Gastronomy History

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    • The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
    • By: Amy Stewart
    • Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
    • Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 19-03-2013
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley. Gin was born from a conifer shrub....

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    • A World History
    • By: Mark Kurlansky
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 15-12-2021
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 56 ratings
    • The author of Cod and The Basque History of the World takes an extraordinary look at an ordinary substance — salt, the only rock humans eat — and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning....

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    • From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar
    • By: David Wondrich
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 22-08-2017
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Cocktail writer and historian David Wondrich presents the colorful, little-known history of classic American drinks and the ultimate mixologist's guide....

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    • Advice, Wisdom, and History with a Grain of Saltiness
    • By: Caitlin PenzeyMoog
    • Narrated by: Tanya Eby
    • Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 11-08-2020
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • You'll learn where spices come from: historically, geographically, botanically, and in the modern market. You'll hear snapshots of life in a spice shop, how the flavors and stories can infuse not just meals but life and relationships. And you'll get straightforward advice....

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    • A Natural History of Four Meals
    • By: Michael Pollan
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 01-01-2006
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 87 ratings
    • "What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat....

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    • The Life and Times of the Legendary Venice Landmark
    • By: Arrigo Cipriani
    • Narrated by: Bryan Bendle
    • Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 31-12-2012
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • The complete history of the legendary Venice landmark where Hemingway, Welles, and others were regulars....

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    • A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States
    • By: Andrew Coe
    • Narrated by: Eric Martin
    • Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 20-07-2018
    • Language: English
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    • Andrew Coe's Chop Suey is a fascinating tour of America's centuries-long appetite for Chinese food. Always illuminating, often exploding long-held culinary myths, this book opens a new window into defining what is American cuisine....

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    • A Natural History of Transformation
    • By: Michael Pollan
    • Narrated by: Michael Pollan
    • Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 23-04-2013
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 73 ratings
    • In Cooked, Pollan discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements - fire, water, air, and earth - to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink....

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    • By: Alice Waters
    • Narrated by: Alice Waters
    • Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 14-12-2012
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Chez Panisse opened its doors in 1971. Founded by Alice Waters, the restaurant is rooted in her conviction that the best-tasting food is organic, locally grown, and harvested in ecologically sound ways....

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    • The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food
    • By: John Dickie
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 02-05-2023
    • Language: English
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    • Buon appetito! Everyone loves Italian food. But how did the Italians come to eat so well? The answer lies amid the vibrant beauty of Italy's historic cities....

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    • The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
    • By: Benjamin Wallace
    • Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
    • Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 29-08-2008
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • It was the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold. In 1985, at a heated auction by Christie’s of London, a 1787 bottle of Château Lafite Bordeaux - one of a cache of bottles unearthed in a bricked-up Paris cellar and supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson - went for $156,000....

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    • The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
    • By: Jamie Loftus
    • Narrated by: Jamie Loftus
    • Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 23-05-2023
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique—comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw Dog, will take you on a cross-country road trip in the summer of 2021, and reveal what the creation, culture, and class influence of hot dogs says about America now....

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    • African Americans and the United States of Barbecue
    • By: Adrian Miller
    • Narrated by: JD Jackson
    • Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 31-08-2021
    • Language: English
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    • Across America, the pure love and popularity of barbecue cookery have gone through the roof. Prepared in one regional style or another, in the South and beyond, barbecue is one of ….

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    • By: Clarissa Dickson Wright
    • Narrated by: Clarissa Dickson Wright
    • Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 12-04-2012
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • In this major new history of English food, Clarissa Dickson Wright takes the reader on a journey from the time of the Second Crusade and the feasts of medieval kings to the cuisine of the present day....

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    • Rediscovered and Re-created
    • By: Patrick E. McGovern, Sam Calagione
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 13-06-2017
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Patrick E. McGovern takes us on a journey through time to the dawn of brewing, when our ancestors might well have made a paleo brew of wild fruits, honey, cereals, and botanicals....

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    • A History
    • By: William Alexander
    • Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
    • Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 07-06-2022
    • Language: English
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    • New York Times best-selling author William Alexander takes listeners on the surprisingly twisty journey of the beloved tomato in this fascinating and erudite microhistory....

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    • A 10,000-Year Food Fracas
    • By: Mark Kurlansky
    • Narrated by: Brian Sutherland
    • Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 08-05-2018
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Mark Kurlansky's first global food history since the best-selling Cod and Salt; the fascinating cultural, economic and culinary story of milk and all things dairy....

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    • A Hungry Economist Explains the World
    • By: Ha-Joon Chang
    • Narrated by: Homer Todiwala
    • Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 20-10-2022
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • In Edible Economics, Chang makes challenging economic ideas more palatable by plating them alongside stories about food from around the world....

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    • By: Ian Tattersall, Rob DeSalle
    • Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
    • Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 10-11-2015
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • An excellent bottle of wine can be the spark that inspires a brainstorming session. Such was the case for Ian Tattersall and Rob DeSalle....

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