Food & society books

Gumbo adorns menus from New Orleans to New York to New Delhi. This book traces the history of how colonization,...  Read More >>

A gorgeous portrait of life at Helen Rebanks' Lake District farmhouse as well as a heartfelt and honest delve into...  Read More >>

Inspired by a personal obsession with this singular exotic fruit, Feijoa is a sweeping, global tale about the dance...  Read More >>

This book presents a fascinating exploration of eating experiences within US national parks, explaining how, on...  Read More >>

"This book discusses agrarian relations in the Lower Cauvery delta, historically part of the ""rice bowl"" of south...  Read More >>

The thirteenth-century cookbook Fiḍālat al-khiwān fī ṭayyibāt al-ṭaʿām wa-l-alwān by the Andalusi scholar Ibn Razīn...  Read More >>

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A delightfully surprising journey around India’s lesser-known food cultures.  Read More >>

Working across food studies and media studies, Joanne Hollows examines the impact of celebrity chefs on how we think...  Read More >>

The first book-length consideration of Caribbean cookbooks, Culinary Colonialism joins a growing body of work in...  Read More >>

This refreshing work offers a distinctly agrarian reframing of spiritual practices to address today's most pressing...  Read More >>

Bill Schindler takes us deep into his lifetime of archaeological research to show us why and how our dietary choices...  Read More >>

This book connects clinical sociology to the food justice movement through gardens in incarcerated settings. Situated...  Read More >>

The first book-length consideration of Caribbean cookbooks, Culinary Colonialism joins a growing body of work in...  Read More >>

"""Peasant Politics of the Twenty-First Century analyzes the emergence and consolidation of dynamic transnational...  Read More >>

'Helen has a way to take big ideas and convey them with warmth and wisdom' Dr Rangan Chatterjee What...  Read More >>

Brian R. Dott explores how the non-native chile went from obscurity to ubiquity in China, influencing not just cuisine...  Read More >>

The Sheep Industry of Territorial New Mexico offers a detailed account of the New Mexico sheep industry during the...  Read More >>

The book offers a multi-scale, epistemically diverse, and sense-making perspectives on the food system. The book...  Read More >>

For a long time, everything revolved around bread. Providing more...  Read More >>

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"""There's far more to British food than fish and chips. Discover the history and culture of Great Britain through...  Read More >>

For a long time, everything revolved around bread. Providing more...  Read More >>

A concise history of food in Russia which reveals telling complexities and a wealth of fascinating contradictory...  Read More >>

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