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FLAVORS OF INDIA: A Culinary Odyssey in Indian Style : World Cuisines: Savoring India's Culinary He

Flavors of India: A Culinary Odyssey in Indian Style: Indian food is renowned for its rich and diverse Flavors, vibrant colors, and aromatic spices that tantalize the taste buds and awaken the senses. From fragrant curries and succulent kebabs to crispy dosas and fluffy naan bread, Indian cuisine offers a culinary adventure like no other. 'Embark on a flavourful journey through the heart of India with 'Flavors of India: A Culinary Odyssey in Indian Style - World Cuisines.' This comprehensive cookbook offers a tantalizing exploration of India's culinary landscape. What sets this book apart? An in-depth exploration of regional Delicacies, Indian Customs, Foods and Lifestyle, Cooking Techniques, and Tips through 15 meticulously crafted chapters to explore the rich tapestry of Indian dishes spanning across regions and seasons. Learn essential cooking techniques, tips, and tricks to master the art of Indian cuisine in your kitchen apart from the glossary of Indian Ingredients and terms

Prabhakar Veeraraghavan (Author), Antony (Narrator)

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A Nation Fermented: Beer, Bavaria, and the Making of Modern Germany

How did beer become one of the central commodities associated with the German nation? How did a little-known provincial production standard-the Reinheitsgebot, or Beer Purity Law-become a pillar of national consumer sentiments? How did the jovial, beer-drinking German become a fixture in the global imagination? While the connection between beer and Germany seems self-evident, A Nation Fermented reveals how it was produced through a strange brew of regional commercial and political pressures. Spanning from the late nineteenth century to the last decades of the twentieth, A Nation Fermented argues that the economic, regulatory, and cultural weight of Bavaria shaped the German nation in profound ways. Drawing on sources from over a dozen archives and repositories, Terrell weaves together subjects ranging from tax law to advertising, public health to European integration, and agriculture to global stereotypes. Offering a history of the Germany that Bavaria made over the twentieth century, A Nation Fermented both eschews sharp temporal divisions and forgoes conventional narratives centered on Prussia, Berlin, or the Rhineland. In so doing, Terrell offers a fresh take on the importance of provincial influences and the role of commodities and commerce in shaping the nation.

Robert Shea Terrell (Author), Mike Lenz (Narrator)

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Craft Coffee: A Manual: Brewing a Better Cup at Home

This comprehensive but accessible handbook is for the average coffee lover who wants to make better coffee at home. Unlike other coffee books, this one focuses exclusively on coffee-not espresso-and explores multiple pour-over, immersion, and cold-brew techniques on ten different devices. Thanks to a small but growing number of dedicated farmers, importers, roasters, and baristas, coffee quality is at an all-time high. But for nonprofessionals, achieving cafe quality at home can seem out of reach. With dozens of equipment options, conflicting information on how to use that equipment, and an industry language that, at times, doesn't seem made for the rest of us, it can be difficult to know where to begin. Craft Coffee: A Manual, written by a coffee enthusiast for coffee enthusiasts, is a comprehensive guide to improving your brew at home. The book provides all the information listeners need to discover what they like in a cup of specialty coffee-and how to replicate the perfect cup day after day. From the science of extraction and brewing techniques to choosing equipment and deciphering coffee bags, Craft Coffee focuses on the issues-cost, time, taste, and accessibility-that home coffee brewers negotiate and shows that no matter where you are in your coffee journey, you can make a great cup at home.

Jessica Easto (Author), Carolyn Jania (Narrator)

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The Mediterranean Diet Guide

Healthy food, healthy lifestyle, healthy you. Based on the fundamentals of balancing foods high in omega-3 fats such as fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, olive oil, nuts, etc. The Mediterranean diet has a variety of health benefits. More than just a flavorful diet, this is a lifestyle developed over centuries in the warm climates along the Mediterranean Sea to help everyone appreciate life that much more. And now, you too can reap the benefits of this way of eating! The Mediterranean Diet Guide helps you understand, develop, and implement this heart-healthy diet and lifestyle. In this nutritious guide, you'll get: - The history and science behind the Mediterranean diet and what makes it so exceptional. - Essential information on the foods and beverages that make up the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid. - An eye-opening look at how this diet can enhance heart health, help manage diabetes and assist in weight loss. - A better understanding of the healthy fats, carbs, protein, fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants you acquire eating the Mediterranean way. - Over 75 good-for-you recipes, each with a complete nutritional analysis; and a month's worth of delicious menu plans--one week for each season--to kick-start your diet. © 2023 Kimberly A. Tessmer, R.D., L.D.,Stephanie Green © 2023 DK Audio

Kimberly A. Tessmer, Stephanie Green (Author), Lisa Kelly King, Stephanie Green (Narrator)

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How to Taste Coffee: Develop Your Sensory Skills and Get the Most Out of Every Cup

