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Comprehensive Utilization of Citrus By-Products (Paperback): Yang Shan Comprehensive Utilization of Citrus By-Products (Paperback)
Yang Shan
R1,960 R1,760 Discovery Miles 17 600 Save R200 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Comprehensive Utilization of Citrus By-products provides comprehensive knowledge and information on the development and utilization of citrus by-products, including the types, preparation, and determination of their main functional components. As one of the most popular fruits in the world, the processing of citrus fruits produces a great deal of citrus peel, a primary by-product. Current treatments of citrus peel pollute the environment and waste resources so eco-friendly solutions are sought. This book reflects research, trends and attitudes in the field, presenting a wide overview including extraction processes for functional components; isolation and structural identification; synthesis of new compounds; and the research and development of citrus by-products, their biodegradable transformation, and processing equipment. This valuable reference book can be used by scientists, scholars, and students working on citrus, dietitians and nutritionists, citrus processing enterprises, and farmers from cooperative organizations related to citrus processing.

Handbook on Natural Pigments in Food and Beverages - Industrial Applications for Improving Food Color (Paperback): Reinhold... Handbook on Natural Pigments in Food and Beverages - Industrial Applications for Improving Food Color (Paperback)
Reinhold Carle, Ralf Schweiggert
R4,927 R4,337 Discovery Miles 43 370 Save R590 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Handbook on Natural Pigments: Industrial Applications for Improving Food Colour is unique in its approach to the improvement of food colors. The book is written with industrial applications in mind, with each chapter focusing on a color solution for a specific commodity that will provide food scientists with a one-stop, comprehensive reference on how to improve the color of a particular food product. The first section of the book looks at the legal frameworks which underpin natural food colorings, also investigating the consumer expectations of food color. The second section of the book focuses on specific industrial applications of natural colorants with chapters covering the use of natural colorants in aqueous food products, cereal-based foods, and meat products, amongst many other topics. The various pigments which can be used to effectively color these commodities are presented with information on safety and testing included throughout. The final section in the book looks at recent developments and future perspectives in natural food colorings. There are chapters which cover the health benefits of natural pigments, the use of novel fruits and vegetables in pigments, and stable natural solutions for blue colorings.

Fish Oils Handbook (Hardcover, New): B Rossell Fish Oils Handbook (Hardcover, New)
B Rossell
R1,800 Discovery Miles 18 000 Out of stock

Fish oils have been high on the nutritional agenda for many years now, with the body of research into the beneficial health effects of long chain fatty acids growing each year. The use of fish oils and their constituent fatty acids as functional ingredients, added to an increasing number of products has grown with improved processing techniques and the ability to stabilise and protect these oils in foods such as milk, cheese, yogurts and fat spreads.

The fourth in a series of Handbooks edited by Dr Barry Rossell, the book is a very useful source of information for all those working in the food industry with any involvement in the use of, or research into, fish oils.

The book includes information on: The important dietary constituents in fish oilsPhysical properties such as flash point, density, viscosity, optical properties and Thermal conductivityFatty acids in fish oilsProcessing methodologyThe nutritional benefits of fish oilsUses of liquid fish oils in foodsRancidity in fish oils and its preventionLegislation covering fish oil production and use

Yeasts in Food (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed): T. Boekhout, V. Robert Yeasts in Food (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
T. Boekhout, V. Robert
R4,398 Discovery Miles 43 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Yeasts play a crucial role in the sensory quality of a wide range of foods. They can also be a major cause of food spoilage. Maximising their benefits whilst minimising their detrimental effects requires a thorough understanding of their complex characteristics and how these can best be manipulated by food processors.
Yeasts in food begins by describing the enormous range of yeasts together with methods for detection, identification and analysis. It then discusses spoilage yeasts, methods of control and stress responses to food preservation techniques. Against this background, the bulk of the book looks at the role of yeasts in particular types of food. There are chapters on dairy products, meat, fruit, bread, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, soy products, chocolate and coffee. Each chapter describes the diversity of yeasts associated with each type of food, their beneficial and detrimental effects on food quality, methods of analysis and quality control.
With its distinguished editors and international team of over 30 contributors, Yeasts in food is a standard reference for the food industry in maximising the contribution of yeasts to food quality.
Describes the enormous range of yeasts together with methods for detection, identification and analysisDiscusses spoilage yeasts, methods of control and stress responses to food preservation techniquesExamines the beneficial and detrimental effects of yeasts in particular types of food, including dairy products, meat, fruit, bread, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, soy products, chocolate and coffee

