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Food books not cookbooks - I really cannot call The Omnivore's Dilemma or On Food and Cooking cookbooks, brilliant as they are. ... Jeffrey Steingarten
4. Is There a Nutmeg in the House? by Elizabeth David
5. The Art of Eating by M.F.K. Fisher
6. On Food and Cooking: the Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee
7. Feast: a History of Grand Eating by Roy Strong
8. Near a Thousand Tables: a History of Food ... I have two (french provincial and roast chicken) and a honorable mention (on food and cooking - great book, but hardly a cookbook).
I have other books by Jane Grigson and Alice Waters, so that's four of the writers. ... White
Roast Chicken and Other Stories by Simon Hopkinson
Honourable Mentions
Larousse Gastronomique
On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee
The Good Cook Series 27 books by Time-Life Books
ETA - not bad. three authors and one book didn't touchstone. ... red phenolic complexes (the complexes are weak acids themselves, and take up hydrogen ions from the lemon juice). p.440 of On Food and Cooking. He goes on to state that heavily alkaline water can make the color darker. sjmccreary, I haven't read a lot of nutritional books. One of my favorite food books is On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, 2nd edition. It's more of a reference book than one to be read straight through. But it has all kinds of very interesting sections in it. "Only" five now.
I have finished (since #3/May 11): On food and cooking, The omnivore's dilemma, Art of learning, Oranges are not the only fruit.
I am still reading:Time, Space, Knowledge and Tibetan Meditation.
I have started The book thief and Musicophilia (both slightly ... May 11:
Much too much.
Long-term project (=reading material in the toilet): On food and cooking.
Other long-term project (=in the bag I usually take with me): Time, Space, Knowledge.
Easier to read and on the same theme: Tibetan Meditation.
Couldn't resist even though I am alreadyu ... ... of messy with some books having a long lag between start date and finish date. For instance, it took me 18 months to read On Food and Cooking (2nd revised edition). BTW, I highly recommend it. So here goes the 2009 schedule.
Started- 2666, Roberto Bolano 9. Gastronomy/gardening/nature/environment;
Dolce e salata - Marlena De Blasi;
On Food and Cooking - Harold McGee;
Fish, Flesh & Good Red Herring - Alice Thomas Ellis;
Delizia!:The Epic History of the Italians and their food - John Dickie;
The Joy of Eating: The V ... I'm halfway through On Food and Cooking, and I do love it, it gives me quite a few insights into what actually happens when you cook.
TPBM is reading a book they like a lot more than they thought they would. I did, actually. I managed to Bookmooch Cookwise! As I will probably finish On Food and Cooking soon, that is very good news. It still has to get here, of course.
TPBM has been on Second Life recently. ... cycle & domestic life Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches: The Riddles of Culture
394 General customs Knights at Tournament / Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
421 English writing system & phonology Spellbound: The Surprising Origins and Astonishing Secrets of English Spelling
423 English ... ... it is an engaging narrative and one of the best accounts of its subject.
And just to mix it up, we now have at our house On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee.
Of course, I should be reading for my thesis, but a break is always nice (and therein lies trouble).
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