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All food has a story, reaching as far back into history as language itself. As languages followed and reflected the tides of civilizations, food language came to represent some of the highs and lows of how humans communicate: from the highbrow 'Chateauneuf du Pape: (the Pope's new castle)' to the 'nun's farts' of Jamaica (also known as 'beignets'). Chock full of food puns, linguistic did-you-knows and delectable trivia, this is the surprising and hilarious history of food, told through the lens of the fascinating evolution of language.

Moscow takes us on deep dives (sometimes literally) with fisherfolk, farmers, scientists, community activists, historians, hunters, and more, bringing back stories of the communities, workers, and environments involved—some thriving, some in jeopardy, all interconnected with food.

Nostalgia is a powerful thing, and many of us would love to explore the decades of the 1900s. In this cookbook, we share with you some of the classics of each decade, from the 1920s through to the 1970s. Some will be foods you’ve heard of but might never have tried, while others might be familiar to you already....

“A thorough, lively work of on-the-ground reportage. ... Friedman shares a remarkable story." —Wall Street Journal Acclaimed “chef writer” Andrew Friedman introduces readers to all the people and processes that come together in a single restaurant dish, creating an entertaining, vivid...

Gott sei Dank, dass es Schokolade gibt. So könnte man sagen. Denn dem Schlangengott Quetzalcoatl haben wir es zu verdanken, dass es Kakao und damit eben auch Schokolade gibt. So jedenfalls glaubten die Azteken, die Kakao für ein Geschenk von ihm an die Menschen hielten. Getrunken wurde der Kakao von den Azteken wie gesagt natürlich auch. Aber nicht mit Milch, so wie wir es kennen. Es handelte sich vielmehr um eine Mischung aus Wasser, Kakao, Vanille und Cayennepfeffer, manchmal auch Chili. Deshalb nannten die Azteken das Gebräu auch xocoatl, was soviel heißt wie bitteres Wasser.

So wurde der Rum auch genannt. Als Oliver Cromwell im Kampf um die Vorherrschaft auf den Meeren, der englischen Flotte den Befehl gab, das spanische Imperium in Westindien anzugreifen, kamen die Seeleute seiner Majestät anlässlich der Eroberung von Jamaika im Jahre 1655 zum ersten Mal mit jenem hochprozentigen Getränk in Berührung. Die ersten einschlägigen Erfahrungen mit dem "Seelentröster der Seeleute" machte Admiral Pen, als er Jamaika für die Krone Englands in Besitz genommen hatte.

These days, hot chicken is a "must-try" Southern food. Restaurants in New York, Detroit, Cambridge, and even Australia advertise that they fry their chicken "Nashville-style." But for almost seventy years, hot chicken was made and sold primarily in Nashville's Black neighborhoods—and the story of hot chicken says something powerful about race relations in Nashville, especially as the city tries to figure out what it will be in the future. Hot, Hot Chicken recounts the history of Nashville's Black communities through the story of its hot chicken scene.

En esta guía gastronómica se hace un recorrido por los platos más tradicionales de nuestra mesa. Se han incluido recetas de diferentes autonomías destacando aquellas que son más conocidas y aceptadas, aunque también se han seleccionado otras, tal vez menos conocidas fuera de su entorno, pero con la suficiente enjundia y valor como para merecer una difusión mayor.

「カレー」はなぜこんなにも人を熱狂させるのか？数々のカレー店を食べ歩き、自作のカレーの腕前も好評という Dos Monos・TaiTan がナビゲート。

Beans, also known as pulses and legumes, have been present in human diets for thousands of years. Their benefits and nutritional value are massively significant and well-documented, so why have they been vanishing from our plates in recent years? In this guide, we will explore the incredible history of these nutrient-packed little morsels and everything we’ve learned about them throughout history, from their role in ancient medicine to the origins of chocolate and vanilla.

The James Beard award-winning author of the acclaimed The Cooking Gene explores the cultural crossroads of Jewish and African diaspora cuisine and issues of memory, identity, and food. In Koshersoul, Michael W. Twitty considers the marriage of two of the most distinctive culinary cultures in the...