Basic Butchering Of Livestock & Game (Paperback, Rev and Updated ed.): John J. Mettler Basic Butchering Of Livestock & Game (Paperback, Rev and Updated ed.)
John J. Mettler
R461 R391 Discovery Miles 3 910 Save R70 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the book for anyone who hunts, farms, or buys large quantities of meat. The author takes the mystery out of slaughtering and butchering everything from beef and veal, to venison, pork, and lamb. The text is clear and easy-to-follow. Combined with 130 detailed illustrations by Elayne Sears, the reader is provided with complete, step-by-step instructions.
Here is everything you need to know:
At what age to butcher an animal How to kill, skin, slaughter, and butcher How to dress out game in a field Salting, smoking, and preserving Tools, equipment, the setup More than thirty recipes using all kinds of meat

The End of Overeating - Taking control of our insatiable appetite (Paperback): David Kessler The End of Overeating - Taking control of our insatiable appetite (Paperback)
David Kessler 1
R211 Discovery Miles 2 110 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

Uncover the truth behind our food addiction - and learn how to break the cycle Many of us find ourselves powerless in front of a bag of crisps, a packet of biscuits, the last slice of pizza. Why is it that we simply can't say no? In The End of Overeating David Kessler, the man who took on the tobacco industry, exposes how modern food manufacturers have hijacked the brains of millions by turning our meals into perfectly engineered portions of fat, salt and sugar, turning us into addicts in the process. The result is a ticking time-bomb of growing obesity, heart conditions and a mass of health problems around the globe. Examining why we're so often powerless in the face of such food, Kessler reveals how our appetites have been and are increasingly hijacked by hyper-palatable foods that encourage us to keep eating - all the time. With a special focus on the growing problems in the UK and Europe, Kessler lays out a clear plan and vital tools for reclaiming control over our cravings.

American Wine Economics - An Exploration of the U.S. Wine Industry (Hardcover): James Thornton American Wine Economics - An Exploration of the U.S. Wine Industry (Hardcover)
James Thornton
R979 R830 Discovery Miles 8 300 Save R149 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The U.S. wine industry is growing rapidly and wine consumption is an increasingly important part of American culture. American Wine Economics is intended for students of economics, wine professionals, and general readers who seek to gain a unified and systematic understanding of the economic organization of the wine trade. The wine industry possesses unique characteristics that make it interesting to study from an economic perspective. This volume delivers up-to-date information about complex attributes of wine; grape growing, wine production, and wine distribution activities; wine firms and consumers; grape and wine markets; and wine globalization. Thornton employs economic principles to explain how grape growers, wine producers, distributors, retailers, and consumers interact and influence the wine market. The volume includes a summary of findings and presents insights from the growing body of studies related to wine economics. Economic concepts, supplemented by numerous examples and anecdotes, are used to gain insight into wine firm behavior and the importance of contractual arrangements in the industry. Thornton also provides a detailed analysis of wine consumer behavior and what studies reveal about the factors that dictate wine-buying decisions.