Have you ever purchased coffee based on delectable flavor notes-strawberry jam, milk chocolate, hazelnut-only to find none of it in your cup? It's a common experience among coffee lovers. These days, high-quality coffee can taste all kinds of ways, thanks to roasting techniques that help draw out the qualities of the bean. In addition to that characteristic coffee taste, you really can find hints of fruit, chocolate, and nuts in your cup-all it takes is a little knowledge, a little practice, and the ability to slow down and savor. In How to Taste Coffee, bestselling author Jessica Easto explains why flavor notes are not always as straightforward with coffee as they are with other beverages, such as wine, beer, and spirits. You'll learn how our senses perceive coffee, what creates and affects coffee flavor, and how to practice your sensory skills, using the same tools and resources as coffee professionals. With nineteen exercises designed to help you identify and talk about what you're tasting, you'll come away with a more developed palate, an improved ability to choose coffee you're going to love, and a better understanding of the astounding complexity contained within these tiny beans.

Jessica Easto (Author), Carolyn Jania (Narrator)

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The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor

Research involving goats, sheep, and cattle indicates that animals have an instinctual ability to select foods that provide essential vitamins and nutrients. Throughout history, humans have exhibited similar tendencies. Studies on various groups, including children, sailors, and pregnant women, have shown that people naturally gravitate towards foods containing compounds necessary for preventing diseases like rickets and scurvy. The human body craves essential nutrients. In the past, nutrients and flavor were closely intertwined. However, modern food processing has detached flavor from its nutritional value. Artificial flavorings, concocted in laboratories to satisfy emotional cravings, contribute to cognitive and emotional deception. These synthetic flavors disrupt the natural connection between flavors and nutrients, leading to confusion about the nutritional content of foods. Despite the prevalence of synthetic flavorings, it is still possible to prepare delicious meals using natural ingredients. Contemporary growers can produce foods bred for both flavor and yield, such as poultry from the Buckeye Recovery Project and tomatoes from Garden Gem varieties. With increased demand and careful cultivation, these nutrient-rich and flavorful foods can become accessible to all consumers.

Vines Graener (Author), Vines Graener (Narrator)

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Cassoulet Confessions: Food, France, Family and the Stew That Saved My Soul

Cassoulet Confessions is an enthralling memoir by award-winning food and travel writer Sylvie Bigar that reveals how a simple journalistic assignment sparked a culinary obsession and transcended into a quest for identity. Set in the stunning southern French countryside, this honest and poignant memoir conveys hunger for authentic food and a universal hunger for home. In Cassoulet Confessions, Sylvie travels across the Atlantic from her home in New York to the origin of cassoulet-the Occitanie region of Southern France. There she immerses herself in all things cassoulet: the quintessential historic meat and bean stew. From her first spoonful, she is transported back to her dramatic childhood in Geneva, Switzerland, and finds herself journeying through an unexpected rabbit hole of memories. Not only does she discover the deeper meanings of her ancestral French cuisine, but she is ultimately transformed by having to face her unsettling, complex family history. Sylvie's simple but poetic prose immerses us in her story: we smell the simmering aromas of French kitchens, empathize with her family dilemmas, and experience her internal struggle to understand and ultimately accept herself.

Sylvie Bigar (Author), Suzanne Toren (Narrator)

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Stuffed

In times of plenty, we stuff ourselves. When the food runs out, we're stuffed too. How have people in the British Isles shared the riches from our fields, dairies, kitchens and seas, as well as those from around the world? And when the cupboard is bare, who steps up to the plate to feed the nation's hungry children, soldiers at war or families in crisis? Stuffed tells the stories of the food and drink at the centre of social upheavals from prehistory to the present: the medieval inns boosted by the plague; the Enclosures that finished off the celebratory roast goose; the Victorian chemist searching for unadulterated mustard; the post-war supermarkets luring customers with strawberries. Drawing on cookbooks, literature and social records, Pen Vogler reveals how these turning points have led to today's extremes of plenty and want: roast beef and food banks; allotment-fresh vegetables and ultra-processed fillers. It is a tale of feast and famine, and of the traditions, the ideas and the laws which have fed - or starved - the nation, but also of the yeasty magic of bread and ale, the thrill of sugary treats, the pies and puddings that punctuate the year, and why the British would give anything - even North America - for a nice cup of tea.

Pen Vogler (Author), Emma Gregory (Narrator)

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The Forgotten Chef: Winning the culinary battle: finding yourself, igniting your passions and buildi

