Food & Drink Histories (nonfiction)

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Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen: A Culinary View of Lincoln's Life and Times
Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen: A Culinary View of Lincoln's Life and Times 3.75 avg rating — 186 ratings
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Cavemen, Monks, and Slow Food: A History of Eating Well
Cavemen, Monks, and Slow Food: A History of Eating Well 3.33 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation
The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation 3.63 avg rating — 3,702 ratings
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Jellies & Their Moulds
Jellies & Their Moulds 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
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BREAD WINE CHOCOLATE
BREAD WINE CHOCOLATE 3.75 avg rating — 755 ratings
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A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food: Processing and Consumption
A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food: Processing and Consumption
by: Ann Hagen
4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings
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History of American Cooking
History of American Cooking 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Gourmands' Way: Six Americans in Paris and the Birth of a New Gastronomy
The Gourmands' Way: Six Americans in Paris and the Birth of a New Gastronomy 3.88 avg rating — 266 ratings
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A Second Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food & Drink: Production & Distribution
A Second Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food & Drink: Production & Distribution
by: Ann Hagen
4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
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A History of English Food
A History of English Food 4.20 avg rating — 301 ratings
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Only in Spain: A Foot-Stomping, Firecracker of a Memoir about Food, Flamenco, and Falling in Love
Only in Spain: A Foot-Stomping, Firecracker of a Memoir about Food, Flamenco, and Falling in Love 3.68 avg rating — 663 ratings
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The Mead-Hall: The Feasting Tradition in Anglo-Saxon England
The Mead-Hall: The Feasting Tradition in Anglo-Saxon England 4.34 avg rating — 73 ratings
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History Lover's Cookbook
History Lover's Cookbook 3.87 avg rating — 189 ratings
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Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food (HBI Series on Jewish Women)
Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food (HBI Series on Jewish Women) 3.76 avg rating — 67 ratings
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A Taste of Paris: A History of the Parisian Love Affair with Food
A Taste of Paris: A History of the Parisian Love Affair with Food 3.22 avg rating — 181 ratings
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Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens
Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens 3.90 avg rating — 575 ratings
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Near a Thousand Tables
Near a Thousand Tables 3.69 avg rating — 690 ratings
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Hog Meat and Hoecake: Food Supply in the Old South, 1840-1860
Hog Meat and Hoecake: Food Supply in the Old South, 1840-1860 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat: Craig Claiborne and the American Food Renaissance
The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat: Craig Claiborne and the American Food Renaissance 3.36 avg rating — 321 ratings
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At Table with the Lord - Foods of the First Century
At Table with the Lord - Foods of the First Century 3.71 avg rating — 38 ratings
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History in a Glass: Sixty Years of Wine Writing from Gourmet
History in a Glass: Sixty Years of Wine Writing from Gourmet 3.58 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time
Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time 4.13 avg rating — 300 ratings
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The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine 3.56 avg rating — 8,153 ratings
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Cuisine and Culture: A History of Food and People
Cuisine and Culture: A History of Food and People 3.78 avg rating — 240 ratings
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The Larder: Food Studies Methods from the American South
The Larder: Food Studies Methods from the American South 3.64 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Food in the Gilded Age: What Ordinary Americans Ate (Bloomsbury Studies in Food and Gastronomy)
Food in the Gilded Age: What Ordinary Americans Ate (Bloomsbury Studies in Food and Gastronomy) 3.79 avg rating — 38 ratings
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A Vineyard Odyssey: The Organic Fight to Save Wine from the Ravages of Nature
A Vineyard Odyssey: The Organic Fight to Save Wine from the Ravages of Nature 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement
97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement 3.78 avg rating — 3,170 ratings
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Pandora's Lunchbox: How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal
Pandora's Lunchbox: How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal 3.88 avg rating — 2,403 ratings
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The Cambridge World History of Food 2 Part Boxed Set
The Cambridge World History of Food 2 Part Boxed Set 4.37 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Eating Right in America: The Cultural Politics of Food and Health
Eating Right in America: The Cultural Politics of Food and Health 3.90 avg rating — 102 ratings
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A History of Food
A History of Food really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 409 ratings
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New Orleans A Food Biography
New Orleans A Food Biography 3.54 avg rating — 26 ratings
134.
