Food & Society

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...

'A spicy educational treat to be savoured: a delight.' Tim Spector'This is an extraordinary fusion of science, literature, medicine and cookery. I...

The Sunday Times bestseller *Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize*A New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year'This book calls for nothing less t...

In 1939, Britain was preparing for war. As well as building aeroplanes and digging Anderson shelters, this meant managing food supplies for the hom...

Beignets, Po Boys, gumbo, jambalaya, Antoines. New Orleans celebrated status derives in large measure from its incredibly rich food culture, based ...

Which dessert is named after the heroic third-century Queen Zenobia of Palmyra? Which luscious rice pudding shares its name with the eighth-century...