Authors:Linda Griffith, Fred Griffith,
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Keywords: garlic, ingredient, indispensable, recipes, exceptional, world
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 1998-10-24
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0395892546
ISBN-13: 9780395892541
Cover-to-cover fun, jam-packed with recipes and garlic lore, this testimony to the power of garlic is perfect for all lovers of "the stinking rose." In the past decade, garlic consumption has doubled. Garlic is respected not only in gourmet circles but in medical circles as well, for scientific studies have found that it helps lower cholesterol and may ward off colds and even cancer. Garlic, Garlic, Garlic is handsomely illustrated, and sidebars throughout present garlic-powered recipes, profile growers and festivals, give results of taste tests of more than fifty varieties, and explore the ro
Author: Mo Yan
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Keywords: novel, ballads, garlic
Number of Pages: 308
Published: 2006-01-11
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 1559707755
ISBN-13: 9781559707756
Now back in print, this epic novel of beauty and brutality, set in a landscape at once strange and alluring, paints a portrait of a people whose fierce passions break the rigid confines of their ancient traditions. The farmers of Paradise County have been leading a hardscrabble life unchanged for generations. The Communist government has encouraged them to plant garlic, but selling the crop is not as simple as they believed. Warehouses fill up, taxes skyrocket, and government officials maltreat even those who have traveled for days to sell their harvest. A surplus on the garlic market ensues,
Author: Denis Cotter
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Keywords: gooseberries, garlic, wild
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2007-11-01
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 0007251971
ISBN-13: 9780007251971
Whether creating a restaurant masterpiece or foraging in hedgerows and woods, the author searches for a new connection between food, people, and land. Divided into four themed chapters, It’s a Green Thing, Wild Pickings, Nature and Nurture, and Growing in the Dark, each include information and anecdotes about the vegetables that feature as well as many delicious recipes. There are simple salads and soups as well as more challenging main meals and mouth-watering desserts. Recipes include: Fresh Tagliolini with Abyssinian Cabbage, Pine Nuts & Sheep’s Dressing; Courgette Flower, P
Author: Carol F. Helstosky
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Keywords: italy, politics, food, oil, garlic
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2006-02-05
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 1859738958
ISBN-13: 9781859738955
Pasta, cappuccino, olive oil--Italian food is a favorite in our cafes, restaurants and homes. But what is the history of Italian cuisine? And where do we get our notions about Italian food? Contrary to popular belief, the Italian diet was inadequate and unchanging for many decades. Successive political regimes--liberal, fascist, democratic--struggled to improve eating habits, shaping not only Italian cuisine but Italian identity. This book reveals the harsh reality behind the myths surrounding this highly-romanticized cuisine.
Author: Ellen Spector Platt
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Keywords: alliums, amp, onion, garlic
Number of Pages: 150
Published: 2003-09
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0811728919
ISBN-13: 9780811728911
A handbook on the alliums, including garlic, onions, chives, leeks, and shallots. Offers directions on growing and harvesting each plant, with ideas for the garden, crafts, and cooking. Includes step-by-step instructions for arrangements, garlands, and wreaths, and recipes for soups, sides, and entrees.
Author: Chester Aaron
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Keywords: recipes, guide, book, garlic
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1997-11-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0898159199
ISBN-13: 9780898159196
Packed with dozens of recipes from restaurants around the world, "The Great Garlic Book", from the irrepressible author of "Garlic Is Life", never fails to delight the eyes and the tastebuds. Gorgeous full-color photos illustrate such rare garlics as the Mexican Celaya Purple, French Red Rocambole, and Asian Tempest.160 pp.
Author: Ruth Reichl
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Keywords: critic, disguise, life, secret, sapphires, garlic
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2006-03-28
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0143036610
ISBN-13: 9780143036616
Ruth Reichl, world-renowned food critic and editor in chief of Gourmet magazine, knows a thing or two about food. She also knows that as the most important food critic in the country, you need to be anonymous when reviewing some of the most high-profile establishments in the biggest restaurant town in the world—a charge she took very seriously, taking on the guise of a series of eccentric personalities. In Garlic and Sapphires, Reichl reveals the comic absurdity, artifice, and excellence to be found in the sumptuously appointed stages of the epicurean world and gives us—along with some of