Food Product Development - Maximising Success (Paperback): M. Earle, R. Earle, A. Anderson Food Product Development - Maximising Success (Paperback)
M. Earle, R. Earle, A. Anderson
R1,820 R1,643 Discovery Miles 16 430 Save R177 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Product development is the lifeblood of the food industry, from refining an established product range to developing completely new products. It is, however, a process fraught with risk that often ends in failure. So what then are the keys to making the process a success? Drawing on a wealth of experience gathered over 40 years, Food product development provides the answers.
The first half of the book examines the four core elements of product development: -
the business strategy directing product development; the various steps in the product development process; the knowledge required to fuel the process; the need for keeping the product development focused on the consumers needs and aspirations.
The second part of the book looks at managing the product development process in practice with four case studies of successful product launches. It also discusses how to evaluate and improve the process to make future product innovation more successful.
Filled with examples and practical suggestions, and written by a distinguished team with unrivalled academic and industry expertise, Food product development is a essential guide for R&D and product development staff, and all managers concerned with this key issue throughout the food industry.
Provides comprehensive coverage of the complete product development processIncludes a range of international case studies from various sectors of the food industryWritten by a distinguished international panel of experts

Value Chain Struggles - Institutions and Governance in the Plantation Districts of South India (Hardcover): J. Neilson Value Chain Struggles - Institutions and Governance in the Plantation Districts of South India (Hardcover)
J. Neilson
R1,666 Discovery Miles 16 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Adopting a 'global value chain' approach, Value Chain Struggles investigates the impact of new trading arrangements in the coffee and tea sectors on the lives and in the communities of growers in South India. * Offers a timely analysis of the social hardships of tea and coffee producers* Takes the reader into the lives of growers in Southern India who are struggling with issues of value chain restructuring* Reveals the ways that the restructuring triggers a series of political and economic struggles across a range of economic, social, and environmental arenas* Puts into perspective claims about the impacts of recent changes to global trading relations on rural producers in developing countries

Beer School - Bottling Success at the Brooklyn Brewery (Paperback, New Ed): Steve Hindy, Tom Potter Beer School - Bottling Success at the Brooklyn Brewery (Paperback, New Ed)
Steve Hindy, Tom Potter; Foreword by Michael R. Bloomberg
R477 R360 Discovery Miles 3 600 Save R117 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What do you get when you cross a journalist and a banker? A brewery, of course.

"A great city should have great beer. New York finally has, thanks to Brooklyn. Steve Hindy and Tom Potter provided it. Beer School explains how they did it: their mistakes as well as their triumphs. Steve writes with a journalist's skepticism-as though he has forgotten that he is reporting on himself. Tom is even less forgiving-he's a banker, after all. The inside story reads at times like a cautionary tale, but it is an account of a great and welcome achievement."
--Michael Jackson, The Beer Hunter(r)

"An accessible and insightful case study with terrific insight for aspiring entrepreneurs. And if that's not enough, it is all about beer "
--Professor Murray Low, Executive Director, Lang Center for Entrepreneurship, Columbia Business School

"Great lessons on what every first-time entrepreneur will experience. Being down the block from the Brooklyn Brewery, I had firsthand witness to their positive impact on our community. I give Steve and Tom's book an A++ "
--Norm Brodsky, Senior Contributing Editor, "Inc." magazine

"Beer School is a useful and entertaining book. In essence, this is the story of starting a beer business from scratch in New York City. The product is one readers can relate to, and the market is as tough as they get. What a fun challenge The book can help not only those entrepreneurs who are starting a business but also those trying to grow one once it is established. Steve and Tom write with enthusiasm and insight about building their business. It is clear that they learned a lot along the way. Readers can learn from these lessons too."
--Michael Preston, Adjunct Professor, Lang Center for Entrepreneurship, Columbia Business School, and coauthor, "The Road to Success: How to Manage Growth"

"Although we (thankfully ) never had to deal with the Mob, being held up at gunpoint, or having our beer and equipment ripped off, we definitely identified with the challenges faced in those early days of cobbling a brewery together. The revealing story Steve and Tom tell about two partners entering a business out of passion, in an industry they knew little about, being seriously undercapitalized, with an overly naive business plan, and their ultimate success, is an inspiring tale."
--Ken Grossman, founder, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

