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The Hairy Bikers Blood, Sweat and Tyres
- The Autobiography
- By: Si King, Dave Myers
- Narrated by: Si King, Dave Myers
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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The heartwarming, funny and engaging memoir behind the best-selling, big-hearted and down-to-earth chefs, The Hairy Bikers. Written and read by the Hairy Bikers themselves....
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The best audiobook I've ever read
- By Iain on 26-11-15
By: Si King, and others
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The Farmer's Wife
- My Life in Days
- By: Helen Rebanks
- Narrated by: Verity Henry
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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As dawn breaks on the farm, Helen Rebanks makes a mug of tea, relishing the few minutes of quiet before the house stirs. Within the hour the sounds of her husband, James, and their four children will fill the kitchen....
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clean honest account of cooking and living in a rural area .Lovely recipes for anyone starting out family life
- By rbooler on 14-01-24
By: Helen Rebanks
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The Story of Wine
- From Noah to Now
- By: Hugh Johnson
- Narrated by: Simon De Deney
- Length: 26 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Chronicling the making, merchandising, and drinking of wine through millennia, this new edition is fully updated to include Johnson’s view of the evolution of wine over the past 30 years....
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Impossible narration
- By Amazon Customer on 03-12-22
By: Hugh Johnson
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Raw Dog
- The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
- By: Jamie Loftus
- Narrated by: Jamie Loftus
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique—comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw Dog, will take you on a cross-country road trip in the summer of 2021, and reveal what the creation, culture, and class influence of hot dogs says about America now....
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Leftist hot dog humour
- By Mr. James M. Currie on 12-04-24
By: Jamie Loftus
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Cold Kitchen
- A Year of Culinary Journeys
- By: Caroline Eden
- Narrated by: Caroline Eden
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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A welcoming refuge with its tempting pantry, shelves of books and inquisitive dog, Caroline Eden finds comfort away from the road in her basement Edinburgh kitchen.
By: Caroline Eden
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One More Croissant for the Road
- By: Felicity Cloake
- Narrated by: Felicity Cloake
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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One More Croissant for the Road sees ‘the nation’s taster in chief’ Felicity Cloake embark on the trip of a lifetime, cycling 3,500km across France in search of the definitive versions of classic French dishes....
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Terrible pronunciation of French words which really is unforgivable in a French story
- By Daisy on 21-07-21
By: Felicity Cloake
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The Hairy Bikers Blood, Sweat and Tyres
- The Autobiography
- By: Si King, Dave Myers
- Narrated by: Si King, Dave Myers
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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The heartwarming, funny and engaging memoir behind the best-selling, big-hearted and down-to-earth chefs, The Hairy Bikers. Written and read by the Hairy Bikers themselves....
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The best audiobook I've ever read
- By Iain on 26-11-15
By: Si King, and others
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The Farmer's Wife
- My Life in Days
- By: Helen Rebanks
- Narrated by: Verity Henry
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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As dawn breaks on the farm, Helen Rebanks makes a mug of tea, relishing the few minutes of quiet before the house stirs. Within the hour the sounds of her husband, James, and their four children will fill the kitchen....
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clean honest account of cooking and living in a rural area .Lovely recipes for anyone starting out family life
- By rbooler on 14-01-24
By: Helen Rebanks
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The Story of Wine
- From Noah to Now
- By: Hugh Johnson
- Narrated by: Simon De Deney
- Length: 26 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Story
Chronicling the making, merchandising, and drinking of wine through millennia, this new edition is fully updated to include Johnson’s view of the evolution of wine over the past 30 years....
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Impossible narration
- By Amazon Customer on 03-12-22
By: Hugh Johnson
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Raw Dog
- The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
- By: Jamie Loftus
- Narrated by: Jamie Loftus
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique—comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw Dog, will take you on a cross-country road trip in the summer of 2021, and reveal what the creation, culture, and class influence of hot dogs says about America now....
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Leftist hot dog humour
- By Mr. James M. Currie on 12-04-24
By: Jamie Loftus
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Cold Kitchen
- A Year of Culinary Journeys
- By: Caroline Eden
- Narrated by: Caroline Eden
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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A welcoming refuge with its tempting pantry, shelves of books and inquisitive dog, Caroline Eden finds comfort away from the road in her basement Edinburgh kitchen.
