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Shows how humans discovered how to grow and incorporate particular foods into their diet in the first place. This book includes more than ninety recipes from various culinary traditions around the world.

Ever since American soldiers returned home after World War II with a passion for pate and escargots instead of pork and beans, our preferences have moved from cooked to raw, from canned to fresh, from bland to savory, from water to wine. This title includes more than two hundred recipes with chapters on appetizers, soups, salads, sauces, and more.

Overflows accounts of food and drink drawn from the author's vivid memories. This title offers a collection of recipes representing the best of classical French cuisine from Proust's belle epoque, ranging from the sophisticated elaboration of lobster a l'americaine or truffled partridge to the simplicity of croque-monsieur.

Inspired by references to the "delicious books of Pampille" in Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past", this book is adapted for the modern American kitchen. It includes recipes that are practical for modern cooks.

Although the last decade has seen an intense and widespread interest in the writing and publishing of cookery books, surprisingly little contextualized analysis of the recipe as a generic form has appeared. This essay collection asserts that the recipe in all its cultural and textual contexts is a complex, distinct, and important form of cultural expression.