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Salt: A World History
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3.75 avg rating — 76,148 ratings
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Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human
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3.88 avg rating — 4,083 ratings
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
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3.92 avg rating — 24,877 ratings
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An Edible History of Humanity
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3.76 avg rating — 6,135 ratings
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Eating the Empire: Food and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain
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4.23 avg rating — 69 ratings
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A History of the World in 6 Glasses
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3.81 avg rating — 33,466 ratings
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
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4.19 avg rating — 209,813 ratings
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Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
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3.86 avg rating — 10,256 ratings
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
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4.06 avg rating — 59,156 ratings
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Vanilla: The Cultural History of the World's Favorite Flavor and Fragrance
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3.71 avg rating — 136 ratings
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Food in History
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3.97 avg rating — 1,601 ratings
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Nathaniel's Nutmeg, or, The True And Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History
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3.82 avg rating — 5,332 ratings
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Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors
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3.91 avg rating — 1,247 ratings
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Pickled, Potted, and Canned: How the Art and Science of Food Preserving Changed the World
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3.72 avg rating — 204 ratings
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Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking
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3.91 avg rating — 457 ratings
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Breakfast: A History
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3.61 avg rating — 180 ratings
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Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide
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4.07 avg rating — 56 ratings
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97 Orchard : An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement
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3.78 avg rating — 3,206 ratings
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Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food
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4.06 avg rating — 6,916 ratings
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The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu
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3.75 avg rating — 2,413 ratings
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The True History of Chocolate
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3.80 avg rating — 1,538 ratings
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Swindled: From Poison Sweets to Counterfeit Coffee—The Dark History of the Food Cheats
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3.83 avg rating — 666 ratings
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Dangerous Tastes: The Story of Spices
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3.69 avg rating — 217 ratings
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Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages
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3.62 avg rating — 554 ratings
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A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression
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3.75 avg rating — 2,237 ratings
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Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine
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3.95 avg rating — 2,772 ratings
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Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History
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3.94 avg rating — 359 ratings
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Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal
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3.88 avg rating — 854 ratings
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Siren Feasts
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4.18 avg rating — 33 ratings
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The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World
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3.61 avg rating — 566 ratings
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Pleyn Delit: Medieval Cookery for Modern Cooks
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4.18 avg rating — 170 ratings
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Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century (California Studies in Food and Culture, 24)
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3.79 avg rating — 456 ratings
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Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America
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3.79 avg rating — 876 ratings
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Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
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3.93 avg rating — 51,275 ratings
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The Magic of Fire: Hearth Cooking: One Hundred Recipes for the Fireplace or Campfire
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4.36 avg rating — 47 ratings
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How Carrots Won the Trojan War: Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables
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3.53 avg rating — 592 ratings
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Pizza: A Slice of American History
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3.52 avg rating — 94 ratings
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The Comic Book Story of Beer: The World's Favorite Beverage from 7000 BC to Today's Craft Brewing Revolution
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4.02 avg rating — 1,156 ratings
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Rum: The Epic Story Of The Drink That Conquered The World
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3.73 avg rating — 83 ratings
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In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food
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3.67 avg rating — 1,300 ratings
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Spice: The History of a Temptation
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3.64 avg rating — 2,557 ratings
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The Devil's Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee
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3.64 avg rating — 2,053 ratings
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The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South
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3.82 avg rating — 2,023 ratings
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Eat My Words: Reading Women's Lives Through the Cookbooks they Wrote
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3.44 avg rating — 144 ratings
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Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat
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4.05 avg rating — 563 ratings
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A Bite-Sized History of France: Delicious, Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment
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4.19 avg rating — 2,149 ratings
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A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression
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3.75 avg rating — 2,237 ratings
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Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
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4.08 avg rating — 25,828 ratings
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Ice Cream: A Global History
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3.42 avg rating — 153 ratings
