Foodie Bookshelf

Nominated in 1997 for a Julia Child Award, "Cupboard Love" is back, bigger and better than ever. In this updated and expanded edition, Mark Morton lays out a sumptuous feast of more than a thousand culinary word-histories. From everyday foods to exotic dishes, from the herbs and spices of medieval England to the cooking implements of the modern kitchen, "Cupboard Love" explores the fascinating stories behind familiar and not-so-familiar gastronomic terms.

Food columnist Parker Bowles engages in a year-long odyssey in search of the worlds most thrilling, terrifying, and odd foods.

Theodore Kyriakou embarks on a gastronomic voyage around the Greek islands, capturing the intensity of the experience that interweaves sea and sky - simple living and unchanged traditions. This book follows the course of the day and the rhythm of island life, from breakfast through Spring tides and seasonal vegetables to dinner under the firmament.

Written by the author of "Thirty Miles: A Local Journey in Food", this book presents an intriguing adventure that strikes at the heart of the cuisine along the Mekong River. It tells how the beating heart of a cobra snake contrasts with the remarkable everyday cuisine of Cambodia.

Each of the ten itineraries in this cookbook/guidebook takes readers through parts of Tuscany that still remain largely undiscovered and into the kitchens of more than fifty superb but little-known restaurants specializing in regional cuisine-those that are for the most part overlooked by tourists and known only to the locals.