By: Caroline Eden
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One More Croissant for the Road
- By: Felicity Cloake
- Narrated by: Felicity Cloake
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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One More Croissant for the Road sees ‘the nation’s taster in chief’ Felicity Cloake embark on the trip of a lifetime, cycling 3,500km across France in search of the definitive versions of classic French dishes....
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Terrible pronunciation of French words which really is unforgivable in a French story
- By Daisy on 21-07-21
By: Felicity Cloake
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Oz Clarke’s Story of Wine
- 8000 Years, 100 Bottles
- By: Oz Clarke
- Narrated by: Oz Clarke
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Winemaking is as old as civilization itself. For thousands of years, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to its current status as a global industry, the history of wine has been directly related to major social, cultural, religious and economic changes....
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Great for geeks
- By Sophia Williams on 11-03-24
By: Oz Clarke
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My Life in France
- By: Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child's years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found "her true calling"....
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Lovely!
- By CM on 05-12-13
By: Julia Child, and others
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Delizia!
- The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food
- By: John Dickie
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Buon appetito! Everyone loves Italian food. But how did the Italians come to eat so well? The answer lies amid the vibrant beauty of Italy's historic cities....
By: John Dickie
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
- A Natural History of Four Meals
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
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"What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat....
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A must read
- By Fataneh Hamisi on 30-04-20
By: Michael Pollan
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Salt
- A World History
- By: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
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So much of our human body is made up of salt that we'd be dead without it...
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Was pretty boring
- By Anonymous User on 05-10-22
By: Mark Kurlansky
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Chewing the Fat
- Tasting Notes from a Greedy Life
- By: Jay Rayner
- Narrated by: Jay Rayner
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
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Why are gravy stains on your shirt at the dinner table to be admired? Does bacon improve everything? And is gin really the devil's work? In this collection of his hilarious columns, award-winning writer and restaurant critic Jay Rayner answers these vital questions and many, many more....
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Enjoyable Glimpse
- By Yvonne on 19-12-21
By: Jay Rayner
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Letters to a Young Chef
- By: Daniel Boulud
- Narrated by: Mario Brassard
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
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In Letters to a Young Chef, Daniel Boulud speaks not only of how to make a career as a chef in today's world, but also of why one should want to do so in the first place....
By: Daniel Boulud
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Love, Loss, and What We Ate
- A Memoir
- By: Padma Lakshmi
- Narrated by: Padma Lakshmi
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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Love, Loss, and What We Ate traces the arc of Padma Lakshmi's unlikely path from an immigrant childhood to a complicated life in front of the camera....
By: Padma Lakshmi
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Spilling the Beans
- By: Clarissa Dickson Wright
- Narrated by: Clarissa Dickson Wright
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
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Shortlisted for the British Book Awards, Biography of the Year, 2008.
Here is the no-holds-barred autobiography, read by the author, of one of the nation's best-loved cooks....
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Enchanting throughout! A must read!
- By Alison St Pierre on 06-10-13
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The Sommelier's Atlas of Taste
- A Field Guide to the Great Wines of Europe
- By: Rajat Parr, Jordan Mackay
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
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The first definitive reference book to describe, region-by-region, how the great wines of Europe should taste....
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Shouldn’t be an audiobook
- By Anonymous User on 13-01-24
By: Rajat Parr, and others
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Red Sauce Brown Sauce
- A British Breakfast Odyssey
- By: Felicity Cloake
- Narrated by: Felicity Cloake
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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In this eagerly anticipated follow up to One More Croissant for the Road, Felicity Cloake sets off on an epic bike ride round Britain to celebrate and investigate the legendary Great British Breakfast....
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A lovely book, makes you full just listening to it
- By Anonymous User on 11-08-23
By: Felicity Cloake
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A Thousand Feasts
- Small Moments of Joy … A Memoir of Sorts
- By: Nigel Slater
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy.
By: Nigel Slater
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Cake
- A Slice of British Life
- By: Andrew Baker
- Narrated by: Andrew Baker
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Andrew Baker goes on a quest for the authentic ‘True Slice’ of cake, combining history, culture and recipes to tell the story of this most delicious celebration staple....
