Overview :McDonald's founder Ray Kroc once said, "It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun." The hamburger has been a stapl... Read More
Overview :From obscure Pre-Columbian beginnings in the Andes Mountains to global popularity today, the story of the potato is one of rags to riches. I... Read More
Overview :Eating junk food and fast food is a great all-American passion. American kids and grownups love their candy bars, Big Macs and supersized fr... Read More
Overview :"Talking turkey" about the bird you thought you knewFondly remembered as the centerpiece of family Thanksgiving reunions, the turkey is a cu... Read More
Overview :"By any standard, the Centennial Buckeye Cook Book was the most important cookbook to have originated in Ohio in the nineteenth century. It ... Read More
Overview :A sweeping reference work on food and drink in America, with fascinating entries on everything from the history of White Castle to the origi... Read More
Overview :Leo Cherne's life brimmed with paradox and improbability. He was born in the Bronx to a poor, immigrant, Jewish family, and yet rose to the ... Read More
Overview :From the Americas to Australasia, from northern Europe to southern Africa, the tomato tickles the world's taste buds. This book traces the e... Read More
Overview :The single most influential culinary trend of our time is fast food. It has spawned an industry that has changed eating, the most fundamenta... Read More
Overview :A culinary history of the protein-laden legume, this work follows the peanut's rise from a lowly, messy snack food to its place in haute cui... Read More
Overview :For topping French fries or cottage cheese, K rations or school lunches, ketchup has long been an American favorite. In Pure Ketchup, Andrew... Read More
Overview :When it comes to food, there has never been another city quite like New York. The Big Apple--a telling nickname--is the city of 50,000 eater... Read More