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Culinary History Books
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Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 10,565 ratings — published 2012
Salt: A World History (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.75 — 78,415 ratings — published 2002
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.86 — 8,213 ratings — published 2017
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.19 — 211,691 ratings — published 2006
Food in History (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,615 ratings — published 1973
A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,323 ratings — published 2016
An Edible History of Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.77 — 6,312 ratings — published 2010
A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.81 — 34,683 ratings — published 2005
The True History of Chocolate (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,568 ratings — published 1996
All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.60 — 2,230 ratings — published 2025
Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,728 ratings — published 2021
No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.63 — 544 ratings — published 2023
Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.69 — 710 ratings — published 2001
Scoff: A History of Food and Class in Britain (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 1,104 ratings — published
The Biscuit: The History of a Very British Indulgence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.04 — 135 ratings — published 2021
Swindled: From Poison Sweets to Counterfeit Coffee—The Dark History of the Food Cheats (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.82 — 673 ratings — published 2008
Vodka: A Global History (Edible)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.35 — 43 ratings — published 2012
Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,341 ratings — published 2019
The Way We Eat Now: Strategies for Eating in a World of Change (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,480 ratings — published 2019
The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South (Audio CD)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.82 — 2,085 ratings — published 2017
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.08 — 26,222 ratings — published 2013
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.19 — 392,920 ratings — published 2000
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,416 ratings — published 2005
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.75 — 206,850 ratings — published 2001
Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.79 — 887 ratings — published 2004
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.70 — 5,185 ratings — published 2008
The Food of China (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.17 — 35 ratings — published 1988
Food in Chinese Culture: Antropological and Historical Perspectives (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.10 — 21 ratings — published 1977
Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,268 ratings — published 2005
A History of English Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.22 — 316 ratings — published 2011
In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,305 ratings — published 2002
Food: The History of Taste (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.98 — 341 ratings — published 2007
The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities and Meaning of Table Manners (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.71 — 727 ratings — published 1991
How to Cook a Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,103 ratings — published 1942
Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century (California Studies in Food and Culture, 24)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.80 — 457 ratings — published 1986
The Cacao Chronicles: A Deep Journey Into the Worlds, Cultures, and Secrets of Cacao and Chocolate (The Essential Ingredient Chronicles Book 1)
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avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published
Doctors and Distillers: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.78 — 631 ratings — published 2022
The Classical Cookbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.13 — 111 ratings — published 1996
Maple Sugar: From Sap to Syrup: The History, Lore, and How-To Behind This Sweet Treat (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.77 — 82 ratings — published 2011
A Gourmet Guide to Oil & Vinegar: Discover and explore the world's finest speciality seasonings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2014
The Taste of Conquest: The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.74 — 954 ratings — published 2007
The Medieval Cookbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.82 — 273 ratings — published 1992
Almonds: Recipes, History, Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.80 — 5 ratings — published 2013
Historic Heston (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.28 — 89 ratings — published 2013
Vanilla: Cooking with one of the world's finest ingredients: Cooking with the king of spices (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.50 — 6 ratings — published 2014
Feast of Sorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,725 ratings — published 2017
Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.05 — 720 ratings — published 2022
Wild Chocolate: Across the Americas in Search of Cacao's Soul (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.12 — 557 ratings — published 2024
Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.83 — 2,944 ratings — published 2022
Grocery Story: The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Giants (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.07 — 89 ratings — published
“My mother died when I was 18. Up until then, I never saw a tin can in my house. (Washington Post interview, 1990)”
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