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Local Food Systems in Old Industrial Regions: Concepts, Spatial Context, and Local Practices

Local Food Systems in Old Industrial Regions: Concepts,...

Author: Jay D. Gatrell ,  Neil Reid
ISBN: 9781409432210
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Local food systems have the potential to provide residents with a supply of safe and nutritious food; such systems...  Read More >>

Massachusetts Cranberry Culture: A History from Bog to Table

Massachusetts Cranberry Culture: A History from Bog...

Author: Robert S Cox ,  Jacob Walker
ISBN: 9781540231239
Format: Hardback
$89.73

"New Englanders know that cranberries are not for holidays alone. For centuries, this tart fruit--a staple in the...  Read More >>

Political Gastronomy: Food and Authority in the English Atlantic World

Political Gastronomy: Food and Authority in the English...

Author: Michael A. LaCombe
ISBN: 9780812244182
Format: Hardback
$131.87

Political Gastronomy examines the many meanings of food as a symbol of power in the daily life and the political...  Read More >>

Slurp! A Social and Culinary History of Ramen - Japan's Favorite Noodle Soup

Slurp! A Social and Culinary History of Ramen - Japan's...

Author: Barak Kushner
ISBN: 9789004269279
Format: Paperback
$95.04

Based on research in Chinese and Japanese, as well as interviews with comedians, food service professionals, entertainment...  Read More >>

What Caesar Did For My Salad: The Secret Meanings of our Favourite Dishes

What Caesar Did For My Salad: The Secret Meanings of...

Author: Albert Jack
ISBN: 9780141043449
Format: Paperback
$41.37

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Prince Henry St. Clair, Earl of Orkney

Prince Henry St. Clair, Earl of Orkney

Author: Hazel Brown ,  Kent Hesselbein
ISBN: 9781935786382
Format: Paperback
$71.20

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Locally Grown: Portraits of Artisanal Farms from America's Heartland

Locally Grown: Portraits of Artisanal Farms from America's...

Author: Anna Blessing
ISBN: 9781572841291
Format: Paperback
$42.99

Stories and photos exploring the sustainable farming and culinary movement, profiling twenty Midwestern small farms,...  Read More >>

Milk Money

Milk Money

Author: Kirk Kardashian
ISBN: 9786613916013
Format: Electronic book text
$79.17

The failing economics of the traditional small dairy farm, the rise of the factory mega-farm with its resultant...  Read More >>

The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food

The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning...

Author: Adam Gopnik
ISBN: 9780307476968
Format: Paperback
$52.80

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Australian Wine Vintages 12 copy Counter Pack

Australian Wine Vintages 12 copy Counter Pack

Author: Robert Geddes MW
ISBN: 9780980607178
Format: Hardback
$419.40

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Saints and Symposiasts: The Literature of Food and the Symposium in Greco-Roman and Early Christian Culture

Saints and Symposiasts: The Literature of Food and the...

Author: Jason König (University of St Andrews, Scotland)
ISBN: 9781139047180
Format: Undefined
$435.60

Explores the afterlife of the classical Greek symposium in the Greco-Roman and early Christian culture of the Roman...  Read More >>

Regulating Next Generation Agri-Food Bio-Technologies

Regulating Next Generation Agri-Food Bio-Technologies...

Author: Michael Howlett (Simon Fraser University, Canada) ,  David Laycock (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
ISBN: 9786613898388
Format: Electronic book text
$427.68

<p>Agri-food bio-technology policy and regulation is transitioning from an early period focused on genetic engineering...  Read More >>

The Art of Floral Design

The Art of Floral Design

Author: Norah Hunter ,  Hunter
ISBN: 9781418063030
Format: Hardback
$622.91

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The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food

The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food...

Author: Janisse Ray
ISBN: 9781603583060
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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Health and Sustainability in the Canadian Food System: Advocacy and Opportunity for Civil Society

Health and Sustainability in the Canadian Food System:...

Author: Rod MacRae ,  Elisabeth Abergel
ISBN: 9780774822688
Format: Hardback
$261.36

Lays out new strategies for advocacy groups to achieve a sustainable, healthy food system.  Read More >>

The Body of the Conquistador: Food, Race and the Colonial Experience in Spanish America, 1492–1700

The Body of the Conquistador: Food, Race and the Colonial...

Author: Rebecca Earle (University of Warwick)
ISBN: 9780511763359
Format: Undefined
$435.60

Could European bodies thrive in the Indies? Would Indians turn into Spaniards if they ate Spanish food? This fascinating...  Read More >>

Aguecheek's Beef, Belch's Hiccup, and Other Gastronomic Interjections: Literature, Culture, and Food Among the Early Moderns

Aguecheek's Beef, Belch's Hiccup, and Other Gastronomic...

Author: Robert Appelbaum
ISBN: 9780226021270
Format: Paperback
$49.95

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Food and Social Media: You Are What You Tweet

Food and Social Media: You Are What You Tweet

Author: Signe Rousseau
ISBN: 9780759120433
Format: Paperback
$54.95

Social media has been a factor in the explosion of interest in food and democratization of food criticism, and this...  Read More >>

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