eating customs

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eating customs

All-consuming

2009
Collects strange, interesting, and record-breaking trivia involving food products, including a race car made of cheese, the world's longest sausage, and a hotel constructed with bricks of salt.

The Spanish kitchen

2008
Contains over seventy-five recipes for pizzas, breads, pasta dishes, soups, fish, shellfish, meats, and more, with step-by-step instructions, cultural information, and tips on use of ingredients such as olives, herbs, and regional wines.

Letting Ana go

Told in diary entries, the narrator, a female high school student, describes her struggle with anorexia and its impact on her, her family, and her boyfriend.

Much depends on dinner

the extraordinary history and mythology, allure and obsessions, perils and taboos, of an ordinary meal
1987
Gives the history of some common foods and gives insights into how food reveals our habits, hopes, and prejudices.

Food in the United States, 1820s-1890

2006
Examines food culture in America from 1820 to 1890, discussing the role food played on societal mores and daily life during the era and its lasting impact on modern cuisine.

Today is Monday in New York

2011
A picture book celebrating seven classic New York foods, one for each day of the week, including apples, Buffalo wings, pastrami, hot dogs, cheesecake, pizza, and bagels and lox.

Hampire!

2011
While Duck is preparing a midnight snack the Hampire, who roams the barnyard at night sinking his fangs into food, is creeping near.

Foods of India

2011
Explores the food, cooking traditions, customs, eating habits, and food sources of India, and provides insights into the nation's culture, history, and everyday life.

The man who cooked for himself

1994
A man who lives at the edge of the woods discovers that he need not rely on the store for a supply of good things to eat.

Cornmeal and cider

food and drink in the 1800s
2011
An exploration of life in America in the 1800s that focuses on food and drink, discussing technologies, food storage, hygiene, preservation, cuisines, and other related topics.

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