Títulos en Cocina

O premiado D.O.M., considerado o 9º melhor do mundo pela lista da revista inglesa Restaurant (The 50 World's Best Restaurants – Edição 2015). No ano anterior, a revista apontou Alex como o melhor chef eleito por seus pares (Chef's Choice Award).

Graças à decifração de inscrições cuneiformes em tabletes de argila, encontrados entre os rios Tigre e Eufrates, é possível hoje reproduzir algumas receitas mesopotâmicas: carne cozida com muito alho.

Mara teve uma infância tão boa que depois de experimentar outros amálgamas, na sua juventude, resolveu estender o fio daquela experiência até a vida adulta – pinçando ingredientes, processos e saberes daquela época para aprofundar sua pesquisa, criar novos elementos e dar um novo sentido à própria existência.

Roberto Pinto traça, neste livro, um panorama da gastronomia brasileira nos últimos 40 anos. A pretexto de uma narrativa biográfica sobre mim e também dos chefs Mara Salles e Alex Atala, vai percorrendo as mudanças pelas quais passaram a cozinha brasileira desde a vinda dos franceses Claude Troisgros e Laurent Suaudeau para o Brasil, nos anos 1980. Ele conta de como o ofício de cozinheiro transformou-se ao longo dessas décadas e como os vários produtos regionais passaram a ser valorizados e a fazer parte da mesa dos badalados restaurantes de cozinha brasileira.

O cauim, fermentado de mandioca dos nossos indígenas, mereceu comentários de viajantes e autores dos séculos XVI e XVII. Michel de Montaigne chegou a comparar o cauim ao claret francês.

Amor em tempos de murais. Frida Kahlo preparava comidas mexicanas para o comunista Diego Rivera, quando este pintava contundentes cenas em território imperialista: a Ford de Detroit.

Alex é um dos chefs responsáveis pelo surgimento, evolução e consolidação da gastronomia brasileira nas últimas quatro décadas. Roberto Pinto traça, neste livro, um panorama da gastronomia brasileira nos últimos 40 anos. A pretexto de uma narrativa biográfica sobre mim e também dos chefs Mara Salles e Alex Atala, vai percorrendo as mudanças pelas quais passaram a cozinha brasileira desde a vinda dos franceses Claude Troisgros e Laurent Suaudeau para o Brasil, nos anos 1980.

Além de formulações sofisticadas com méis em diferentes estágios de fermentação, o produto virou complemento de molhos para carnes e vinagretes de saladas, ultrapassando os limites de seu consumo tradicional na confeitaria.

Com um mar de molho de peixe fermentado, o gourmand Apicius empresta seu nome para receitas romanas reunidas no pioneiro De Re Coquinaria. No Monte Érice siciliano, marzipãs nos levam aos céus.

Não havia anchovas. O cozinheiro do rei tratou de recriá-las com os nabos e sementes de papoula. Já a folha oblonga da planta Peixinho, empanada, até parece um lambari, mas não engana ninguém.

Apples, a common New England crop, have been called the United States' most endangered food. The iconic Texas Longhorn cattle is categorized at critical risk for extinction. Unique date palms, found nowhere else on the planet, grow in California’s Coachella Valley, but the family farms that caretake them are shutting down. Apples, cattle, dates―these are foods that carry significant cultural weight. But they’re disappearing. In Endangered Eating, culinary historian Sarah Lohman travels the country learning about the distinct ingredients at risk of being lost.

How did the Cuban sandwich become a symbol for a displaced people, win the hearts and bellies of America, and claim a spot on menus around the world? The odyssey of the Cubano begins with its hazy origins in the midnight cafes of Havana, from where it evolved into a dainty high-class hors d'oeuvre and eventually became a hearty street snack devoured by cigar factory workers.

Cask Strength is more than a history book. In it, Mike Gerrard, an award-winning travel and drinks writer, investigates the making, buying, and selling of barrels and details how drinks like wine, tequila, rum, cognac, and others are enhanced by specific kinds of barrel production.

The origin story of barbecue is a popular topic with a ravenous audience, but commonly held understandings of barbecue are often plagued by half-truths and misconceptions. From Barbycu to Barbecue offers a fresh new look at the story of southern barbecuing. Award winning barbecue cook Joseph R. Haynes sets out to correct one of the most common barbecue myths, the "Caribbean Origins Theory," which holds that the original southern barbecuing technique was imported from the Caribbean to what is today the American South.

You're standing in front of your refrigerator, a week after your last trip to the supermarket. You've got a bunch of random veggies, some wrinkly fruit, near-expired milk, and those pricey fresh herbs you bought for that one recipe. For a split second you picture yourself throwing everything away and ordering takeout. But instead . . . you pick up this cookbook. You're saving food, shrinking that grocery bill, and learning some key skills for making the most of what you have. 

The definitive story of the extraordinary and surprising success of English wine - and the people who transformed our reputation on the global stage from that of a joke to world-class in 30 years. From an amateur affair made by retirees to a multi-million-pound industry with quality to rival...

For most of history, humans did without refined sugar. Granulated sugar was first produced in India around the sixth century BC, yet for almost 2,500 years afterward sugar remained marginal in the diets of most people. Then, suddenly, it was everywhere. How did sugar find its way into almost all the food we eat, fostering illness and ecological crisis along the way? The World of Sugar begins with the earliest evidence of sugar production.

Mit seiner Philosophie des Kochens hat Joskowitz ein einfühlsames Buch über die Stellung der Menschen in der Natur geschrieben. Der Philosoph und Koch betrachtet die Küche als Mittelpunkt des menschlichen Lebens. Er begibt sich auf eine Reise zu den Anfängen der menschlichen Kultur, zeigt...

Sergei Boutenko’s groundbreaking field guide to the art and science of foraging and preparing wild edible plants—includes 300+ photos of 60 plants **An Amazon Editors' Pick -- Best Cookbooks, Food & Wine** In Wild Edibles, Sergei Boutenko’s bestselling work on the art and science of...

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. For a thousand years, they have been magnets for everything that makes for great eating: ingredients, talent, money, and power. Italian food is city food. Delizia! is much more than a history of Italian food. It is a history of Italy told through the flavors and character of its cities.