William Sitwell has chosen 100 recipes that illustrate a history of Western Food. He starts with a bread recipe from Ancient Egypt and progresses through to today ending with a Heston Blumenthal creation. Tailor-made for dipping into this book illuminates, informs and amuses, a lively look at food and our eating habits.
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The ingredients, cooks, techniques and tools that have shaped our love of food. We all love cooking -- to some degree -- and each one of us has a favourite meal, or ingredient we favour above all others. In today's world it is easy to get what we desire to eat in our 24-hour consumer society. But do we know how these everyday recipes came from, who invented them, from which countries, and using what techniques? This book will provide a colourful and entertaining whirlwind journey through the history of cuisine, as described by the rising star of the subject in William Sitwell, editor of Waitrose Food Illustrated. It will be equally a celebration of the great dishes, techniques and indeed, the great chefs who have innovated over the centuries. He will also bring it right up to date to discuss the rise of the Michelin Star, gourmet cooking, and of course the 21st-century phenomenon of the celeb chef. The book is one hundred essays, of approximately 1,000 words, each taking the reader logically and chronologically the next step on the path of how food has ended up where we are today. Asking such questions as: When was bread first produced? When did we start using herbs, spices, salt and pepper in our food? Who wrote down the first recipe for a meat dish? Who invented spaghetti? Did the Magyars really invent goulash? Who first put orange into a duck, or an apple into a pig's mouth? The first cheese-based dish? What is the origin of the noodle? Who first decided to use a wok? What was the first mass-produced meal? And many, many more!
A History of Food in 100 Recipes features in the following genres: Cookery, Food and Drink, Books of the Month, eBooks of the Month, History, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure, Recommendations, History and Archaeology
A History of Food in 100 Recipes is available in Paperback, Hardback
A History of Food in 100 Recipes was written by William Sitwell and published by William Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
A History of Food in 100 Recipes has 352 pages