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Delightful
- By Kindle Customer on 13-03-24
By: Andrew Baker
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Eating for England
- The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table
- By: Nigel Slater
- Narrated by: Nigel Slater
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
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The British have a relationship with their food that is unlike that of any other country....
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And Scotland, Wales and Ireland ............
- By Joan on 05-11-07
By: Nigel Slater
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A Sense of Place
- A Journey Around Scotland’s Whisky
- By: Dave Broom
- Narrated by: Dave Broom
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
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In this beautifully crafted narrative, award-winning writer Dave Broom examines Scotch whisky from the point of view of its terroir—the land, weather, history, craft and culture that feed and enhance the whisky itself....
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Enjoyed it
- By Stuart Shearlaw on 23-02-23
By: Dave Broom
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The Ten (Food) Commandments
- By: Jay Rayner
- Narrated by: Jay Rayner
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
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Britain's culinary Moses brings us the new foodie rules to live by, celebrating what and how we eat....
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A great entertaining listen
- By Anonymous User on 25-01-21
By: Jay Rayner
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Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World
- A History
- By: William Alexander
- Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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New York Times best-selling author William Alexander takes listeners on the surprisingly twisty journey of the beloved tomato in this fascinating and erudite microhistory....
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Enjoyable
- By MC on 15-03-23
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The Story of Sushi
- An Unlikely Saga of Raw Fish and Rice
- By: Trevor Corson
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Everything you never knew about sushi: its surprising origins, the colorful lives of its chefs, and the bizarre behavior of the creatures that compose it....
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Great story from start to finish 👏 👌 👍 🙌 😀
- By Tofigh on 30-11-21
By: Trevor Corson
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Cooked
- A Natural History of Transformation
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
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In Cooked, Pollan discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements - fire, water, air, and earth - to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink....
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Great Book
- By JohnB on 10-04-16
By: Michael Pollan
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The World of Sugar
- How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years
- By: Ulbe Bosma
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
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For most of history, humans did without refined sugar. Granulated sugar was first produced in India around the sixth century BC, yet for almost 2,500 years afterward sugar remained marginal in the diets of most people. Then, suddenly, it was everywhere....
By: Ulbe Bosma
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Appetite
- A Memoir in Recipes of Family and Food
- By: Ed Balls
- Narrated by: Ed Balls
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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Ed Balls was just three weeks old when he tried his first meal: pureed roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. While perhaps ill-advised by modern weaning standards, it worked for him in 1967, and from that moment on, he was hooked on food....
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ENJOYABLE READ
- By Rosemary on 28-08-21
By: Ed Balls
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The Third Plate
- Field Notes on the Future of Food
- By: Dan Barber
- Narrated by: Dan Barber
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
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Today’s optimistic farm-to-table food culture has a dark secret: The local food movement has failed to change how we eat. It has also offered a false promise for the future of food....
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A thoroughly detailed insight into farming and food!
- By Anon on 12-02-24
By: Dan Barber
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Food of the Cods
- How Fish and Chips Made Britain
- By: Daniel Gray
- Narrated by: George Reid
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
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Daniel Gray ponders the magic of chippies and rejoices in the delights they have sprinkled among us over the last 150 years....
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A heart-warming codyssey
- By ID on 29-10-23
By: Daniel Gray
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A Cheesemonger's History of the British Isles
- By: Ned Palmer
- Narrated by: Ned Palmer
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Cheesemonger Ned Palmer takes us on a delicious journey across Britain and Ireland and through time to uncover the histories of beloved old favourites like Cheddar and Wensleydale and fresh innovations like the Irish Cashel Blue or the rambunctious Renegade Monk....
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Thoroughly entertaining
- By Cassandra on 03-07-23
By: Ned Palmer
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Eat Like a Local: Bangladesh
- Bangladesh Food Guide
- By: Sofia Kamal
- Narrated by: Mark Dunham
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
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Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you. Eat like a Local–Bangladesh by Author Sofia Kamal offers the inside scoop on food in Bangladesh. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate.
