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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 — 10,310 ratings — published 2012
Salt: A World History (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.75 — 76,621 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 3.87 — 8,131 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 — 210,265 ratings — published 2006
Food in History (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 1,612 ratings — published 1973
An Edible History of Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.77 — 6,192 ratings — published 2010
A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.81 — 33,741 ratings — published 2005
The True History of Chocolate (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,542 ratings — published 1996
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 — 522 ratings — published 2023
Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.69 — 702 ratings — published 2001
Scoff: A History of Food and Class in Britain (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 1,070 ratings — published
The Biscuit: The History of a Very British Indulgence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.05 — 126 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 3.83 — 670 ratings — published 2008
Vodka: A Global History (Edible)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.36 — 42 ratings — published 2012
Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,311 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 — 2,433 ratings — published 2019
The Potlikker Papers (Audio CD)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.82 — 2,034 ratings — published 2017
A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,258 ratings — published 2016
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.08 — 25,923 ratings — published 2013
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.19 — 376,482 ratings — published 2000
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,287 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 — 206,500 ratings — published 2001
Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.79 — 877 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 — 5,156 ratings — published 2008
The Food of China (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.15 — 34 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 — 1,251 ratings — published 2005
A History of English Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.23 — 311 ratings — published 2011
In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.67 — 1,301 ratings — published 2002
Food: The History of Taste (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.98 — 332 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 — 709 ratings — published 1991
How to Cook a Wolf (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 3,047 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 3.79 — 455 ratings — published 1986
All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,020 ratings — published 2025
The Classical Cookbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.10 — 107 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 3.75 — 81 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 3.75 — 937 ratings — published 2007
The Medieval Cookbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.83 — 269 ratings — published 1992
Almonds: Recipes, History, Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.75 — 4 ratings — published 2013
Historic Heston (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.28 — 90 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 3.43 — 7 ratings — published 2014
Feast of Sorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,696 ratings — published 2017
Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.06 — 702 ratings — published 2022
Wild Chocolate: Across the Americas in Search of Cacao's Soul (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.08 — 457 ratings — published
Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.83 — 2,705 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 4.06 — 86 ratings — published
Ten Restaurants That Changed America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 1,408 ratings — published
Polpo: A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 4.48 — 533 ratings — published 2012
The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America's Underground Food Movements (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as culinary-history)
avg rating 3.97 — 955 ratings — published 2006
“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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