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Berries : A Global History by Heather Arndt Anderson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Food & Drink | Series: Edible
Cheerfully offering themselves to passersby, berries have been juicy staples of the human diet for millennia. They are good luck charms and amulets to some, portents of doom to others. They inspire everything from lip gloss flavors to amusement parks (Knott's Berry Farm, anyone?)--but eat some varieties ...Show more
Chocolate : A Global History by Sarah Moss
$66.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Edible
Redolent of everything sensual and hedonistic, chocolate is adored around the world, and has been since the Spanish first encountered cocoa beans in South America in the sixteenth century. Chocolate is seen as magical, addictive, and powerful beyond anything that can be explained by its ingredients, and ...Show more
Pineapple : A Global History by Kaori O'Connor
$66.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Edible
'Too ravishing for moral taste ...like lovers' kisses she bites - she is a pleasure bordering on pain, from the fierceness and insanity of her relish' wrote the poet Charles Lamb about the pineapple, the fruit that seduced the world. From the moment Christopher Columbus discovered it on a Caribbean is ...Show more
Pomegranate: A Global History by Damien Stone
$27.99 AUD
Category: Gardening & Trees | Series: Edible
Juicy, crunchy, tart: with its multitude of seeds and juice akin to blood, it's not hard to see why the pomegranate has so appealed to the imagination. After being held in high esteem in the rituals of the polytheistic religions of the ancient world, the pomegranate came to be revered in Christianity, I ...Show more
Rum: A Global History by Richard Foss
$55.99 AUD
Category: Food & Drink | Series: Edible
'Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!' A favourite of pirates, the molasses-coloured liquid brings to mind clear blue seas and weatherbeaten sailors. But enjoyment of rum spread far beyond the scallywags of the Caribbean - Charles Dickens savoured it in punch, George Washington served it at campaign rallies, ...Show more
Sweets and Candy : A Global History by Laura Mason
$83.99 AUD
Category: Food & Drink | Series: Edible
With eye-catching shapes, interesting flavours, and enticing textures, sweets and candy are much-loved worldwide by people of all ages. They provide minor treats, lessons in economics for children, and colourful novelties to mark festivities. Methods for making sweets can be traced back to the importanc ...Show more
Wine : A Global History by Marc Millon
$24.99 AUD
Category: Gift Books | Series: Edible
Wine: A Global History traces the long history of the most wondrous, complex, mysterious and magical of the world's beverages. The origins of wine go back to the origins of modern man, and the development and significance of this heady drink are intertwined with the roots of civilization itself. Today, ...Show more
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