Títulos en Gastronomía

The way we buy our food today feels so ordinary, so effortless, that it’s easy to forget what an extraordinary invention the supermarket really is. Once upon a time, shopping for essentials meant visiting a half-dozen different shops, waiting for clerks to fetch and weigh each item, and relying on personal relationships with local merchants. Fast-forward to the modern world, and the weekly shop takes place under bright lights in vast aisles stocked with everything imaginable — a world of instant choice, convenience, and abundance.

Embark on a flavorful journey across the globe with The Global Baker: A Journey Through the World's Breads. This book is your passport to the rich, diverse world of bread-making, where you'll discover the art and tradition of baking as it’s practiced in cultures near and far. Whether you're an experienced baker or just starting, this comprehensive guide is designed to inspire your baking journey with a variety of world bread recipes that bring the flavors of the globe right into your kitchen.

Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award! From the award-winning author of An Everlasting Meal comes a record of daily delights from inside the kitchen and just outside it; designed to help you find joy every day. “Delight in food, in eating, in cooking, in serving, in recognizing our luck when...

An excellent bottle of wine can be the spark that inspires a brainstorming session. Such was the case for Ian Tattersall and Rob DeSalle, scientists who frequently collaborate on book and museum exhibition projects. When the conversation turned to wine one evening, it almost inevitably led the two - one a palaeoanthropologist, the other a molecular biologist - to begin exploring the many intersections between science and wine. This audiobook presents their fascinating, freewheeling answers to the question.

No matter where you are in the world, the morning after a night of celebration feels remarkably the same. The heavy head, the dry mouth, the uneasy stomach, and that vague sense of regret — together they make up one of the oldest and most relatable human experiences: the hangover. But how different cultures respond to this shared misery tells us more about humanity than any scientific explanation ever could.

Celebrate Kentucky bourbon, from Angel's Envy and Buffalo Trace to Willett and Woodford Reserve, by exploring the history of the drink, its heritage, influence, and how production affects what you taste in the glass. Each chapter of this volume profiles one distillery, featuring engaging stories of its origins, evolution, and initiatives for the future. Tasting notes for recommended bottles include popular favorites and worthy splurges so you can learn more about your preferred drams and discover exciting new expressions to try.

Thanksgiving is one of America’s oldest traditions — but the story we tell about it is mostly myth. Thanks, But No Thanks walks through the real origins of the holiday, from the Indigenous nations who lived here long before the Pilgrims arrived, to the 1621 harvest feast, to the centuries of change that shaped Thanksgiving into what it is today. Along the way, it explores the wars, treaties, proclamations, school plays, family rituals, and cultural rewrites that turned a single event into a national tradition.

Chef-d’œuvre culinaire de Jean‑Baptiste Reboul, cet audio‑livre rassemble l’esprit de la Provence à travers des centaines de recettes claires et praticables, du pot‑au‑feu aux bouillabaisses, des sauces mères aux ragoûts, en célébrant l’ail, l’huile d’olive, les herbes et les produits de saison qui font la signature méridionale. Pensé autant pour la cuisinière aguerrie que pour la jeune ménagère, l’ouvrage privilégie une cuisine simple, précise et sans fioritures, avec des techniques expliquées pas à pas et des variantes adaptées aux goûts et aux moyens du foyer bourgeois.

Explore the people, discoveries, and innovations that created the "water of life" in this compelling narrative.

One August day, months after her marriage abruptly ended, a heart-shaped baking tin fell at Bee Wilson’s feet: the same one she had used to bake her wedding cake twenty-three years prior. This discovery struck a wave of emotions that propelled her search for others who have attached magical and personal properties to the objects in their kitchens.

In this lively and authoritative guide, Greene teaches listeners about whiskey and encourages them to make their own evaluations. Peppered with wry anecdotes drawn from her unusual life - and including recipes for delicious cocktails by some of today's most celebrated mixologists - Whiskey Distilled will be enthusiastically greeted by the whiskey curious as well as by journeymen whiskey drinkers thirsty to learn more about their beloved tipple.

Audiobook "Wino. Krótka historia szlachetnego trunku" w interesujący sposób przybliża dzieje jednego z najpopularniejszych alkoholi na świecie. W drugim odcinku serii poświęconej rozmaitym napojom, zapraszamy do ekscytującej wędrówki po winnicach i piwniczkach wypełnionych beczkami szlachetnego trunku, jakim z całą pewnością jest wino.

Audiobook "Piwo. Krótka historia złocistego trunku" stwarza okazję do poznania przeszłości z perspektywy jednego z najpopularniejszych napojów alkoholowych. Książka daje odbiorcy szansę na udział w fascynującej wędrówce po różnych zakątkach globu, w których rodziła się i rozwijała kultura piwna. Słuchacz zetknie się z przedstawicielami wielu cywilizacji i narodów, którzy początkowo szukali sposobu na konsumpcję piwa, a potem pracowali nad jego udoskonaleniem.

Mokhtar Alkhanshali, hijo de inmigrantes yemeníes, ha crecido en el barrio más conflictivo de San Francisco y a sus veinticuatro años es incapaz de pagarse la universidad. Mientras trabaja de portero en un bloque de pisos de lujo, descubre que el café, al igual que él, tiene su origen en Yemen, por lo que decide investigar la historia y la producción de esta antiquísima bebida viajando al país de sus antepasados.

Born and raised in New York to a food-phobic mother and food-fanatical father, Elissa was trained early on that fancy is always best. After a childhood spent dining everywhere from Le Pavillion to La Grenouille, she devoted her life to all things gastronomical, from the rare game birds she served at elaborate dinner parties in an apartment so tiny that guests couldn’t turn around to the eight timbale molds she bought while working at Dean & DeLuca, just so she could make tall food.

In this engrossing memoir, Marion Nestle reflects on how she achieved late-in-life success as a leading advocate for healthier and more sustainable diets. Slow Cooked recounts of how she built an unparalleled career at a time when few women worked in the sciences, and how she came to recognize and reveal the enormous influence of the food industry on our dietary choices.

Recognised as one of the most beloved fruits of the Black diaspora, plantain holds profound value within the cultures and communities it is part of. A Quick Ting on Plantain is a cultural insight into the versatile fruit. Through exploring the sentimental meaning plantain has within Black households and cultures alike, this book reveals how food within the Black community is an intimate marker of identity and culture. This concise and insightful book traces the international history of plantain, as well as delving into the contemporary issues surrounding the fruit.

Did you know that your morning coffee could be thanks to a herd of energetic goats? Or that a forgotten ingredient is behind the invention of the beloved brownie? Who got the fright of their life discovering corn could pop? And which popular soft drink first started out as a medicinal syrup? In Serendipity, Oscar Farinetti, founder of the high-end global food chain Eataly, shares fifty remarkable stories of how some of the greatest successes and examples of excellence in the food world came about by chance.

Sourdough bread fueled the labor that built the Egyptian pyramids. The Roman Empire distributed free sourdough loaves to its citizens to maintain political stability. More recently, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, sourdough bread baking became a global phenomenon as people contended with being confined to their homes and sought distractions from their fear, uncertainty, and grief. In Sourdough Culture, environmental science professor Eric Pallant shows how throughout history, sourdough bread baking has always been about survival.

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