Gastronomy History

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    • The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
    • By: Amy Stewart
    • Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
    • Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 19-03-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley. Gin was born from a conifer shrub....

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    • From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar
    • By: David Wondrich
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 22-08-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • Cocktail writer and historian David Wondrich presents the colorful, little-known history of classic American drinks and the ultimate mixologist's guide....

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    • By: Clarissa Dickson Wright
    • Narrated by: Clarissa Dickson Wright
    • Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 12-04-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 124 ratings
    • In this major new history of English food, Clarissa Dickson Wright takes the reader on a journey from the time of the Second Crusade and the feasts of medieval kings to the cuisine of the present day....

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    • African Americans and the United States of Barbecue
    • By: Adrian Miller
    • Narrated by: JD Jackson
    • Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 31-08-21
    • Language: English
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    • Across America, the pure love and popularity of barbecue cookery have gone through the roof. Prepared in one regional style or another, in the South and beyond, barbecue is one of ….

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    • The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table
    • By: Nigel Slater
    • Narrated by: Nigel Slater
    • Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 09-10-07
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 87 ratings
    • The British have a relationship with their food that is unlike that of any other country....

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    • A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States
    • By: Andrew Coe
    • Narrated by: Eric Martin
    • Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 20-07-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Andrew Coe's Chop Suey is a fascinating tour of America's centuries-long appetite for Chinese food. Always illuminating, often exploding long-held culinary myths, this book opens a new window into defining what is American cuisine....

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    • The Life and Times of the Legendary Venice Landmark
    • By: Arrigo Cipriani
    • Narrated by: Bryan Bendle
    • Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 31-12-12
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • The complete history of the legendary Venice landmark where Hemingway, Welles, and others were regulars....

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    • Advice, Wisdom, and History with a Grain of Saltiness
    • By: Caitlin PenzeyMoog
    • Narrated by: Tanya Eby
    • Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 11-08-20
    • Language: English
    • 2 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • You'll learn where spices come from: historically, geographically, botanically, and in the modern market. You'll hear snapshots of life in a spice shop, how the flavors and stories can infuse not just meals but life and relationships. And you'll get straightforward advice....

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    • A History of Food and Class in Britain
    • By: Pen Vogler
    • Narrated by: Emma Gregory
    • Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 24-11-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • In this fascinating social history of food in Britain, Pen Vogler examines the origins of our eating habits and reveals how they are loaded with centuries of class prejudice....

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    • A Natural History of Four Meals
    • By: Michael Pollan
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 01-01-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 152 ratings
    • "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 Hungry Economist Explains the World
    • By: Ha-Joon Chang
    • Narrated by: Homer Todiwala
    • Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 20-10-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 57 ratings
    • In Edible Economics, Chang makes challenging economic ideas more palatable by plating them alongside stories about food from around the world....

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    • M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste
    • By: Luke Barr
    • Narrated by: John Rubinstein
    • Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 22-10-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Provence, 1970 is about a singular historic moment.....

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    • A People’s History
    • By: Diane Purkiss
    • Narrated by: Sarah Kants
    • Length: 22 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 10-11-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • In this delicious history of Britain’s food traditions, Diane Purkiss invites listeners on a journey through the centuries, exploring the development of recipes and rituals for mealtimes to show how food has been both a reflection of and inspiration for social continuity and change....

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    • How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America
    • By: Thomas J. Craughwell
    • Narrated by: Alan Sklar
    • Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 04-03-13
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • In 1784, Thomas Jefferson struck a deal with one of his slaves, 19-year-old James Hemings....

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    • A World History
    • By: Mark Kurlansky
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 15-12-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 103 ratings
    • The author of Cod and The Basque History of the World takes an extraordinary look at an ordinary substance — salt, the only rock humans eat — and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning....

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    • A Natural History of Transformation
    • By: Michael Pollan
    • Narrated by: Michael Pollan
    • Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 23-04-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 143 ratings
    • 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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    • The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food
    • By: John Dickie
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 02-05-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • 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....

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    • The Hotelier, The Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class
    • By: Luke Barr
    • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
    • Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 03-04-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • In early August 1889, César Ritz, a Swiss hotelier highly regarded for his exquisite taste, found himself at the Savoy Hotel in London....

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