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Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works
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4.15 avg rating — 465 ratings
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White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf
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3.63 avg rating — 821 ratings
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Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages
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3.72 avg rating — 191 ratings
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Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar
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4.16 avg rating — 2,021 ratings
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Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard: A Cultural History
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3.77 avg rating — 53 ratings
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It's the Cookie, Mr. President
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4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Untold History of the Potato
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3.82 avg rating — 482 ratings
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The American Plate: A Culinary History in 100 Bites
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3.65 avg rating — 994 ratings
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Eating with Emperors: 150 Years of Dining with Emperors, Kings, Queens . . . and the Occasional Maharajah (The Miegunyah Volumes, 120)
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4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Anatomy of Dessert: With a Few Notes on Wine
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3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Southern Food
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4.23 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Monet's Palate Cookbook: The Artist & His Kitchen Garden At Giverny
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4.40 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Six Thousand Years of Bread: Its Holy and Unholy History
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3.82 avg rating — 185 ratings
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Glass and Gavel: The U.S. Supreme Court and Alcohol
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3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food—Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When the Nation's Food Was Seasonal
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3.47 avg rating — 2,702 ratings
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The Curiosities of Food: Or the Dainties and Delicacies of Different Nations Obtained from the Animal Kingdom
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3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
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High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America
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4.19 avg rating — 1,415 ratings
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Isn't This Plate Indian? Dalit Histories and Memories of Food
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3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Vegetarian America: A History
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3.38 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,721 ratings
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Food Is Love: Advertising and Gender Roles in Modern America
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3.43 avg rating — 47 ratings
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A Bowl Of Red: A Natural History of Chili con Carne
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4.05 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Salt, Sweat & Steam: The Fiery Education of an Accidental Chef
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4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings
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All Manners of Food: Eating and Taste in England and France from the Middle Ages to the Present
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3.32 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Punch: The Delights (and Dangers) of the Flowing Bowl
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4.24 avg rating — 469 ratings
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Portland: A Food Biography
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4.13 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Last Dinner On the Titanic: Menus and Recipes From the Great Liner
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4.08 avg rating — 455 ratings
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Edible Memory: The Lure of Heirloom Tomatoes and Other Forgotten Foods
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3.37 avg rating — 54 ratings
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The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
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3.95 avg rating — 5,245 ratings
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Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America
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3.67 avg rating — 100 ratings
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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4.04 avg rating — 452,724 ratings
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The Social Life of Coffee: The Emergence of the British Coffeehouse
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3.80 avg rating — 119 ratings
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Turning the Tables: Restaurants and the Rise of the American Middle Class, 1880-1920
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4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Charlemagne's Tablecloth: A Piquant History of Feasting
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3.45 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization
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3.99 avg rating — 446 ratings
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For God, Country, and Coca-Cola
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3.90 avg rating — 829 ratings
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The Taste of Conquest: The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice
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3.75 avg rating — 935 ratings
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Good Spirits: A New Look at Ol' Demon Alcohol
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4.21 avg rating — 38 ratings
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A Short History of the American Stomach
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2.98 avg rating — 148 ratings
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Ireland’s Green Larder: The Definitive History of Irish Food and Drink
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4.13 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Seven Deadly Sins and One Very Naughty Fruit
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3.57 avg rating — 87 ratings
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The Domestic Revolution: How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything
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4.17 avg rating — 832 ratings
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Setting the Table for Julia Child: Gourmet Dining in America, 1934–1961
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3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind
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3.82 avg rating — 622 ratings
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An Antebellum Plantation Household : Including the South Carolina Low Country Receipts and Remedies of Emily Wharton Sinkler
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3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Barbecue: A Global History
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3.32 avg rating — 25 ratings
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The Taste of Country Cooking
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4.43 avg rating — 1,494 ratings
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Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World
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3.69 avg rating — 3,036 ratings
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Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing
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4.03 avg rating — 4,693 ratings
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Taste of the Nation: The New Deal Search for America's Food
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4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House
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4.04 avg rating — 1,174 ratings
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