Home Food

In the 19th century, American meals were about subsistence, not enjoyment. But as a new century approached, appetites broadened, and David Fairchild, a young botanist with an insatiable lust to explore and experience the world, set out in search of foods that would enrich the American farmer and enchant the American eater. Kale from Croatia, mangoes from India, and hops from Bavaria. Peaches from China, avocados from Chile, and pomegranates from Malta. But Fairchild's finds weren't just limited to food.

Discover how you can be prepared for any scenario, by learning basic prepper skills. Another important qualification you need is to be able to fix your own food without going to the store, i.e. the life of a homesteader. A lot of famous and successful people are embracing the life of a homesteader. Homesteading has become a catharsis for people who finally want to live the life of a producer rather than a mere consumer. This book will give you the necessary information and tools.

Southern food is integral to the American culinary tradition, yet the question of who "owns" it is one of the most provocative touch points in our ongoing struggles over race. In this unique memoir, culinary historian Michael W. Twitty takes listeners to the white-hot center of this fight, tracing the roots of his own family and the charged politics surrounding the origins of soul food, barbecue, and all Southern cuisine. From the tobacco and rice farms of colonial times to plantation kitchens and backbreaking cotton fields, Twitty tells his family story.

A true celebration of food in all its forms, The Food Book follows the human quest for sustenance through the stories of individual ingredients and examines our millenia-long relationship with nearly 200 foods—with the help of tales from all over the world. Food is the cornerstone of daily life, culture, and even religion. Staples like bread, beans, and cereal crops are part of our culinary history, and used in many ways around the world. This fascinating reference covers all food groups, providing information on every aspect of their history, and their place in world cuisine.

Planning and preparing your dog's meals from scratch has numerous benefits, which include full control of all meals served. You know precisely what goes into every meal and where the produce and ingredients were sourced. In addition to knowing that it has been prepared in clean surroundings.

La responsabilidad de los comensales es preguntarse de dónde viene el producto que consumen en sus mesas. La gastronomía es una fuente de empoderamiento social, nos comentan Benjamín Castro y Gabriela Rentería, dos activistas.

Elsa Navarrete, una mamá viajera, periodista y experta en viajes nos platica acerca de algunos consejos para viajar con niños; destinos recomendados y los miedos que hay que trascender.

Dogs Deserve Home-Cooked Meals: A Comprehensive Look at Planning and Preparing Homemade Dog Food, is the ultimate guide to making delicious and nutritious meals for your furry friend. This book offers a comprehensive look at the benefits of homemade dog food, as well as a variety of recipes and meal ideas for dogs at different life stages.

Transform the delectable flavors of homegrown or locally sourced produce into timeless delights by mastering the art of canning and preserving with effortless flair… Ever looked at your overflowing garden and wished the season's bounty could last all year? Or perhaps you've strolled through local farmers' markets, wishing to savor each fresh bite just a little longer? What if you could lock in the flavor and goodness of these foods while making sure they do not spoil? While some preserving methods may seem easy, it takes a bit of knowledge and skill to get them right.

We all know that losing weight is the easy part. It's keeping the weight off that's hard. In Get with the Program!, Oprah Winfrey's personal trainer, Bob Greene, gives you the keys to losing weight and staying fit for a lifetime.

Let’s say you’ve got a dream. A big dream. A huge dream. You want to open a coffee shop. Let me guess - your friends and family have told you it’s a risky idea. At least a hundred people have told you “you don’t know what you’re doing”. And that’s probably true!

In this lively and authoritative guide, Greene teaches listeners about whiskey and encourages them to make their own evaluations. Peppered with wry anecdotes drawn from her unusual life - and including recipes for delicious cocktails by some of today's most celebrated mixologists - Whiskey Distilled will be enthusiastically greeted by the whiskey curious as well as by journeymen whiskey drinkers thirsty to learn more about their beloved tipple.