By: Sofia Kamal
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Bite by Bite
- Nourishments and Jamborees
- By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
- Narrated by: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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In Bite by Bite, poet and essayist Aimee Nezhukumatathil explores the way food and drink evoke our associations and remembrances—a subtext or layering, a flavor tinged with joy, shame, exuberance, grief, desire, or nostalgia. Nezhukmatathil restores our astonishment and wonder about food through her encounters with a range of foods and food traditions. From shave ice to lumpia, mangoes to pecans, rambutan to vanilla, she investigates how food marks our experiences and identities and explores the boundaries between heritage and memory.
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The Cocktail Parlor
- How Women Brought the Cocktail Home
- By: Nicola Nice, Robert Simonson - Foreword by
- Narrated by: Allyson Voller
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
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Journeying through the decades, this book profiles a diverse array of influential hostesses. With each historic era comes iconic recipes, featuring a total of forty main cocktails and more than 100 variations that listeners can make at home. Whether its happy hour punch a la Martha Washington or a Harlem Renaissance-inspired Green Skirt, listeners will find that many of the ingredients and drinks they're familiar with today wouldn't be here without the hostesses who served them first.
By: Nicola Nice, and others
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Finding Freedom in the Lost Kitchen
- By: Erin French
- Narrated by: Erin French
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
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Erin French grew up barefoot on a farm, fell in love with food as a teenager working the line at her dad’s diner and found her calling as a professional chef at her tiny restaurant The Lost Kitchen, tucked into a 19th-century mill—now a world-renowned dining destination. In Finding Freedom in the Lost Kitchen, Erin tells her story of multiple rock-bottoms, from medical student to pregnant teen, of survival as a jobless single mother, of pills that promised release but delivered addiction, of a man who seemed to offer salvation but ripped away her very sense of self
By: Erin French
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Vintage Life Cheats, Hacks, Hints, Tips, and Tricks Guide
- By: Trevor Clinger
- Narrated by: Amanda Thomas
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Delve into a world where ingenuity and resourcefulness reigned supreme, as we uncover a treasure trove of vintage life cheats, hacks, hints, tips, and tricks passed down through generations. From clever shortcuts for everyday tasks to ingenious fixes for common problems, this enchanting compendium offers a glimpse into the creativity and innovation of bygone eras. Discover how our ancestors navigated life's challenges with flair and finesse and learn how to infuse your modern-day routines with a touch of vintage elegance.
By: Trevor Clinger
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Chocolate History and Life Cycle
- By: Rich Linville
- Narrated by: Jack Watson
- Length: 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Chocolate is one of the most popular flavors in the world. Over 5,000 years ago in the rainforests of Ecuador, the people planted the seeds from the wild cocoa trees. They ground the beans to make a chocolate drink with water.
By: Rich Linville
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Eat Like a Local: Bangladesh
- Bangladesh Food Guide
- By: Sofia Kamal
- Narrated by: Mark Dunham
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you. Eat like a Local–Bangladesh by Author Sofia Kamal offers the inside scoop on food in Bangladesh. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate.
By: Sofia Kamal
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Bite by Bite
- Nourishments and Jamborees
- By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
- Narrated by: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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In Bite by Bite, poet and essayist Aimee Nezhukumatathil explores the way food and drink evoke our associations and remembrances—a subtext or layering, a flavor tinged with joy, shame, exuberance, grief, desire, or nostalgia. Nezhukmatathil restores our astonishment and wonder about food through her encounters with a range of foods and food traditions. From shave ice to lumpia, mangoes to pecans, rambutan to vanilla, she investigates how food marks our experiences and identities and explores the boundaries between heritage and memory.
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The Cocktail Parlor
- How Women Brought the Cocktail Home
- By: Nicola Nice, Robert Simonson - Foreword by
- Narrated by: Allyson Voller
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Journeying through the decades, this book profiles a diverse array of influential hostesses. With each historic era comes iconic recipes, featuring a total of forty main cocktails and more than 100 variations that listeners can make at home. Whether its happy hour punch a la Martha Washington or a Harlem Renaissance-inspired Green Skirt, listeners will find that many of the ingredients and drinks they're familiar with today wouldn't be here without the hostesses who served them first.
