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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • By: Sally Fallon Morell
    • Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg
    • Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 29-06-2018
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • In Nourishing Diets best-selling author Sally Fallon Morell debunks diet myths to explore what our ancestors from around the globe really ate - and what we can learn from them to be healthy, fit, and better nourished, today....

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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 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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    • The Hotelier, The Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class
    • By: Luke Barr
    • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
    • Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 03-04-2018
    • Language: English
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    • In early August 1889, César Ritz, a Swiss hotelier highly regarded for his exquisite taste, found himself at the Savoy Hotel in London....

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    • A People’s History
    • By: Diane Purkiss
    • Narrated by: Sarah Kants
    • Length: 22 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 10-11-2022
    • Language: English
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    • In this delicious history of Britain’s food traditions, Diane Purkiss invites listeners on a journey through the centuries, exploring the development of recipes and rituals for mealtimes to show how food has been both a reflection of and inspiration for social continuity and change....

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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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