Food and Cooking in Victorian England: A History
Food and Cooking in Victorian England: A History 4.31 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Food in the United States, 1890-1945
Food in the United States, 1890-1945 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food
In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food 3.67 avg rating — 1,297 ratings
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Food: A Very Short Introduction
Food: A Very Short Introduction 3.83 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America
Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America 3.81 avg rating — 962 ratings
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The Medieval Kitchen: Recipes from France and Italy
The Medieval Kitchen: Recipes from France and Italy 4.02 avg rating — 240 ratings
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Food and Feasts in the Middle Ages
Food and Feasts in the Middle Ages 3.65 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Food, Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About It
Food, Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About It 4.17 avg rating — 15,355 ratings
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Southern Food
Southern Food 4.23 avg rating — 62 ratings
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The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food
The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food 4.20 avg rating — 496 ratings
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Bully Beef & Biscuits: Food in the Great War
Bully Beef & Biscuits: Food in the Great War really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing; Log Cabin Building; Mountain Crafts and Foods; Planting by the Signs; Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing
The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing; Log Cabin Building; Mountain Crafts and Foods; Planting by the Signs; Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing 4.35 avg rating — 1,874 ratings
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Feeding Nelson's Navy: The True Story of Food at Sea in the Georgian Era
Feeding Nelson's Navy: The True Story of Food at Sea in the Georgian Era 4.07 avg rating — 177 ratings
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Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health 3.94 avg rating — 4,624 ratings
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Dinners with Famous Women: From Cleopatra to Indira Gandhi
Dinners with Famous Women: From Cleopatra to Indira Gandhi 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Southern Belly
Southern Belly 3.96 avg rating — 127 ratings
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Tastes Like Chicken: A History of America's Favorite Bird
Tastes Like Chicken: A History of America's Favorite Bird 3.83 avg rating — 135 ratings
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Food in the Gilded Age: What Ordinary Americans Ate (Bloomsbury Studies in Food and Gastronomy)
Food in the Gilded Age: What Ordinary Americans Ate (Bloomsbury Studies in Food and Gastronomy) 3.79 avg rating — 38 ratings
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A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression
A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression 3.75 avg rating — 2,207 ratings
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Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat
Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat 3.92 avg rating — 1,051 ratings
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Colonial Food
Colonial Food liked it 3.00 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Chefs, Drugs and Rock & Roll: How Food Lovers, Free Spirits, Misfits and Wanderers Created a New American Profession
Chefs, Drugs and Rock & Roll: How Food Lovers, Free Spirits, Misfits and Wanderers Created a New American Profession 3.63 avg rating — 334 ratings
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Everybody Loves Pizza: The Deep Dish on America's Favorite Food
Everybody Loves Pizza: The Deep Dish on America's Favorite Food 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Life in the Victorian Kitchen: Culinary Secrets and Servants' Stories
Life in the Victorian Kitchen: Culinary Secrets and Servants' Stories
by: Karen Foy
3.70 avg rating — 33 ratings
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The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats
The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats 3.94 avg rating — 3,596 ratings
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Dictators' Dinners: The Bad Taste Guide to Entertaining Tyrants
Dictators' Dinners: The Bad Taste Guide to Entertaining Tyrants 3.67 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Southern Food and Civil Rights: Feeding the Revolution
Southern Food and Civil Rights: Feeding the Revolution 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Zora Neale Hurston on Florida Food: Recipes, Remedies & Simple Pleasures
Zora Neale Hurston on Florida Food: Recipes, Remedies & Simple Pleasures 4.22 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Jacksonville Food Trucks: Stories & Recipes from the Road
Jacksonville Food Trucks: Stories & Recipes from the Road 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America
Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America 3.78 avg rating — 3,343 ratings
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Precious Cargo: How Foods From the Americas Changed The World
Precious Cargo: How Foods From the Americas Changed The World 3.19 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Food Fights & Culture Wars: A Secret History of Taste
Food Fights & Culture Wars: A Secret History of Taste 3.36 avg rating — 267 ratings
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Grape, Olive, Pig: Deep Travels Through Spain's Food Culture
Grape, Olive, Pig: Deep Travels Through Spain's Food Culture 4.18 avg rating — 873 ratings
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Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food
Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food 3.75 avg rating — 245 ratings
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Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism
Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism 3.89 avg rating — 272 ratings
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Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture
Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture 4.02 avg rating — 730 ratings
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Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey--The Sweet Liquid Gold that Seduced the World
Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey--The Sweet Liquid Gold that Seduced the World 3.99 avg rating — 1,010 ratings
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Oranges
Oranges 4.03 avg rating — 3,762 ratings
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Kentucky Bourbon: The Early Years of Whiskeymaking
Kentucky Bourbon: The Early Years of Whiskeymaking 3.40 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Barbecue: A Global History
Barbecue: A Global History 3.20 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Butter: A Rich History
Butter: A Rich History 3.85 avg rating — 1,086 ratings
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Pig/Pork: Archaeology, Zoology and Edibility
Pig/Pork: Archaeology, Zoology and Edibility 3.27 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Southern Spirits: Four Hundred Years of Drinking in the American South, with Recipes
Southern Spirits: Four Hundred Years of Drinking in the American South, with Recipes 4.34 avg rating — 53 ratings
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The United States of Beer: A Freewheeling History of the All-American Drink
The United States of Beer: A Freewheeling History of the All-American Drink 3.89 avg rating — 392 ratings
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Drinking in America: Our Secret History
Drinking in America: Our Secret History 3.29 avg rating — 921 ratings
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Moonshine!: Recipes * Tall Tales * Drinking Songs * Historical Stuff * Knee-Slappers * How to Make It * How to Drink It * Pleasin the Law * Recoverin the Next Day
Moonshine!: Recipes * Tall Tales * Drinking Songs * Historical Stuff * Knee-Slappers * How to Make It * How to Drink It * Pleasin the Law * Recoverin the Next Day 3.86 avg rating — 84 ratings
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Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay
Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay 4.14 avg rating — 1,520 ratings
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Nets & Doors: Shrimping in Southern Waters
Nets & Doors: Shrimping in Southern Waters 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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When the Rivers Run Dry: Water - The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century
When the Rivers Run Dry: Water - The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century 3.98 avg rating — 1,045 ratings
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Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind
Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind 3.38 avg rating — 254 ratings
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The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water 3.94 avg rating — 1,976 ratings
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Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization
Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization 3.87 avg rating — 651 ratings
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Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis
Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis 4.11 avg rating — 159 ratings
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Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.
Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S. 4.11 avg rating — 149 ratings
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The Great Lakes Water Wars
The Great Lakes Water Wars 3.96 avg rating — 340 ratings
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Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 3.67 avg rating — 1,469 ratings
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Big Sugar: Seasons in the Cane Fields of Florida
Big Sugar: Seasons in the Cane Fields of Florida 3.64 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Sugar: The World Corrupted: From Slavery to Obesity
Sugar: The World Corrupted: From Slavery to Obesity 3.47 avg rating — 578 ratings
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Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America's First Imperial Adventure
Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America's First Imperial Adventure 3.72 avg rating — 1,260 ratings
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