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Tag Archives: food
What Einstein Told His Cook by Robert L. Wolke
Did you ever wonder what the difference is between baking soda and baking powder, why there are so many different kinds of flour, and what is Dutch cocoa? If so, you are just the type of advanced cook for whom … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, culinary arts, culinary science, food, food history, nonfiction
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Tasting Club by Dina Cheney
There is more to food tasting then just wine and cheese tasting parties. And this book tells us all about it. It provides tips how to entertain a group of friends while indulging in the best the food world has … Continue reading
Full Moon Feast by Jessica Prentice
Full Moon Feast by Jessica Prentice (I discovered after I wrote this entry that it is not in the JCL catalog, but is readily available Interlibrary Loan.) Author Jessica Prentice is a professional chef and food activist, co-founder of Locavores … Continue reading
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safron Foer
What does compassion have to do with what we eat? Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything is Illuminated, makes the argument that the answer to this question does matter. At least he’s betting on it as compassion becomes the driving, … Continue reading
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Tagged animal husbandry, animal liberation, animals, factory farms, food, meat, nonfiction, vegetarianism
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Farm City: the Education of an Urban Farmer
When Novella Carpenter and boyfriend Bill move from Seattle to Oakland, they choose their apartment for its cast of eccentric neighbors and the empty lot behind the building. In short order, Novella has taken over the lot, not only with … Continue reading
Tagged farm, food, oakland, urban farm
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