Food
Casseroles, Can Openers, and Jell-O
An “all-you-can-eat” tour of American life in the postwar period, told through the foods we loved.
The Stork Club Cookbook and Bar Book
Relive the glory days of New York's poshest night spot with recipes and drinks you can prepare at your own home!
Animals in Irish Society
The first exploration of vegan Irish epistemology, one that can be traced along its history of animism, agrarianism, ascendency, adaptation, and activism.
Native Foodways
Explores the interplay of religion and food in Native American cultures.
Globalizing Organic
Traces how alternative food movements are affected by global and local trends, with a focus on how organic agriculture was integrated in Israel.
Jewish Veganism and Vegetarianism
A multidisciplinary approach to the study of veganism, vegetarianism, and meat avoidance among Jews, both historical and contemporary.
Over a Barrel
How a small family company in the Finger Lakes became one of the most important wine producers in the United States, only to be taken down by corporate greed and mismanagement.
Beer of Broadway Fame
Explores the hundred-year history of Piel Bros. , one of the prominent German American brands that once made New York City the brewing capital of America.
Delicious December
Food and history combine in this exploration of the Dutch influence on American holiday traditions. Includes more than one hundred easy-to-make holiday recipes.
Circle of Vines
Traces the history of the New York wine industry as it evolved across the state.
Bitter Greens
Food-based reflections on Italian food, American culture, and globalization.
Sustained by Eating, Consumed by Eating Right
Returning to his hometown after a fifteen-year absence, a northern New Yorker confronts his unlikely Mediterranean past.
PhanFood
A cookbook for—and by—fans of the rock band Phish.
Cooking with Chef Silvio
A guided tour of the cuisine, culture, and rich culinary history of the Campania region of Italy.
Measured Meals
Provides an alternative history of nutrition in the U.S. that focuses on the power of scientific language.
Summer Pleasures, Winter Pleasures
A light-hearted cookbook that reflects the historical and culinary heritage of the Hudson Valley.
Wine - A Gentleman's Game
How one man and his family made their dream of owning a winery come true--and helped revitalize New York's winemaking industry in the process.
Edible Ideologies
Contributors explore the relationship between food and the production of ideology.
Feast and Folly
Treats French cuisine as a "fine art," offering both historical background as well as a deep analysis of the social, political, and aesthetic aspects of cuisine and taste.
Animal, Vegetable, or Woman?
Challenges current claims that humans ought to be vegetarians because animals have moral standing.
The Peppers, Cracklings, and Knots of Wool Cookbook
A groundbreaking treatment of heritage survival in African and African American cooking.
Ethical Vegetarianism
For vegetarians seeking the historical roots of vegetarianism, for animal rights activists and the environmentally concerned, and for those questioning their consumption of meat, here's a book that provides ...
Eating Culture
Explores the relationship between eating and culture from a variety of perspectives, including anthropology, sociology, philosophy, gender studies, race studies, architecture, and AIDS discourse.