Unsavory Truth - How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat (Hardcover): Marion Nestle Unsavory Truth - How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat (Hardcover)
Marion Nestle 1
R760 R590 Discovery Miles 5 900 Save R170 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Whenever we turn on the TV, flip a page in a magazine, or glance at a flyer in the grocery store, we are constantly bombarded with nutritional advice. Almond products can boost your memory! Milk helps build up your bones! Cereal is part of a doctor-approved balanced breakfast for growing girls and boys! Study after study tells us what we should eat, how much, and when. Words like "superfood" and "guilt free" convince us that we're making the right choice when we pluck an item off the shelf and head for the checkout line. We count on nutrition science to guide us through the overwhelming choices in our local grocery store and helps us make the best decisions for our health. Except it often doesn't. Many of these studies we rely on to make decisions are not funded by unbiased third parties-they're actually funded by companies seeking to buoy their own products. As renowned food expert Marion Nestle reveals in Unsavory Truth, most nutrition societies, committees, and departments are actually in the food industry's pocket. Whether it's a study claiming moderate exercise is enough to cancel out the calories in sugary sodas (backed by Coca-Cola) or a report about how blueberries can reduce the risk of erectile dysfunction (backed by the US Highbush Blueberry Council), the food industry has learned how to turn selective disclosure and partisan probes into major profit. Like Big Pharma has corrupted medical science, so Big Food has corrupted nutrition. In a nation where more than two-thirds of adults and one-third of children are considered overweight or obese, it's never been more important to put our public health first. With stricter legislation for food companies and researchers, stricter policies for societies and journals, and better consumer education, Nestle argues that we have a fighting chance to get our country's nutrition back on track. With riveting prose and unmatched investigative rigor, Unsavory Truth reveals how big food companies took over nutrition science-and how we can take it back.

The History of the Distillers Company, 1877-1939 - Diversification and Growth in Whisky and Chemicals (Hardcover): Ronald Weir The History of the Distillers Company, 1877-1939 - Diversification and Growth in Whisky and Chemicals (Hardcover)
Ronald Weir
R9,974 Discovery Miles 99 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Distillers Company (DCL) existed from 1877 until 1986 when it was acquired by Guinness. This book covers DCL's history from its founding as the merger of six firms to its position as one of Britain's largest manufacturing companies with diversified interests around the world. It is an extraordinary story of growth, acquisition, and diversification. By the 1920s DCL dominated the whisky industry in Scotland eventually acquiring the then big three blending firms - James Buchanan, John Dewar, and John Walker. With unfettered access to company records Dr Weir has been able to piece together the story of the company that was once described as concealing its activities behind a `tartan curtain'. He traces the role of key individuals like William ross; its lobbying and campaigning activities against drink controls; its international marketing in North America, where its partners included Joseph Kennedy; and its later diversification into industrial alcohol, fuel alcohol, and chemicals to meet the demands of the growing science-based industries. This book is the first full-length study of DCL based on the company's own archives and will appeal to a wide range of readers - those interested in the history of whisky and the Scottish distilleries; economic and business historians concerned with the growth of major corporations; and management analysts studying the processes of growth, diversification, entrepreneurship, and R&D that are the necessary ingredients of the sustained growth of successful companies.