From Darjeeling to Lapsang Souchon, from India to Japan-a fresh, concise, world-encompassing exploration of the way tea has shaped politics, culture, and the environment throughout history. From the fourth century BC in China, where it was used as an aid in Buddhist meditation, to the Boston Tea Party in 1773, to its present-day role as the most consumed substance on the planet, the humble Camellia plant has had profound effects on civilization.

Through the years, pressure canners have earned a bad rep. They’ve had a negative connotation attached to them which causes many people to miss out on its amazing uses. There are just so many ways it can go wrong and just as many guides with outdated information that just misinform and put you at risk. I’m sure you’ve heard of horror stories, from exploding lids to boiling water explosions.

Complete with over 65 recipes and full-color photos, a deep dive into the affordable and easily findable superfoods that can do the most good for the most people, from the co-founder of Food Revolution Network and author of 31-Day Food Revolution.

When most people think of superfoods, they picture exotic and pricey products with magical healing abilities. But how "super" is a food that only a few can afford?

Real superfoods are the ones that do the most good for the most people. They're loaded with nutrients, affordable, easy to find, and simple to prepare. When you know how to use them, they can taste amazing, and make you feel great.

Ocean Robbins, co-founder and CEO of Food Revolution Network, and Nichole Dandrea-Russert, MS, RDN, show that the greatest superfoods on earth have been right under our noses all along. After reading Real Superfoods, you'll love leafy greens, mushrooms, legumes, berries, alliums, spices, sweet potatoes, nuts, seeds, coffee, and tea in a whole new way. Brimming with powerful disease-fighting nutrients, these superfoods can transform your health and bring new joy to your everyday cooking.

For each type of superfood, complete with full-color pictures, you'll discover:

• their health-promoting super powers
• accessible ingredients, including some of our most common supermarket groceries
• weekday-friendly cooking techniques
• mouthwatering, easy-to-make recipes for every part of your day

Embrace a lifetime of health and vitality with these super healthy and super delicious plant-based recipes!

Feasting her way through an Italian honeymoon, Jen Lin-Liu was struck by culinary echoes of the delicacies she ate and cooked back in China, where she’d lived for more than a decade. Who really invented the noodle? she wondered, like many before her. But also: How had food and culture moved along the Silk Road, the ancient trade route linking Asia to Europe - and what could still be felt of those long-ago migrations?

As Julia Child once said, “It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.” Historically, she’s been right—and not just in the kitchen. Uniquely flourishing in just about every climate and culture around the world, onions have provided the essential basis not only for sautés, stews, and stir fries, but for medicines, metaphors, and folklore. Abundantly commonplace yet extraordinarily indispensable, the onion is Kurlansky's newest global food fixation as he sets out to explore how and why the crop reigns over Wales to Italy and everywhere in between.

This one book contains two delicious anti inflammatory smoothie recipe books. Green smoothies & lemon smoothie recipes inside.

Tired of your sourdough starter staring at you from the fridge? Want to bake sustainably? Dream of mastering global bread-making? Dive into "Beginner’s Guide to Global Sourdough Discard Recipes." This isn't just a cookbook—it's your entry into artisanal baking from home, enriched with a colorful PDF and video tutorials by local chefs. Explore the world of sourdough, from classic loaves to exotic flatbreads like Indian Naan and French Baguette, all while learning zero-waste techniques and gaining culinary insights from around the globe.

After three years of sipping, spitting, and slogging her way through bushy vine leaves and cellar cobwebs, award-winning writer Natalie MacLean takes listeners behind the scenes of the international wine world, exploring its history, visiting its most evocative places, and meeting some of its most charismatic personalities. In Red, White, and Drunk All Over, Natalie travels to the ancient vineyards of Burgundy to uncover the secrets of the pinot noir, visits the labyrinthine cellars of Champagne to examine the myths and the mystique of luxury bubbly, and helps with the harvest at the vineyards of iconoclastic Californian winemaker Randall Grahm.