Food & Society

From mangosteen fruit discovered in a colonial Indonesian marketplace to caviar served on the high seas in a cruise-liners luxurious dining saloon,...

Confronting the role of foodie culture in gentrificationHaving discovered the flavors of barbacoa, bibimbap, bánh mi, sambusas, and pupusas, white ...

Todays highly industrialized and technologically controlled global food systems dominate our lives, shaping our access and attitudes towards food a...

'Divide is well written and thought-provoking' - Sunday Telegraph'A lively guide through the thorny challenges of rural life in an urban world. Ess...

Now fully rewritten and entirely updated to reflect the pressing problems of today, Animal Liberation Now presents the definitive case for radicall...

This fascinating book - part ethnography, part memoir - traces Japan's vibrant cafe society over one hundred and thirty years. Merry White traces J...

A synthesis of culinary practices of prehistoric Greece based on plant food ingredients In Plant Foods of Greece, Greek archaeologist Soultana Mari...

A detailed revelation of what was eaten in the court of the Eastern Roman Empire, accompanied by colourful descriptions of the sights and smells of...

The many advances in food production over the past century have made it possible to feed the whole of humanity. But food production and processing ...

This Companion provides an engaging and expansive overview of gustation, gastronomy, agriculture and alimentary activism in literature from the med...

This Companion provides an engaging and expansive overview of gustation, gastronomy, agriculture and alimentary activism in literature from the med...

**Shortlisted for the 2017 André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards****Shortlisted for the 2018 Fortnum & Mason Food Book Award**'The next Bill B...

Sales of locally produced foods comprise a small but growing part of U.S. agricultural sales. Estimates vary, but they indicate that local food sal...

The second most populous country in the world after China and the seventh largest in area, India is unique among nations in its diversity of climat...

Is the future of food looking bleak or better than ever? At a time when every day brings news of drought and famine, Amanda Little investigates w...

What shall we have for dinner? Such a simple question has grown to have a very complicated answer. We can eat almost anything nature has to offer, ...

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANYONE WHO ENJOYS A TIPPLE . . . OR TWO . . . OR TEN! Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's...

Whiskey: poets have celebrated it, preachers have condemned it, and blood has been shed over it. Governments, distillers and the public have fought...

The Hunter-Gatherer Way is about the adventures the author had after she finished walking around the world. It begins with the journey she made wit...

'The late Jim Harrison was one of the true greats when it came to writing about food. He combined an attention to detail with a glorious prose styl...

From ancient Rome to early modern Europe, the relationship between humans and food has been portrayed in artworks for thousands of years. From farm...

Shortlisted for the André Simon Food & Drink Book Award An intoxicating interconnected history of booze and m...

Exploring why food aid exists and the deeper causes of food poverty, this book addresses neglected dimensions of traditional food aid and food pove...

Moral Foods: The Construction of Nutrition and Health in Modern Asia investigates how foods came to be established as moral entities, how moral foo...

With more than 150,000 Japanese restaurants around the world, Japanese cuisine has become truly global. Through the transnational culinary mobiliti...

RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK Economic thinking - about globalisation, climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more - in its most di...

At the Table of Power is both a cookbook and a culinary history that intertwines social issues, personal stories, and political commentary. Renowne...