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Food Bibliography
New titles and top shelf books explore the world of food,
the focus of our 2008 Spotlight E-Conference.
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are open for the 2008 Book of the Year Award! (Details)
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| Jeffrey M. Pilcher
Que
vivan los tamales!: Food and the Making of Mexican Identity,
University of New Mexico Press, 1998
- Mexico's fiery cuisines stand in sharp contrast not only with
traditional European cooking but also with each other. Author
Jeffrey Pilcher uses food itself to provide a unique, insider's
guide to Mexican history and politics. The author's clever synthesis
of nutrition facts, national politics and regional idiosyncrasies
breaks new ground.
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| Sophie Coe
America's
First Cuisines, University of Texas Press, 1994
- Detailed descriptions of the foods eaten by the Aztecs, Maya
and Inca. |
| Joan and David
Peterson
Eat
Smart in Brazil, Ginkgo Press, 2006
- From the authors of Eat
Smart in Mexico, comes this new title, an easy-to-use menu
guide for travelers to Brazil. It contains useful phrases in Portuguese
when ordering and a collection of recipes for chefs who want to
cook Brazilian fare at home. |
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| Joan and David
Peterson
Eat
Smart in Mexico, Ginkgo Press, 1998
- From the authors of Eat
Smart in Brazil, comes this easy-to-use menu guide for travelers
to Mexico. It contains useful phrases in Spanish when ordering
and a collection of recipes for chefs who want to cook Mexican
fare at home. It's one of our favorites and one of the few books
that distinguishes among chiles de árbol, guajillo and
pasilla. Excellente! |
| Joan Peterson
and Brook Soltvedt
Eat
Smart in Peru, Ginkgo Press, 2006 (160 pages, $12.95)
- This latest title in the Eat Smart series helps travelers decipher
menus and shop in the lively markets of Peru.
There are so many options for visitors throughout the country,
this book is the definitive guidebook for enjoying Peruvian cuisine.
Includes tips on shopping in markets, a menu guide, helpful phrases
and a list of helpful resources. |
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| Lee Jolliffe
Tea
and Tourism, Channel View, 2006 (272 pages, $56.95)
- Tourists, traditions and transformations |
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| Alberto Ruy-Sánchez
and Margarita de Orellana, editors
Tequila, Smithsonian Books, 2004 (239 pages, $25.00)
- Tequila is richly illustrated with photos of the art of tequila
bottles, historical paintings, and portraits of Jalisco landscapes.
The authors are the editors of Artes
de Mexico, the leading art magazine of Mexico. Cheers! |
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| Ricardo Ayerza,
Jr. and Wayne Coates
Chia,
University of Arizona Press, 2005 (197 pages, $14.95)
- Get back to basics with a food of the ancient Aztecs. |
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| Michael Black,
J. Derek Bewley and Peter Halmer, editors
The
Encyclopedia of Seeds, MIT Press, 2006 (828 pages, $350.00)
- This scholarly reference work covers major scientific themes
and outlines the latest fundamental biological knowledge about
seeds. More than 100 authors contributed to this book which includes
an ample supply of photos, diagrams, tables and charts. |
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