Ten Year Plan - How the Founders of Tender Greens Scaled Their Heart-Centered Brand (Paperback): David Dressler, Erik... Ten Year Plan - How the Founders of Tender Greens Scaled Their Heart-Centered Brand (Paperback)
David Dressler, Erik Oberholtzer
R488 Discovery Miles 4 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The History of Melton Mowbray Pork Pie (Paperback, New Ed): Trevor Hickman The History of Melton Mowbray Pork Pie (Paperback, New Ed)
Trevor Hickman
R454 R431 Discovery Miles 4 310 Save R23 (5%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In 1831 Edward Adcock began wholesaling his 'Melton Mowbray pork pie' in London. He made use of the daily Leeds to London stagecoach to convey his pies to the city centre. In 1840 Enoch Evans set up a rival business, and the fame of the pork pie began to spread. The opening of the Nottingham to Peterborough railway in 1847, and the building of Melton Mowbray station, further encouraged the pie's development. A number of specialist bakehouses were commissioned, and one of these specialists was John Dickinson. In the late 1840s Dickinson started making pies closes to the station in Melton Mowbray. In 1851 he leased a shop for the business on Nottingham Street - and the Melton Mowbray pork pie is still made there today. Trevor Hickman is without doubt the greatest expert on the history and development of the Melton Mowbray pork pie, and this lavishly illustrated book is a fascinating record of the people and places associated with the origins, development and production of this famous foodstuff. For this new edition the text has been completely updated and almost 30 previously unpublished photographs have been added.

Counter-Cola - A Multinational History of the Global Corporation (Hardcover): Amanda Ciafone Counter-Cola - A Multinational History of the Global Corporation (Hardcover)
Amanda Ciafone
R2,024 R1,809 Discovery Miles 18 090 Save R215 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Counter-Cola charts the history of one of the world's most influential and widely known corporations, The Coca-Cola Company. Over the past 130 years, the corporation has sought to make its products, brands, and business central to daily life in over 200 countries. Amanda Ciafone uses this example of global capitalism to reveal the pursuit of corporate power within the key economic transformations-liberal, developmentalist, neoliberal-of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Coca-Cola's success has not gone uncontested. People throughout the world have redeployed the corporation, its commodities, and brand images to challenge the injustices of daily life under capitalism. As Ciafone shows, assertions of national economic interests, critiques of cultural homogenization, fights for workers' rights, movements for environmental justice, and debates over public health have obliged the corporation to justify itself in terms of the common good, demonstrating capitalism's imperative to either assimilate critiques or reveal its limits.

Nitrates and Nitrites in Food and Water (Hardcover): M. J Hill Nitrates and Nitrites in Food and Water (Hardcover)
M. J Hill
R4,246 Discovery Miles 42 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Nitrate and nitrite are potentially dangerous substances which can have a detrimental effect on the ecological balance of rivers and lakes, and can cause harm to human health. This book puts into context the magnitude and complexity of the problems caused by nitrate and nitrite, and provides advice and information on ways to combat it.

Dinner at the New Gene Cafe (Paperback, 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed): Bill Lambrecht Dinner at the New Gene Cafe (Paperback, 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed)
Bill Lambrecht
R730 R623 Discovery Miles 6 230 Save R107 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Biotech companies are racing to alter the genetic building blocks of the world's food. In the United States, the primary venue for this quiet revolution, the acreage of genetically modified crops has soared from zero to 70 million acres since 1996. More than half of America's processed grocery products-from cornflakes to granola bars to diet drinks-contain gene-altered ingredients. But the U.S., unlike Europe and other democratic nations, does not require labeling of modified food. Dinner at the New Gene Café expertly lays out the battle lines of the impending collision between a powerful but unproved technology and a gathering resistance from people worried about the safety of genetic change.

