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  Nero Wolfe Novels By Rex Stout And Others Publication Year Order: Book 1938

  Too Many Cooks

  by Rex Stout

  The guest at a gathering of the greatest chefs in the world, Nero Wolfe must practice his own trade--sleuthing--when he discovers that a murderer is in their midst. Reissue. NYT.
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  Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany

  by Ben Schott

  From the author of the international bestseller Schott's Original Miscellany, the new collection of vital irrelevance and uncommon knowledge from the worlds of food and drink. The eponymous foods, famous last meals, and perfect martini proportions revealed in the bestselling Schott's Original Miscellany were only the tip of the iceberg: Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany is a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles... (more)
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  Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World

  by Mark Kurlansky

  A delightful romp through history with all its economic forces laid bare, Cod is the biography of a single species of fish, but it may as well be a world history with this humble fish as its recurring main character. Cod, it turns out, is the reason Europeans set sail across the Atlantic, and it is the only reason they could. What did the Vikings eat in icy Greenland and on the five expeditions to America recorded... (more)
• Kitchen Confidential, Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

  

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  Kitchen Confidential, Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

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  An Alphabet for Gourmets

  by M. F. K. Fisher

  In Alphabet for Gourmets , M.F.K. Fisher arranges a selection of her essays in a whimsical way that reveals the breadth and depth of her passion. From A for (dining) alone to Z for Zakuski, "a Russian hors d'oeuvre," Fisher alights on both longtime obsessions and idiosyncratic digressions. As usual, she liberates her readers from caution and slavish adherence to culinary tradition-- and salts her writings with a... (more)
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  Vineyard Tales -Reflections on Wine

  by Gerald Asher

  A Napa Valley Cabernet, a French Burgundy, an Orvieto Classico shared among friends in the Umbrian hills-every wine has a story, and Gerald Asher tells it best. Asher, longtime wine editor of Gourmet magazine, has an unsurpassed knowledge of vineyards, wineries, and wines. He also has the refreshing ability to write about wine informatively and entertainingly, without technical jargon. Now in paperback, Asher's... (more)
• Em Busca do Prato Perfeito: um Cozinheiro em Viagem

  

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  Em Busca do Prato Perfeito: um Cozinheiro em Viagem

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  Origins and Ancient History of Wine (Food and Nutrition in History and Anthropology)

  This volume presents contemporary evidence scientific, archaeological, botanical, textual, and historical for major revisions in our understanding of winemaking in antiquity. Among the subjects covered are the domestication of the Vinifera grape, the wine trade, the iconography of ancient wine, and the analytical and archaeological challenges posed by ancient wines. The essayists argue that wine existed as long... (more)
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  La raison gourmande: Philosophie du goût (Figures)

  by Michel Onfray

  Text: French
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  Le Ventre des philosophes. Critique de la raison diététique

  by Michel Onfray

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  The passionate epicure

  by Marcel Rouff

  In the classic French novel The Passionate Epicure , Marcel Rouff introduces Dodin-Bouffant, a character based loosely on Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, an infamous bachelor and epicure dedicated to the high arts: the art of food and the art of love. This edition contains a Preface by Lawrence Durrell and a new Intro-duction by Jeffrey Steingarten, the food critic for Vogue magazine and author of the bestselling... (more)
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  The Pleasures of Wine

  by Gerald Asher

  As wine editor of Gourmet magazine for more than 30 years, Gerald Asher’s unsurpassed knowledge of wine, wineries, and vineyards-and his refreshing ability to write about them with-out technical jargon-has earned him a legion of loyal readers. This elegant and enchanting volume collects his writing about wine and all of its pleasures, from vine to table. With an emphasis on the wines of France and California, and... (more)
• O Clube Dos AnjosLuis Fernando Verissimo

  

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  O Clube Dos Anjos

  by Luis Fernando Verissimo

  Nao e todo dia que se quer ouvir uma crocante fuga de Bach. ou amar uma suculenta muler, mas todos os dias se quer comer. A fome e o unico desejo reincidente, pois a visao acaba, a audicao acaba, a sexo acaba, o poder acaba - mas a fome continua.
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  Vines, Grapes & Wines: The Wine Drinker's Guide to Grape Varieties

  by Jancis Robinson

  More and more wine consumers are grape conscious-they identify and buy wine according to the grape variety used. Vines, Grapes & Wines examines every grape variety that the enthusiast is likely to encounter both as a plant and as a wine style, with each considered in its geographical context by the award-winning author.
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  The Physiology of Taste

  Limited to 1,500 copies, unfortunately not signed. The illustrator died before the book was issued.
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  by Hugh Johnson

  Hailed by critics worldwide as "extraordinary" and "irreplaceable," there are few volumes that have had as monumental an impact in their field as Hugh Johnson's The World Atlas of Wine: sales have exceeded four million copies, and it is now published in thirteen languages.World-renowned authors Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson once again combine their unrivalled talents to enhance this masterpiece of wine... (more)