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Author
Publisher
Weldon Owen
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
North American edition.
Physical Desc
240 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The Ukrainian-born chef presents "a gorgeous love letter to the food of her homeland" with this vibrant and varied collection of recipes (SAVEUR).
In Mamushka, Olia Hercules takes readers and home cooks on a culinary tour of Eastern Europe-from the Black Sea to Baku, Kiev to Kazakhstan. This beautifully illustrated cookbook features more than one hundred recipes for fresh, delicious, and unexpected dishes from this dynamic and often misunderstood...
Author
Publisher
Weldon Owen International
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
North American edition.
Physical Desc
351 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this new cookbook from award-winning author Olia Hercules, explore the diversity of Ukraine's cuisine and heritage through the alluring window of summer kitchens--small structures alongside the main house where people cook and preserve summer fruits and vegetables for the winter months. Featuring 100 superb recipes, a gorgeous collection of food and lifestyle images, and evocative personal narrative, Hercules illustrates how the region's cuisine...
Author
Publisher
Voracious/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
269 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Now, more than ever, Ukrainian cuisine and culture deserve to be known around the world. Here, Yevhen Klopotenko shares modern recipes for the dishes that best express Ukraine's unique culinary heritage and define the independent spirit of its people. Inside you'll find fresh ideas about how to use common vegetables, new approaches to fermentation and pickling, the delight of dumplings and simple baked goods, hearty long-simmered braises, and the...
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
131 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
When Rich and MacNaughton discovered a painted manuscript at an antiquarian book fair, it drew them in like a magnet. The sixty-five years old work was by Cipe Pineles, the first female art director at Condé Nast. Completed in 1945, it was a keepsake of her connection to her childhood's Eastern European food. The manuscript led Rich and McNaughton into a dazzling history of mid-century design, art, food, New York City society, and culture. With...
Author
Publisher
Hardie Grant Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
271 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tava is a meticulously researched baking book celebrating centuries of diversity and overlapping cultures that form today's cuisine in Romania. The author's aim is to also share the story of those dishes that have come to represent the identity of different cultural communities across the country. Tava means tray in Romanian, a metaphor for how a whole culinary landscape is presented to the reader. You will find Armenian pakhlava, Saxon plum pies,...
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
256 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Friends and passionate cooks Itab and Dina met Syrian women in the Middle East and Europe to collect together the very best recipes from one of the world's greatest food cultures. They spent months cooking with them, learning their recipes and listening to stories of home.
Author
Publisher
Interlink Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
255 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"A culinary journey through Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania In the Baltics, two worlds meet: the Baltic Sea connects Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, bringing with it cultural exchange and culinary influences. All three Baltic capitals, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius, are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, steeped in history and culture. Amber & Rye explores this exciting part of Eastern Europe, guiding you around the capitals, sharing stories from the locals,...
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
©1990
Physical Desc
733 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From the Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca, New York, presents vegetarian recipes from around the world. Includes a section on cross-cultural menu planning as well as an extensive guide to ingredients, techniques, and equipment.
Author
Series
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
438 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Taste the World! It's truly a feast of wonder: Created by the ever-curious minds behind Atlas Obscura, this breathtaking guide transforms our sense of what people around the world eat and drink. Covering all seven continents, Gastro Obscura serves up a loaded plate of incredible ingredients, food adventures, and edible wonders. Ready for a beer made from fog in Chile? Sardinia's "Threads of God" pasta? Egypt's 2000-year-old egg ovens? But far more...
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire in London, a group of local women gathered together to cook fresh food for their families and neighbors. Over the chatter and aromas of the kitchen they discovered the power of cooking and eating together to create connections, restore hope and normalcy, and provide a sense of home. This was the start of the Hubb Community Kitchen. This is the storybook of this West London community, showcasing over 50 delicious...
Author
Series
California studies in food and culture volume 43
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
xiv, 464 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Here the author tells the remarkable story of the rise and fall of the world's great cuisines from the mastery of grain cooking some twenty thousand years ago, to the present. Probing beneath the apparent confusion of dozens of cuisines to reveal the underlying simplicity of the culinary family tree, she shows how periodic seismic shifts in 'culinary philosophy', beliefs about health, the economy, politics, society and the gods, prompted the construction...
Author
Publisher
Interlink Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
192 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Modern classics from everyday meals to special occasions. 100 Best Jewish Recipes is comprised of the highlights from Evelyn Rose's culinary life, which spanned several decades and earned her the recognition as one of the worlds foremost Jewish food writers. Packed with mouthwatering ideas for both family meals and those special occasions when you want to impress without spending hours in the kitchen, this book contains 100 fail-safe recipes for which...
Author
Publisher
The Countryman Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Revised and updated.
Physical Desc
293 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed photographer Brian Yarvin has traveled to neighborhood kiosks, festivals, and restaurants in ethnic neighborhoods to bring more than 100 traditional dumpling and filled-pie recipes from places as near as Flushing, Queens, to as far away as Uzbekistan and beyond. Starting with the basics of dough making, steaming, and frying, Yarvin provides mouthwatering color photographs and step-by-step instructions so that anyone can recreate their grandmother's...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 296 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The Devil's Dinner is the first authoritative history of chili peppers. There are countless books on cooking with chilies, but no book goes into depth about the biological, gastronomical, and cultural impact this forbidden fruit has had upon people all over the world. The story has been too hot to handle. A billion dollar industry, hot peppers are especially popular in the United States, where a superhot movement is on the rise. Hot peppers started...
Author
Publisher
Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
350 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Transporting readers straight to the grand cafés of Europe, Baking at the 20th Century Cafe brings renewed attention to the legendary sweet and savory baking recipes of Central and Eastern Europe. Polzine, one of San Francisco's best pastry chefs, pays homage to the foundational desserts of so many cultures, while lightening and modernizing the recipes through her California lens. Her fruit desserts, nut-based desserts, and chocolate treats-many...
Author
Publisher
Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
192 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of traditional and modern Polish baking and dessert recipes including babkas, cheesecakes, tarts, pastries, and all things sweet and celebratory. A collection of traditional and modern Polish baking and dessert recipes including babkas, cheesecakes, tarts, pastries, and all things sweet and celebratory. Ren Behan takes you from everyday baking to celebrations in this comprehensive, modern take on Polish sweet treats, and draws on influences...
Author
Publisher
Simon Element
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Simon Element hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
272 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"South of Somewhere is a unique culinary tour of beloved food blogger Dale Gray's life to date. Her journey goes way back to South Africa on the outskirts of Cape Town. Dale grew up with a close-knit family who has resided in her hometown for generations, but it's almost impossible to encapsulate her heritage in a few words. She describes the people of South Africa as a product of centuries of colonization, enslavement, apartheid, and intermarriage...
Author
Publisher
Interlink Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
207 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this refreshing approach to Polish cuisine, food writer and blogger Ren Behan takes us on a journey to discover the new tastes of her beloved culinary heritage. The food of Eastern Europe, long misunderstood in the West, is changingthe focus is swinging away from heavy dumplings and stews towards lighter, healthier, fresh and seasonal recipes, served in contemporary ways. In this beautiful collection of recipes, Ren brings us the very best of...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Pub. Date
©2011
Edition
3rd ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 436 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
From prehistory and the discovery of fire to modern cuisines and celebrity chefs, this book uses a global, multicultural approach to explain how major historical events have affected and defined culinary traditions in different societies around the world. This indispensable new Third Edition is more comprehensive and insightful than ever, featuring: a) New cuisines and cultures including Norwegian, Ethiopian, Canadian, and Mayan. b) More detailed...
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