Slaughterhouse - Chicago's Union Stock Yard and the World It Made (Hardcover): Dominic A. Pacyga Slaughterhouse - Chicago's Union Stock Yard and the World It Made (Hardcover)
Dominic A. Pacyga
R833 Discovery Miles 8 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the minute it opened-on Christmas Day in 1865-it was Chicago's must-see tourist attraction, drawing more than half a million visitors each year. Families, visiting dignitaries, even school groups all made trips to the South Side to tour the Union Stock Yard. There they got a firsthand look at the city's industrial prowess as they witnessed cattle, hogs, and sheep disassembled with breathtaking efficiency. At their height, the kill floors employed 50,000 workers and processed six hundred animals an hour, an astonishing spectacle of industrialized death. Slaughterhouse tells the story of the Union Stock Yard, chronicling the rise and fall of an industrial district that, for better or worse, served as the public face of Chicago for decades. Dominic A. Pacyga is a guide like no other-he grew up in the shadow of the stockyards, spent summers in their hog house and cattle yards, and maintains a long-standing connection with the working-class neighborhoods around them. Pacyga takes readers through the packinghouses as only an insider can, covering the rough and toxic life inside the plants and their lasting effects on the world outside. He shows how the yards shaped the surrounding neighborhoods and controlled the livelihoods of thousands of families. He looks at the Union Stock Yard's political and economic power and its sometimes volatile role in the city's race and labor relations. And he traces its decades of mechanized innovations, which introduced millions of consumers across the country to an industrialized food system. Although the Union Stock Yard closed in 1971, the story doesn't end there. Pacyga takes readers to present day, showing how the manufacturing spirit lives on. Ironically, today the site of the legendary "stockyard stench" is now home to some of Chicago's most successful green agriculture companies. Marking the hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the stockyards, Slaughterhouse is an engrossing story of one of the most important-and deadliest-square miles in American history.

Grocery Story - The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Giants (Paperback): Jon Steinman Grocery Story - The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Giants (Paperback)
Jon Steinman
R463 Discovery Miles 4 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Hungry for change? Put the power of food co-ops on your plate and grow your local food economy. Food has become ground-zero in our efforts to increase awareness of how our choices impact the world. Yet while we have begun to transform our communities and dinner plates, the most authoritative strand of the food web has received surprisingly little attention: the grocery store-the epicenter of our food-gathering ritual. Through penetrating analysis and inspiring stories and examples of American and Canadian food co-ops, Grocery Story makes a compelling case for the transformation of the grocery store aisles as the emerging frontier in the local and good food movements. Author Jon Steinman: Deconstructs the food retail sector and the shadows cast by corporate giants Makes the case for food co-ops as an alternative Shows how co-ops spur the creation of local food-based economies and enhance low-income food access. Grocery Story is for everyone who eats. Whether you strive to eat more local and sustainable food, or are in support of community economic development, Grocery Story will leave you hungry to join the food co-op movement in your own community.

Food and Drug Legislation in the New Deal (Paperback): Charles O. Jackson Food and Drug Legislation in the New Deal (Paperback)
Charles O. Jackson
R1,323 Discovery Miles 13 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In June 1938, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law a new Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the first major legislation regulating these industries since the 1906 Wiley law. Eliminating many serious and long-standing abuses in production, labeling, and advertising, the 1938 Act was, in the words of David L. Cowen, "a milestone in federal interest in consumer protection." Despite its importance to the American public, however, its passage was effected only after a long, complex battle between conflicting interest groups. This volume is a study in depth of that five-year struggle, fully documented by records, correspondence, and publications, as well as a social history of the period. The author analyzes the inadequacy of the 1906 law, the roles of Franklin Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, and Rexford Tugwell, the American Medical Association, drug associations, and consumers' and women's groups. Originally published in 1970. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Sacred Cow, Mad Cow - A History of Food Fears (Hardcover, American ed): Madeleine Ferrieres Sacred Cow, Mad Cow - A History of Food Fears (Hardcover, American ed)
Madeleine Ferrieres; Translated by Jody Gladding
R1,045 R925 Discovery Miles 9 250 Save R120 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Contemporary concerns about food such as those stemming from mad cow disease, salmonella, and other potential food-related dangers are hardly new-humans have long been wary of what they eat. Beyond the fundamental fear of hunger, societies have sought to protect themselves from rotten, impure, or unhealthy food. From the markets of medieval Europe to the slaughterhouses of twentieth-century Chicago, Madeleine Ferri?res traces the origins of present-day behavior toward what we eat as she explores the panics, myths, and ever-shifting attitudes regarding food and its safety. She demonstrates that food fears have been inspired not only by safety concerns but also by cultural, political, and religious prejudices.