Drawing on years of investigative reporting, Wyatt Williams offers a powerful look at why we kill and eat animals. In order to understand why we eat meat, the restaurant critic and journalist investigated factory farms, learned to hunt game, worked on a slaughterhouse kill floor, and partook in Indigenous traditions of whale eating in Alaska. In Springer Mountain, he tells about his experiences while charting the history of meat eating and vegetarianism. 

La Repubblica del soffritto è un viaggio nella cucina popolare italiana condotto da Donpasta, economista, artista e grande buongustaio che per dieci anni ha attraversato l'Italia in lungo e in largo, a caccia dei segreti nascosti tra i fornelli dei nonnini, custodi indiscussi della tradizione culinaria del Paese. In questo podcast, Donpasta svela per la prima volta il suo incredibile archivio per condividere il distillato dei saperi che nonnine, pastori, contadini, pescatori e allevatori, custodiscono e che generosamente condividono, regalandoci uno sguardo sul presente lucido e disinibito.

Roberto Cipresso, winemaker da oltre 30 anni e scrittore, con l'amico Federico Buffa, appassionato di vini e degustazioni, ci portano tra vigneti e cantine alla scoperta del vino e delle sue storie. Insieme, ripercorrono l'evoluzione di questo antico compagno dell'uomo attraverso epoche e continenti, per parlarci di un legame nato agli albori della civiltà e mai interrotto. Un affascinante viaggio nell'evoluzione stessa del genere umano. A cura di Francesca de Michele. Lista degli episodi: Noah; Roma Caput Vini; Il grappolo vagabondo; Marsala e Madera; Il parallelo 43.

From fish and fiddleheads to salmonberries and Spam, Alaskan cuisine spans the two extremes of locally abundant wild foods and shelf-stable ingredients produced thousands of miles away. As immigration shapes Anchorage into one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the country, Alaska's changing food culture continues to reflect the tension between self-reliance and longing for distant places or faraway homes.

Un mestiere, un'arte, l'indagine della bellezza, della purezza possono portare a una radicalizzazione completa, totale, a uno sprofondamento nella perizia, nella esaltazione della ricerca e della perfezione. Ciò accade in ogni occupazione, in ogni attività, soprattutto quanto sono sublimati, quando sono frutto di una studio profondo ed esasperato da parte dell'esecutore, dell'artista, di colui che sperimenta e ricerca lungo tutto il tempo nel quale si svolge l'opera di un uomo.

The James Beard Award–winning founder of Milk Bar and host of Bake Squad shares her personal stories and wisdom for igniting passion, following your joy, and creating a satisfying life. Dessert connects us heart-to-heart like almost nothing else. It brings us together in good times and bad...

Helen Thorpe, author of a trio of award-winning books about the experiences of immigrants, refugees, and veterans, has turned her writerly lens on her own family, neighborhood, and ethnicity. In Finding Motherland, Thorpe shares seven essays she has written on the related themes of family, food, and migration, sharing observations about race and privilege.

To discover the true role of Black women in the creation of American, and especially Southern, cuisine, Toni Tipton-Martin has spent years amassing one of the world’s largest private collections of cookbooks published by African-American authors, looking for evidence of their impact on American food, families, and communities and for ways we might use that knowledge to inspire community wellness of every kind. The Jemima Code presents more than 150 Black cookbooks that range from a rare 1827 house servant’s manual to modern classics.

Les pirates des Caraïbes avaient imaginé le Draque, l'ancêtre du Mojito, dès le 16e siècle. Et les marins anglais, aidés des Amérindiens, avaient inventé le Punch avant que la Marine anglaise songe elle-même au Gin Fizz et au Gin Tonic pour guérir ses troupes. Aux États-Unis, les bars clandestins, les speakeasies, qui ont proliféré à l'époque de la prohibition ont mis à la mode certaines mixtures, souvent pour camoufler le goût douteux de l'alcool frelaté qu'on y servait.