Embark on a transformative culinary journey with 'The Forgotten Chef,' by Phil D. May narrated by Brad Derry, after three decades navigating his own food odyssey, invites listeners to explore their unique culinary path. This audiobook serves as a mentor, challenging and guiding a new generation of chefs to understand their passion for cooking. Phil's narrative unfolds swiftly, addressing crucial topics such as cultivating the right mindset for cooking success, prioritizing quality over quantity, mastering kitchen organization, understanding essential kitchen tools (the Dirty Thirty), unraveling the celebrity chef conundrum, delving into knife skills/care, exploring cookbook basics, and embracing the art of food preservation and safety. The journey also includes delightful chapters on preserving Grandma's recipes, the joy of sharing food, and the resurgence of the traditional sous vide cooking method. Let Phil's wisdom, anecdotes, and culinary tales be your guiding light on the path to becoming the chef you've always aspired to be. Secure your copy of 'The Forgotten Chef' today and unlock the secrets to igniting your passion and building confidence in your culinary endeavors, one skill at a time. #TheForgottenChef #CulinaryJourney #PhilMay #BradDerry #AudiobookAdventure #CookingPassion #CulinaryEmpowerment #FoodEntrepreneurship #HomeChefGoals #KnifeSkills #KitchenWisdom #CulinaryInspiration #CookbookEssentials #FoodStories #QualityOverQuantity #ChefDreams #AudibleAdventure #AudiobookLove #KitchenAdventure #CulinarySuccess #ChefWisdom #PassionInEveryBite #SousVideMagic #FoodieReads #InspiringCooks #GrabYourCopy #MustListen

Phil D. May (Author), Brad Derry (Narrator)

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Tea: Consumption, Politics, and Revolution, 1773–1776

In Tea James Fichter reveals that despite the so-called Boston Tea Party in 1773, two other large shipments of tea from the East India Company survived and were ultimately drunk in North America. The survival of these shipments shaped the politics of the years ahead and hint at the enduring potency of consumerism in revolutionary politics. Tea protests were widespread in 1774, but, Fichter argues, so were tea advertisements and tea sales. Such protests were noisy and sometimes misleading performances, not clear signs that tea consumption was unpopular. Revolutionaries vilified tea in their propaganda and prohibited the importation and consumption of tea and British goods. Yet merchant ledgers reveal these goods were still widely sold and consumed in 1775. Colonists supported Patriots more than they abided by non-consumption. When Congress ended its prohibition against tea in 1776, it reasoned that the ban was too widely violated to enforce. War was a more effective means to resist Parliament, after all, than was a boycott, and as rebel arms advanced, Patriots seized and used tea and other goods Britons left behind. By 1776 protesters sought tea, and, objecting to its high price, they redistributed rather than destroyed it. But as Fichter demonstrates in Tea, the commodity was not, by then, a symbol of the British state, but of American consumerism.

James R. Fichter (Author), Jonathan Yen (Narrator)

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How to Argue With a Meat Eater (And Win Every Time)

Brought to you by Penguin. How to Argue With a Meat Eater (and Win Every Time) is an essential companions for all vegans helping them to remain cool and calm (and win) even in the most heated debate. It comprehensively breaks down every argument used against veganism, providing readers with impressive rebuttals to these arguments. Covering topics such as ethics, the environment, health and nutrition, as well as providing tips on how to have 'healthy' debates, this book will leave readers feeling confident and empowered knowing that, not matter what the argument, they can win every time. ©2023 Ed Winters (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Ed Winters (Author), Ed Winters, TBD (Narrator)

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Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking

Michael Ruhlman’s groundbreaking New York Times bestseller takes us to the very “truth” of cooking: it is not about recipes but rather about basic ratios and fundamental techniques that makes all food come together, simply. When you know a culinary ratio, it’s not like knowing a single recipe, it’s instantly knowing a thousand. Why spend time sorting through the millions of cookie recipes available in books, magazines, and on the Internet? Isn’t it easier just to remember 1-2-3? That’s the ratio of ingredients that always make a basic, delicious cookie dough: 1 part sugar, 2 parts fat, and 3 parts flour. From there, add anything you want—chocolate, lemon and orange zest, nuts, poppy seeds, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, almond extract, or peanut butter, to name a few favorite additions. Replace white sugar with brown for a darker, chewier cookie. Add baking powder and/or eggs for a lighter, airier texture. Ratios are the starting point from which a thousand variations begin. Ratios are the simple proportions of one ingredient to another. Biscuit dough is 3:1:2—or 3 parts flour, 1 part fat, and 2 parts liquid. This ratio is the beginning of many variations, and because the biscuit takes sweet and savory flavors with equal grace, you can top it with whipped cream and strawberries or sausage gravy. Vinaigrette is 3:1, or 3 parts oil to 1 part vinegar, and is one of the most useful sauces imaginable, giving everything from grilled meats and fish to steamed vegetables or lettuces intense flavor. Cooking with ratios will unchain you from recipes and set you free. With thirty-three ratios and suggestions for enticing variations, Ratio is the truth of cooking: basic preparations that teach us how the fundamental ingredients of the kitchen—water, flour, butter and oils, milk and cream, and eggs—work. Change the ratio and bread dough becomes pasta dough, cakes become muffins become popovers become crepes. As the culinary world fills up with overly complicated recipes and never-ending ingredient lists, Michael Ruhlman blasts through the surplus of information and delivers this innovative, straightforward book that cuts to the core of cooking. Ratio provides one of the greatest kitchen lessons there is—and it makes the cooking easier and more satisfying than ever.

Michael Ruhlman (Author), Michael Ruhlman (Narrator)

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