Flour from human bones and p?t? from dead cats are just two of the more unappetizing recipes that have scared consumers away from certain foods. Ferri?res considers the roots of these and other rumors, illuminating how societies have assessed and attempted to regulate the risks of eating. She documents the bizarre and commonsensical attempts by European towns to ensure the quality of beef and pork, ranging from tighter controls on butchers to prohibiting Jews and menstruating women from handling meat. Examining the spread of Hungarian cattle disease, which ravaged the livestock of seventeenth-century Europe, Ferri?res recounts the development of safety methods that became the Western model for fighting animal diseases.

Ferri?res discusses a wealth of crucial and curious food-related incidents, trends, and beliefs, including European explorers' shocked responses to the foodways of the New World; how some foods deemed unsafe for the rich were seen as perfectly suitable for the poor; the potato's negative reputation; the fierce legal battles between seventeenth-century French bread bakers and innkeepers; the role of the medical profession in food regulation; and how modern consumerism changed the way we eat. Drawing on history, folklore, agriculture, and anthropology, Ferri?res tells us how our decisions about what "not" to eat reflect who we are.

A Taste of Opportunity - An Insider's Guide to Boosting Your Career, Making Your Mark, and Changing the Food Industry from... A Taste of Opportunity - An Insider's Guide to Boosting Your Career, Making Your Mark, and Changing the Food Industry from Within (Paperback)
Renee Guilbault
R549 Discovery Miles 5 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Larder of the Wise - The Story of Vancouver's James Inglis Reid Ltd. (Hardcover): M Anne Wyness The Larder of the Wise - The Story of Vancouver's James Inglis Reid Ltd. (Hardcover)
M Anne Wyness
R539 Discovery Miles 5 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Larder of the Wise: The Story of Vancouver's James Inglis Reid Ltd. traces the history of the iconic store whose traditional Scottish fare and well-remembered hallmarks of "We hae meat that ye can eat" and "Value always" earned the following of devoted customers from inside and outside of the city for almost eighty years. Founded in 1908 and situated for most of its history at 559 Granville Street, Reid's was a fixture in Vancouver's downtown shopping district. Customers were drawn by the store's cured and smoked hams and bacons, expertly prepared sausages and haggis, freshly baked meat pies and scones, and many other favorite items-almost all made on premises using recipes and artisanal techniques passed down for decades. When it closed in 1986 to make way for the Pacific Centre development, many thought an important part of Vancouver heritage was forever lost. But thanks to a treasure-trove of business records, letters, photos and objects preserved from the store, and drawing on her own personal memories and knowledge of the business as the granddaughter of company founder James Reid and the daughter of Gordon Wyness, who succeeded Reid as manager, author M. Anne Wyness brings this special store alive once again. Richly illustrated and engagingly told, this story of a unique family business is also a story of Vancouver itself. Through economic booms and declines, two world wars, shifts in consumer habits, the rise of the suburbs and the changing fortunes of the downtown Granville Street area, Reid's enjoyed prosperity and endured challenges in step with a changing city.

Plunkett's Food Industry Almanac 2023 (Paperback): Jack W Plunkett Plunkett's Food Industry Almanac 2023 (Paperback)
Jack W Plunkett
R10,284 Discovery Miles 102 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Farmageddon in Pictures - The True Cost of Cheap Meat - in bite-sized pieces (Paperback): Philip Lymbery Farmageddon in Pictures - The True Cost of Cheap Meat - in bite-sized pieces (Paperback)
Philip Lymbery
R411 R341 Discovery Miles 3 410 Save R70 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Farmageddon in Pictures is a wake-up call to change our current food production and eating practices - delivered in handy, bite-sized pieces. Clear, direct text, lavishly illustrated with full-colour photography and infographics, this is a fascinating and terrifying investigation behind the closed doors of a global runaway industry. How do we find a way to a better farming future?

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