(Hardback)
By: Lorna Piatti-Farnell
ISBN: 9781780235714
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2016
UK Publication Date: 1st April 2016
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Banana: A Global History takes us from the agricultural beginnings of the banana in New Guinea, to the fruit's almost ubiquitous presence in culinary repertoires around the globe.
(Hardback)
By: Heather Arndt Anderson
ISBN: 9781780238951
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2018
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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In Berries: A Global History
(Hardback)
By: Kathryn Cornell Dolan
ISBN: 9781789146950
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2023
UK Publication Date: 1st March 2023
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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The long, distinguished and surprising history of breakfast cereal.
(Hardback)
By: Constance L. Kirker
ISBN: 9781789145250
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2022
UK Publication Date: 14th February 2022
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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The global history of coconut from its origin to its recent elevation to super-food status.
(Hardback)
By: Elisabeth Townsend
ISBN: 9781789145984
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
UK Publication Date: 12th September 2022
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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The first culinary history of a truly remarkable fish, cod.
(Hardback)
By: Jonathan Morris
ISBN: 9781789140026
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2018
UK Publication Date: 17th December 2018
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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In Coffee: A Global History, Jonathan Morris explains how the world acquired a taste for coffee, yet why coffee tastes so different throughout the world. Written in an engaging style, and featuring wonderful recipes, stories and facts, the book explores who drank coffee, as well as why and where, how it was prepared and what it tasted like.
(Hardback)
By: Michael Owen Jones
ISBN: 9781780238166
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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In Corn: A Global History
(Hardback)
By: Harriet Nussbaum
ISBN: 9781789144628
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2022
UK Publication Date: 11th October 2021
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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(Hardback)
By: Sarah B. Hood
ISBN: 9781789143898
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
UK Publication Date: 14th June 2021
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A history of the sweet treats jam, jelly and marmalade.
(Hardback)
By: Lesley Jacobs Solmonson
ISBN: 9781789148534
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
UK Publication Date: 20th May 2024
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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(Hardback)
By: Constance L. Kirker
ISBN: 9781789149159
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
UK Publication Date: 1st August 2024
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A beautifully illustrated tour through the rich world of mangoes.
(Hardback)
By: Sylvia Lovegren
ISBN: 9781780235844
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2016
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Melon also looks at the attempts by scientists and growers to preserve or even genetically revive ancient melon strains while improving the modern melons that come to the market and our tables.
(Hardback)
By: Jan Davison
ISBN: 9781780239194
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2018
UK Publication Date: 11th June 2018
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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In Pickles, author Jan Davison explores the cultural and gastronomic history of fermented vegetables, from the earliest civilizations to the twenty-first century.
(Hardback)
By: Renee Marton
ISBN: 9781780233505
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2014
UK Publication Date: 1st September 2014
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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This is a detailed history of rice, from its origin as a staple food inAsian and West African countries to its ubiquitous place inmeals across the world today. Itexplores rice in society, literature, music, painting and poetry. Containing an array of delicious recipes from around theworld, Rice
(Hardback)
By: Yvette Florio Lane
ISBN: 9781780238494
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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In this lively and entertaining book, Yvette Florio Lane embarks on a culinary and historical tour of the production and consumption of the beloved crustacean from earliest times to the present day. Essential reading for foodies and food historians, Shrimp
(Hardback)
By: Judith Levin
ISBN: 9781789144918
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A global history of sweet carbonated drinks.
(Hardback)
By: Clarissa Hyman
ISBN: 9781789140835
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
UK Publication Date: 12th August 2019
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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(Hardback)
By: Rosa Abreu-Runkel
ISBN: 9781789143409
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2020
UK Publication Date: 12th October 2020
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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The rich history of the intoxicating and evocative spice, vanilla.
(Hardback)
By: Bradley J. Borougerdi
ISBN: 9781836390077
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2025
UK Publication Date: 1st May 2025
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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(Hardback, 2nd edition)
By: Becky Sue Epstein
ISBN: 9781789149951
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2025
UK Publication Date: 3rd June 2025
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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An elegant, informative history of sparkling wines and the people behind them.
(Hardback)
By: Kelly A. Spring
ISBN: 9781836390664
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2025
UK Publication Date: 1st June 2025
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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(Hardback)
By: William Rubel
ISBN: 9781861898548
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2011
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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An approachable introduction to the history and the many forms that bread takes throughout the world, Bread provides an analysis of the different components of bread such as crust and crumb, and features many recipes as well as a glossary of 100 types of bread.
(Hardback)
By: Heather Arndt Anderson
ISBN: 9781780236353
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2016
UK Publication Date: 1st September 2016
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Chillies traces the culinary journey of the spice and uncovers cultural and spiritual links between chillies and humans, from their use as an aphrodisiac, to the recent discovery that chilli heat shows promise as a treatment for neuropathic pain, prostate cancer and leukaemia.
(Hardback)
By: Sarah Moss
ISBN: 9781861895240
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2009
UK Publication Date: 1st September 2009
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Redolent of everything sensual and hedonistic, chocolate is synonymous with our idea of indulgence. It is adored around the world and has been since the Spanish first encountered cocoa beans in South America in the sixteenth century. This title explores the origins and growth of this almost universal obsession.
