Food & Society

Chopped in salads, scooped up in salsa, slathered on pizza and pasta, squeezed onto burgers and fries, and filling aisles with roma, cherry, beefst...

In 2015 in Lyon, France, Team USA medaled for the first time ever at the Bocuse d''''Or-often called the Olympics of the cooking world - taking si...

Coffee is a global beverage: it is grown commercially on four continents, and consumed enthusiastically in all seven. There is even an Italian espr...

Tea in China explores the contours of religious and cultural transformation in traditional China from the point of view of an everyday commodity an...

A Timeline of Australian Food takes readers on a tasty and sometimes surprising culinary journey through 150 years of Australian food. Lavishly ill...

In the midst of the Great Depression, an elite group of New Yorkers lived seemingly unaffected by the economic calamity. They were writers, play...

By exploring the other side of what is prescriptively understood as proper Asian gastronomy, Robert Ji-Song Ku suggests that Asian cultural express...

Pakistan is home to many diverse communities, each boasting a cuisine that has been influenced by the country''''s rich history and varied topograp...

The ordinary tortilla was an extraordinary bond between the human and divine... From birthdays to religious ceremonies, the people of Mesoamerica c...

A gastronauts guide to the globefor those who like wrangling the GPS to reach the worlds best off-the- Michelin map barbecue restaurant or delight ...

A cup of coffee and a slice of cake, cooking for friends, Sunday lunch with the family at the local pub most of us take these simple everyday plea...

Hot Sauce Nation is a journey of discovery, delving into history, culture, immigration patterns, and the science of spice and pain. Through the sto...

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES, HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND'It's a trip - engrossing, eye-opening, mind altering' New Statesman'Fasci...

'Charming, important . . . a journey of discovery' Telegraph'Compelling, vivid . . . Slow Rise will be welcomed by the new bread geeks' SpectatorOv...

How does Britain get its food? Why is our current system at breaking point?How can we fix it before it is too late?British food has changed remarka...

'A visionary look at how quality food should replace money as the new world currency' Tim Spector'Hugely ambitious and beautifully written...destin...

Farmageddon in Pictures is a wake-up call to change our current food production and eating practices - delivered in handy, bite-sized pieces. Clear...

The burgeoning field of drinking studies, often ranging across and between disciplinary boundaries, explores the place of alcohol in human societie...

Ever seen a fat fox? Didn't think so. Why it is that only humans - or animals in the care of humans - develop obesity? In Ever Seen a Fat Fox?: Hu...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Those who feel doomed to be fat would be well advised to digest every word of Taubes's cogently argued, agenda-shifti...

In the 1960s and early 1970s, countercultural rebels decided that, rather than confront the system, they would create the world they wanted. The na...

The Library of Congress has designated American Cookery (1796) by Amelia Simmons one of the eighty-eight Books That Shaped America. Its recognition...

An encyclopaedic, eye-catching tribute to one of the world's most popular foods - the humble hamburger Celebrate the classic hamburger with this un...

An 'entertaining, informative and utterly depressing global history of an important commodity . . . By alerting readers to the ways that modernity'...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CASE FOR KETO The shocking truth about sugar: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives,...