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Yiayia: Time-perfected Recipes from Greece’s Grandmothers showcases regional Greek cookery and features sharing and feasting dishes, mainly vegetarian, from the kitchens of grandmothers across Greece.
Think Stuffed Courgettes from Lesvos, a Cycladic Fourtalia, Corfiot spicy Bourdeto Stew, Ionian pasta dishes, Cretan Dakos salad, Watermelon Cake from Milos.Yiayia maps out the diverse dishes of Greece — far beyond the most commonly-known Moussaka, Greek Salad, and Tzatziki dip – through the fascinating recipes and stories of its Yiayiades.
Follow Anastasia's journey through Greece as each yiayia welcomes you into their home – cook with them in their kitchen, learn their time-perfected techniques and read the memories that season this book. With stunning location photography and heartwarming interviews, you can discover the true food of Greece and the characterful grandmothers behind beaded curtains in white-washed homes.
Originally published in 1915, this is a practical household guide
written for housewives by housewives'. This book is absolutely
packed with advice and hints that will still be of much practical
use today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating
back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and
increasingly expensive. Vintage Cookery Books are republishing
these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions,
using the original text and artwork. Contents Include Soups Fish
Dinner Dishes Vegetable Cookery Pastry and Puddings Sweets and
Creams Savouries Breakfast Dishes Cold Meat Cookery Invalid Cookery
Cakes and Candies Sauces, Pickles, and Preserves Beverages Cookery
Crumbs Bread, Buns, and Tea-Cakes Notes for The Home Doctor Care of
Clothes Household Hints and Helps for the Housewife Nursery Notes
Toilet Hints What a Housewife Ought to know
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
Are you looking for a simple yet savory way to make healthy
improvements in your diet? Well, look no further Easy and Healthful
Mediterranean Cooking is a collection of delicious and nutritious
recipes to satisfy you and your entire family. With easy to follow
steps and easy to find ingredients, you can begin to explore the
healthy world of Mediterranean home cooking-from spicy North
African sauces to tantalizing Eastern Mediterranean appetizers.
From North Africa: Moroccan Mint Tea. Tunisian Carrot Salad.
Algerian Green Beans with Almonds. Cauliflower with Algerian Hot
Sauce. Moroccan Chicken with Couscous. Couscous and Tomatoes. Sweet
Couscous with Nuts From Southern Europe: French Provencal Vegetable
Tart. Ratouille. Mediterranean Chicken Paella. Andalusian Lentil
Stew. Black Olive Tapanade. Spanish Frittata. Salad Nicoise.
Italian Flatbread. Easy Cappuccino. Dessert Ices From the Eastern
Mediterranean: Turkish Cheese Polenta. Spinach and Chickpeas.
Tabbeouleh. Mediterranean Chopped Salad. Three-Bean Salad. Stuffed
Vegetables. Date-filled and Nut-filled Shortbread Cookies. Spinach
Phyllo Triangles . your passport to preparing classic meals for
yourself, your friends, and your family.
This book explores the changing food culture of the urban American
South during the Jim Crow era by examining how race, ethnicity,
class, and gender contributed to the development and maintenance of
racial segregation in public eating places. Focusing primarily on
the 1900s to the 1960s, Angela Jill Cooley identifies the cultural
differences between activists who saw public eating places like
urban lunch counters as sites of political participation and
believed access to such spaces a right of citizenship, and white
supremacists who interpreted desegregation as a challenge to
property rights and advocated local control over racial issues.
Significant legal changes occurred across this period as the
federal government sided at first with the white supremacists but
later supported the unprecedented progress of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964, which-among other things-required desegregation of the
nation's restaurants. Because the culture of white supremacy that
contributed to racial segregation in public accommodations began in
the white southern home, Cooley also explores domestic eating
practices in nascent southern cities and reveals how the most
private of activities-cooking and dining- became a cause for public
concern from the meeting rooms of local women's clubs to the halls
of the U.S. Congress.
The extreme diversity of Indian food culture--including the
dizzying array of ingredients and dishes--is made manageable in
this groundbreaking reference. India has no national dish or
cuisine; however, certain ingredients, dishes, and cooking styles
are typical of much of the subcontinent's foodways. There are also
common ways of thinking about food. The balanced coverage found
herein covers many states ignored by previous food writers.
Students will find much of cultural interest here to complement
country studies and foodies will discover fresh perspectives. From
prehistoric times there has been considerable mixing of cultures
and cuisines within India. Today, the endless variations in cuisine
reflect religious, community, regional, and economic differences
and histories. Sen, a noted author on Indian cuisine, consummately
encapsulates the foodways in historical context, including the
influence of the British period (the "Raj"). Among the topics
covered are the restrictions of various religions and castes and
the northern wheat-based vs. the southern rice-based cuisine, with
an extensive review of each regional cuisine with typical meals.
She characterizes the only-recent restaurant culture, with mention
of Indian fare offered abroad. In addition, the Indian sweet tooth
so apparent in the dishes made for many festivals and celebrations
is highlighted. The roles of diet and health are also explained,
with an emphasis on Ayruveda, which is gaining support in Western
countries. A plethora of recipes for different regions and
occasions complements the text.
Recipes from the Garden of Contentment: Yuan Mei`s Manual of
Gastronomy (Suiyuan Shidan) is, remarkably, the first English
edition of one of the world's most famous books about food. Recipes
from the Garden of Contentment is a treatise and a cookbook,
written in the late eighteenth century by the Qing dynasty poet
Yuan Mei. It includes recipes for well-known dishes such as birds
nest and sharks fin, and offers modern readers an appealing
perspective on Chinese history and culinary culture. It was
translated and annotated by Sean J. S. Chen with editorial advice
from E. N. Anderson and Jeffrey Riegel. This edition is bilingual
(English-Chinese) and extensively annotated, and 428 pages in
length. The team's aim was to convey the charm, humor, and
erudition of one of China's greatest writers. Also included are a
glossary and a bibliography of additional sources. Chinese food
expert Nicole Mones, author of the novel The Last Chinese Chef, has
contributed an engaging introduction to Yuan Mei and his work. The
cover illustration is by Lichia Liu.
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