By: Nicola Nice, and others
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Finding Freedom in the Lost Kitchen
- By: Erin French
- Narrated by: Erin French
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Erin French grew up barefoot on a farm, fell in love with food as a teenager working the line at her dad’s diner and found her calling as a professional chef at her tiny restaurant The Lost Kitchen, tucked into a 19th-century mill—now a world-renowned dining destination. In Finding Freedom in the Lost Kitchen, Erin tells her story of multiple rock-bottoms, from medical student to pregnant teen, of survival as a jobless single mother, of pills that promised release but delivered addiction, of a man who seemed to offer salvation but ripped away her very sense of self
By: Erin French
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Vintage Life Cheats, Hacks, Hints, Tips, and Tricks Guide
- By: Trevor Clinger
- Narrated by: Amanda Thomas
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Delve into a world where ingenuity and resourcefulness reigned supreme, as we uncover a treasure trove of vintage life cheats, hacks, hints, tips, and tricks passed down through generations. From clever shortcuts for everyday tasks to ingenious fixes for common problems, this enchanting compendium offers a glimpse into the creativity and innovation of bygone eras. Discover how our ancestors navigated life's challenges with flair and finesse and learn how to infuse your modern-day routines with a touch of vintage elegance.
By: Trevor Clinger
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Chocolate History and Life Cycle
- By: Rich Linville
- Narrated by: Jack Watson
- Length: 12 mins
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Chocolate is one of the most popular flavors in the world. Over 5,000 years ago in the rainforests of Ecuador, the people planted the seeds from the wild cocoa trees. They ground the beans to make a chocolate drink with water.
By: Rich Linville
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Dusty Booze
- In Search of Vintage Spirits
- By: Aaron Goldfarb
- Narrated by: Dean Gallagher
- Length: 10 hrs
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In Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits, journalist Aaron Goldfarb goes on an adventure in vintage spirits. This is an intoxicating story of obsessives on the hunt for old bottles of whiskey, tequila, rum, chartreuse—you name it—from estate sales, grandpa's liquor cabinet, and out-of-the-way and inner-city liquor stores that may just have a case or a few bottles lying around in the basement.
By: Aaron Goldfarb
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Yum? Interesting Origin Stories, Trivia, Fun Facts, and History About Food from Around the World
- Culinary Anecdotes for Curious People
- By: Riddleland
- Narrated by: Slade Hovick
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
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Have you ever pondered... What led to the creation of the humble sandwich? Why does chocolate have that irresistible allure? What's the story behind our morning cup of coffee? Like the ever-curious, you've perhaps questioned the origins of these everyday items on your plate. Prepare yourself for an enlightening journey as you uncover your favorite foods' unexpected and perhaps slightly peculiar history.
By: Riddleland
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The Tea Lover's Treasury: 40th Anniversary Edition
- By: James Norwood Pratt
- Narrated by: James Norwood Pratt
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
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A classic—newly revised for this 40th Anniversary Edition, and read for you by the author—The Tea Lover’s Treasury is credited with sparking America’s present-day Tea Renaissance. The world’s most widely quoted tea authority narrates the story of tea's dramatic history since its mysterious origins in ancient China, and guides us on a journey through the world's tea growing regions to explore the finest teas from China, Japan, India, and beyond.
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Hungry Heart
- A Story of Food and Love: The Times Food Book of the Year
- By: Clare Finney
- Narrated by: Camilla Rockley
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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From family feasts to comfort food, first dates to office cake; how does what we eat define us, and the relationships we have with others? Finney investigates the role that food plays in modern society, exploring how eating unites us in varied ways throughout our lives. She discusses her own childhood spent in her grandmother’s hotel kitchen. She talks about the meals and recipes that have shaped the person she is today.
By: Clare Finney
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Before the Refrigerator
- How We Used to Get Ice (How Things Worked)
- By: Jonathan Rees
- Narrated by: Gary L Willprecht
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans depended upon ice to stay cool and to keep their perishable foods fresh. Jonathan Rees tells the fascinating story of how people got ice before mechanical refrigeration came to the household. Drawing on newspapers, trade journals, and household advice books, Before the Refrigerator explains how Americans built a complex system to harvest, store, and transport ice to everyone who wanted it, even the very poor.
By: Jonathan Rees
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Slow Noodles
- A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
- By: Chantha Nguon
- Narrated by: Kim Green, Clara Kim
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen.
By: Chantha Nguon