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Food Studies



link to catalog page ALBALA, The Banquet

The Banquet

Dining in the Great Courts of Late Renaissance Europe

Author: Ken Albala
Pub Date: March 2007

A history of cooking and fine dining in Western Europe from 1520 to 1660   learn more...

link to catalog page ALLEN, The Herbalist in the Kitchen Author: Gary Allen
Pub Date: June 2007

The ultimate book for anyone cooking with herbs   learn more...

link to catalog page WANSINK, Marketing Nutrition

Marketing Nutrition

Soy, Functional Foods, Biotechnology, and Obesity

Author: Brian Wansink
Pub Date: Cloth: 2004; Paper: 2007

The ins and outs of the marketing of food   learn more...

link to catalog page SMITH, Peanuts

Peanuts

The Illustrious History of the Goober Pea

Author: Andrew F. Smith
Pub Date: Cloth: ; Paper: 2007

The peanut’s rise from a lowly bean to national favorite   learn more...

link to catalog page SYMONS, A History of Cooks and Cooking Author: Michael Symons
Pub Date: Cloth: 2000; Paper: 2004

Exploring the civilizing role that cooks and cooking have played in world history from Plato to Marx, from carnivores to vegetarians   learn more...

link to catalog page WILLIAMS, The Ethics of Diet

The Ethics of Diet

A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh-Eating

Author: Howard Williams
Pub Date: 2003

One hundred twenty-year-old classic in vegetarianism. A compendium of writings against flesh-eating by writers ranging from Plato to Schopenhauer, Ovid to Thoreau.   learn more...

link to catalog page SHUMAN, Favorite Dishes

Favorite Dishes

A Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book

Author: Compiled by Carrie V. Shuman
Pub Date: 2001

Favorite Dishes affords an unusual and interesting look into the way the early women’s movement used conventional means to manipulate their way into a man’s world, and provides insight into how food, women, and American attitudes were changing at the end of a century.   learn more...

link to catalog page SMITH, The Tomato in America

The Tomato in America

Early History, Culture, and Cookery

Author: Andrew F. Smith
Pub Date: 2001

A tasty and entertaining history of one of America’s favorite foodstuffs   learn more...

link to catalog page HESS, The Taste of America Author: John L. Hess and Karen Hess
Pub Date: 2000

An updated and delightful tour through gastronomic America   learn more...

link to catalog page MENNELL, All Manners of Food

All Manners of Food

Eating and Taste in England and France from the Middle Ages to the Present

Author: Stephen Mennell
Pub Date: Cloth: ; Paper: 1996

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