinese food. Always illuminating, often exploding long-held culinary myths, this book opens a new window into defining what is American cuisine....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • By: Ian Tattersall, Rob DeSalle
    • Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
    • Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 11-10-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 93 ratings
    • An excellent bottle of wine can be the spark that inspires a brainstorming session. Such was the case for Ian Tattersall and Rob DeSalle....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • The Past and Future of America's Whiskey
    • By: Reid Mitenbuler
    • Narrated by: Brian O'Neill
    • Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 05-13-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 557 ratings
    • Unraveling the many myths and misconceptions surrounding America's most iconic spirit, Bourbon Empire traces a history that spans frontier rebellion....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything
    • By: Ruth Goodman
    • Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
    • Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 11-24-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 115 ratings
    • "The queen of living history" (Lucy Worsley) returns with an immersive account of how English women sparked a worldwide revolution - from their own kitchens....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America
    • By: Thomas J. Craughwell
    • Narrated by: Alan Sklar
    • Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 03-04-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 48 ratings
    • In 1784, Thomas Jefferson struck a deal with one of his slaves, 19-year-old James Hemings....

    Regular price: $13.75

    • The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World
    • By: Mark Pendergrast
    • Narrated by: Matthew Boston
    • Length: 16 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 08-14-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 86 ratings
    • Uncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancient Abyssinia to the advent of Starbucks. In this updated edition of the classic work, Mark Pendergrast reviews the dramatic changes in coffee culture over the past decade....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • The Science of Flavor and the Search for the Origins of Wine
    • By: Kevin Begos
    • Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
    • Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 06-12-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 46 ratings
    • The characters in Tasting the Past include a young Swiss scientist who set out to decode the DNA of every single wine grape in the world; Middle Eastern researchers who seek to discover the wines that King David drank; and much more....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • History on the Half Shell
    • By: Mark Kurlansky
    • Narrated by: John H. Mayer
    • Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 03-17-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 314 ratings
    • Before New York City was the Big Apple, it could have been called the Big Oyster....

    Regular price: $16.04

    • How the U.S. Military Shapes the Way You Eat
    • By: Anastacia Marx de Salcedo
    • Narrated by: C.S.E Cooney
    • Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 08-04-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 48 ratings
    • Anastacia Marx de Salcedo shows how the Department of Defense Combat Feeding Directorate plans, funds, and spreads the food science that enables it to produce cheap, imperishable rations....

    Regular price: $15.47

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