Food & society books

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Bound in Twine: The History and Ecology of the Henequen-Wheat Complex for Mexico and the American and Canadian Plains, 1880-1950

Bound in Twine: The History and Ecology of the Henequen-Wheat...

Author: Sterling Evans
ISBN: 9781623490478
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Drawing on extensive archival work as well as the existing secondary literature, Sterling Evans has woven an intricate...  Read More >>

Water & Tribal Settlement in South-East Arabia: A Study of the Aflaj of Oman

Water & Tribal Settlement in South-East Arabia: A Study...

Author: J C Wilkinson
ISBN: 9783487148847
Format: Hardback
$153.12

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Leadership in Agriculture: Case Studies for a New Generation

Leadership in Agriculture: Case Studies for a New Generation...

Author: John Patrick Jordan ,  Gale A. Buchanan
ISBN: 9781603449410
Format: Hardback
$79.20

Focuses on key characteristics and elements of leadership. Using case studies from research, industry, education,...  Read More >>

Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum Health

Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum...

Author: Jo Robinson ,  Erin Bennett
ISBN: 9781478950967
Format: Audio
$105.55

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A Greedy Man in a Hungry World: How (Almost) Everything You Thought You Knew About Food is Wrong

A Greedy Man in a Hungry World: How (Almost) Everything...

Author: Jay Rayner ,  Jay Rayner
ISBN: 9780007498048
Format: Downloadable audio file
$36.20

The UK's most influential food and drink journalist shoots a few sacred cows of food culture.  Read More >>

The Food Police: A Well-Fed Manifesto About the Politics of Your Plate

The Food Police: A Well-Fed Manifesto About the Politics...

Author: Jayson Lusk
ISBN: 9780307987037
Format: Hardback
$44.99

A rollicking indictment of the liberal elite's hypocrisy when it comes to food. The book celebrates what is good...  Read More >>

Savoring Power, Consuming the Times: The Metaphors of Food in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature

Savoring Power, Consuming the Times: The Metaphors of...

Author: Pina Palma
ISBN: 9780268038397
Format: Paperback
$110.88

Pina Palma uses the central metaphor of food to uncover unexpectedly fresh dimensions of Renaissance intellectual...  Read More >>

Eating on the Wild Side Lib/E: The Missing Link to Optimum Health

Eating on the Wild Side Lib/E: The Missing Link to Optimum...

Author: Jo Robinson ,  Erin Bennett
ISBN: 9781478950936
Format: Audio
$184.77

This is the first book to reveal the nutritional history of our fruits and vegetables. Starting with the wild plants...  Read More >>

Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste: Heirloom Seed Savers in Appalachia

Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste: Heirloom Seed Savers...

Author: Bill Best ,  Howard L. Sacks
ISBN: 9780821420492
Format: Paperback
$60.59

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Smart Casual: The Transformation of Gourmet Restaurant Style in America

Smart Casual: The Transformation of Gourmet Restaurant...

Author: Alison Pearlman
ISBN: 9780226651408
Format: Hardback
$44.95

Fine dining and the accolades of Michelin stars once meant chandeliers, white tablecloths, and suited waiters with...  Read More >>

Food Tyrants: Fight for Your Right to Healthy Food in a Toxic World

Food Tyrants: Fight for Your Right to Healthy Food in...

Author: Nicole Faires
ISBN: 9781626364417
Format: Electronic book text
$65.97

When author and homesteader Nicole Faires decided to retrofit an old school bus and tour America's small farms with...  Read More >>

Fear of Food: A History of Why We Worry about What We Eat

Fear of Food: A History of Why We Worry about What We...

Author: Harvey Levenstein
ISBN: 9780226054902
Format: Paperback
$29.95

Are eggs the perfect protein, or are they cholesterol bombs? Is red wine good for my heart or bad for my liver?...  Read More >>

Dandelion Hunter: Foraging The Urban Wilderness

Dandelion Hunter: Foraging The Urban Wilderness

Author: Rebecca Lerner
ISBN: 9780762780624
Format: Paperback
$26.95

A hip, young Portland writer tells of her quest to become proficient at survival off the grid in this entertaining...  Read More >>

Granny's Recipes: 145 Wholesome Traditional Tuscan Dishes to Relish All Year Round

Granny's Recipes: 145 Wholesome Traditional Tuscan Dishes...

Author: Fabrizio Baroni
ISBN: 9788856301496
Format: Paperback
$43.56

Family recipes that have been handed down through the generations are a priceless heritage. This is particularly...  Read More >>

Great Monster Corn

Great Monster Corn

Author: Dalia Mae Lachlan ,  Georgia Stylou
ISBN: 9780987501929
Format: Paperback
$20.57

"Heather's family had lived on the same farm for 141 years. But one day a very smart man in a pinstripe suit arrived...  Read More >>

Wine: A Global History

Wine: A Global History

Author: Marc Millon
ISBN: 9781780231112
Format: Hardback
$27.99

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Oranges: A Global History

Oranges: A Global History

Author: Clarissa Hyman
ISBN: 9781780230993
Format: Hardback
$27.99

The tangy, juicy sweetness of oranges has made them a mainstay on our kitchen tables, as snacks and even as healthy...  Read More >>

Greek Whisky: The Localization of a Global Commodity

Greek Whisky: The Localization of a Global Commodity...

Author: Tryfon Bampilis
ISBN: 9780857458773
Format: Hardback
$269.10

In many contexts of Greek social life, Scotch whisky has coincidentally become a symbol of ""Greekness,"" national...  Read More >>

Rows of Memory: Journeys of a Migrant Sugar-Beet Worker

Rows of Memory: Journeys of a Migrant Sugar-Beet Worker...

Author: Saúl Sánchez
ISBN: 9781609382339
Format: Paperback
$55.44

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King Cotton in Modern America: A Cultural, Political, and Economic History Since 1945

King Cotton in Modern America: A Cultural, Political,...

Author: D. Clayton Brown
ISBN: 9781617038358
Format: Paperback
$62.70

Places the once preeminent southern crop in historical perspective, showing how “cotton culture” was actually part...  Read More >>

Farm Fresh Tennessee: The Go-To Guide to Great Farmers' Markets, Farm Stands, Farms, U-Picks, Kids' Activities, Lodging, Dining, Wineries, Breweries, Distilleries, Festivals, and More

Farm Fresh Tennessee: The Go-To Guide to Great Farmers'...

Author: Paul Knipple ,  Paul Knipple
ISBN: 9781469607740
Format: Paperback
$60.72

The first guidebook of its kind for the Volunteer State, Farm Fresh Tennessee leads food lovers, families, locals,...  Read More >>

Higden .... A Place in the Heart: (Life before Greer's Ferry Lake)

Higden .... A Place in the Heart: (Life before Greer's...

Author: Karen Potter Murphy
ISBN: 9781482320107
Format: Paperback
$26.40

This is a first-person account of growing up in rural, Central Arkansas during the 1950's, in an area that is now...  Read More >>

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