Twist in the Tail
How the Humble Anchovy Flavoured Western Cuisine
ISBN: PB: 9781805266938,
ISBN: HB: 9781911723417,
Hurst Publishers,
November 2026
392 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 38 black&white illus.
392 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 38 black&white illus.
Selected as one of Nigella Lawson's "Stocking Fillers 2024"
A captivating culinary journey through the West's love-hate relationship with anchovies.
"A Twist in the Tail" takes readers on a tantalising voyage through European and American gastrono...
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18.99 GBP
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Italy in a Wineglass
The Taste of History
ISBN: PB: 9781911723462,
ISBN: HB: 9781911723073,
Hurst Publishers,
October 2026
424 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
424 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
A lively, page-turning history of Italy and its wines, from the Roman Empire to climate change.
The world is enamoured with Italy: its culture, art, food and fashion, its beautiful landscapes and famous cities - and, of course, its wine.
From the a...
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Vanilla
The History of an Extraordinary Bean
ISBN: PB: 9780300292169,
ISBN: HB: 9780300264531,
Yale University Press,
October 2026
312 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm, 18 black&white illus.
312 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm, 18 black&white illus.
The fascinating and wide-ranging history of vanilla, from the sixteenth century to today.
Vanilla is one of the most expensive of flavorings - so valuable that it was smuggled or stolen by pirates in the early days - and yet it is everywhere. It is...
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Great Indian Food Trip
Around a Subcontinent a la Carte
ISBN: HB: 9781911723066,
Hurst Publishers,
February 2024
384 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 12 illus.
384 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 12 illus.
A delightfully surprising journey around India's lesser-known food cultures.
"The Great Indian Food Trip" is an entertaining, erudite adventure of eating, drinking and travelling. This is how Zac O'Yeah has come to understand the Indian subcontinent...
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Why Food Matters
ISBN: PB: 9780300268089,
Yale University Press,
November 2022
216 pp., 19,7x12,7 cm
216 pp., 19,7x12,7 cm
Why does food matter? Historically, food has not always been considered a serious subject on par with, for instance, a performance art like opera or a humanities discipline like philosophy. Necessity, ubiquity, and repetition contribute to the appare...
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Distilled
A Natural History of Spirits
ISBN: HB: 9780300255157,
Yale University Press,
July 2022
328 pp., 22,9x17,8 cm, 71 black&white illus.
328 pp., 22,9x17,8 cm, 71 black&white illus.
An imaginative natural history survey of the wide world of spirits, from whiskey and gin to grappa and moonshine.
In this follow-up book to "A Natural History of Wine" and "A Natural History of Beer", authors Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall yet again...
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Natural History of Beer
ISBN: PB: 9780300264685,
Yale University Press,
June 2022
256 pp., 22,2x14,6 cm, 73 black&white illus.
256 pp., 22,2x14,6 cm, 73 black&white illus.
What can beer teach us about biology, history, and the natural world? From ancient Mesopotamian fermentation practices to the resurgent American craft brewery, Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall peruse the historical record and traverse the globe for eng...
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Botany of Gin
ISBN: HB: 9781851245536,
Bodleian Library Publishing,
September 2020
112 pp., 21,0x14,8 cm, 35 colour illus.
112 pp., 21,0x14,8 cm, 35 colour illus.
From its roots in ancient Greek herbal medicine, the popular spirit we now know as gin was established by the Dutch in the sixteenth century as a juniper-infused tincture to cure fevers. It gained notoriety during the London 'gin craze' in the eighte...
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How We Fell in Love with Italian Food
ISBN: HB: 9781851245123,
Bodleian Library Publishing,
October 2019
256 pp., 25,4x19,7 cm, 68 colour illus.
256 pp., 25,4x19,7 cm, 68 colour illus.
Pizza, pasta, pesto and olive oil: today, it's hard to imagine any supermarket without these items. But how did these foods - and many more Italian ingredients - become so widespread and popular?
This book maps the extraordinary progress of Italian...
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Food Trucks
Delights on Wheels
Food Trucks are something of an institution in American culture, and have been around for more than a century. These days there is a huge range of gastronomic treats available, dished up out of an incredible variety of vehicles - from caravans, stati...
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