History
The Potato
Retail: $13 (20% off!)
How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World The story of how a humble vegetable, once regarded as trash food, had as revolutionary an impact on Western history as the railroad or the auto. Using Ireland, England, France and the U.S.
Victorian Cookbook
Retail: $24.95 (68% off!)
The Victorian Cookbook is divided into twelve chapters, each depicting a mouth-watering menu based on a contemporary event or occasion and each reflecting a different stratum of Victorian society.
Paradox of Plenty
Retail: $12.95 (54% off!)
Offering a sweeping social history of food and eating in America, the author explores the economic, poliltical, an dcultural factors that have shaped the American diet from 1930 to the present.
Grandma's Wartime Kitchen
Retail: $27.95 (20% off!)
A tribute to the women on the home front during World War II, this book presents more than 150 classic recipes (updated for today's kitchens) along with anecdotes, advertisements and advice from the period. Topics include: The U.S.
The Bialy Eaters
Retail: $19.95 (20% off!)
A passion for bialys, those chewy, crusty rolls with the toasted onion center, drew Mimi Sheraton to the Polish town of Bialystok to explore the history of this Jewish staple.
Salt : A World History
Retail: $28 (40% off!)
Homer called salt divine. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods.
Mennonite Foods & Folkways from South Russia Volume II
Retail: $14.95 (30% off!)
The Mennonites of Russia had a particular story and history, as well as a particular food tradition. Norma Jost Voth interviewed persons whose lives spanned from Chortitza in south Russia to Newton, Kansas, and from the Molotschna to Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Tupperware: The Promise of Plastic
Retail: $16.95 (20% off!)
This detailed and entertaining book explores how the plastic storage containers known as Tupperware rose to prominence in 1950s America...
Near A Thousand Tables
Retail: $25 (30% off!)
2003 IACP Award Winner! Literary Category! Fast Food Nation meets Guns, Germs, and Steel in this brilliant account of the history of food. When eating escargot de Bourgogne at a three-star restaurant, you are consuming the world's oldest cattle.
From Hardtack to Home Fries
Retail: $25 (40% off!)
Barbara Haber, one of America's most respected authorities on the history of food, has spent years excavating fascinating stories of the ways in which meals cooked and served by women have shaped American history.