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"The Physiology of Taste" by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin is a must-read for anyone who loves the art of great food. Besides being famous for his lavish food parties and dinners, Brillat-Savarin was a French lawyer and politician during the French Revolution. He narrowly escaped France during the Reign of Terror, and the proceeded to travel around Europe and America before returning to his home and spending the rest of his days as a court judge....
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On January 1, 2014, homebrewer and writer Derek Dellinger began a journey that would change nearly everything he thought he knew about fermented food and beverage-and as a beer expert, he knew a lot. For an entire year, Dellinger would eat or drink only products that had been created by microbes. Exploring the vast world of fermentation, Dellinger became the living embodiment of its cultural and nutritional power-he became the Fermented Man.
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Of all the columns Tim Rowland writes, the ones that always get the biggest response are those about animals. Maybe it's not too surprising that people pick critters over politicians: the animals are more intelligent and, on a per-pound basis, cost less to feed. ALL PETS ARE OFF is a comical collection of those warm and funny columns, collected through the years as animals have come and gone through Tim's writing years, including his uneasy existences...
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Dr. Cyrus Mills returns to his hometown after inheriting his father's failing veterinary practice. Cyrus intends to sell the practice and get out of town as fast as he can, but when his first patient--a down-on-her-luck golden retriever named Frieda Fuzzypaws--wags her way through the door, life suddenly gets complicated. With the help of a black Labrador gifted in the art of swallowing underwear, a Persian cat determined to expose her owner's lover...
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In this charming collection of nineteen stories, you can't help but fall in love with the unlucky fawn who is saved by a nursing home, the troublesome rabbit who warms her way into a new family and the good (German) shepherd who comforts the sick. These are stories of hope, humor, triumph, loyalty, compassion, life and even death-but most of all, these are stories of love and the extraordinary animals who make our lives the richer for it.
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An entertaining seat at the table of ten power meals that shaped history-including the menus and recreated recipes!
Some of the most consequential decisions in history were decided at the dinner table, accompanied-and perhaps influenced-by copious amounts of food and drink. This fascinating book explores ten of those pivotal meals, presenting the contexts, key participants, table talk, and outcomes of each. It offers unique insight into the minds...
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Perhaps the most influential food writer of his day, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin's gastronomic essays are founding documents in the food-writing genre. This great classic of gastronomy is a witty and authoritative compendium on the art of dining, and it has never been out of print since first publication in 1825. The philosophy of Epicurus stands behind every page, and the simplest meal satisfied Brillat-Savarin, as long as it was executed with...
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A collection of the year's top food writing, selected by guest editor Sohla El-Waylly and series editor Silvia Killingsworth.
Culinary creator, writer and community advocate, Sohla El-Waylly selects the best twenty articles published in 2021 that celebrate the many innovative, comforting, mouthwatering, and culturally rich culinary offerings of our country.
10) Who Are We?
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Who Are We?, the fifth book of the Ringing Cedars Series, describes the author's search for real-life 'proofs' of Anastasia's vision presented in the previous volumes. Finding these proofs and taking stock of ongoing global environmental destruction, Vladimir Megre describes further practical steps for putting Anastasia's vision into practice. Full of beautiful realistic images of a new way of living in co-operation with the Earth and each other,...
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Robert C. Parsons, one of Newfoundland and Labrador's best-known authors, will delight readers with this brand new collection of more than 50 true stories involving one of nature's treasures: the noble Newfoundland dog. From the deck of the Titanic, to the sandbars of Sable Island, learn about the breed's intelligence and charisma as you read tales from around the world of rescue by land and sea, heartwarming stories of undying loyalty, and accounts...
12) Gartenglück
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Elsemarie Maletzke hat sich nicht nur einen Namen mit ihren großen Biographien über die Brontës, Jane Austen und Elizabeth Bowen gemacht. Sie hat auch Geschichten über ihre Reisen quer durch europäische Gärten geschrieben, die erstmals in diesem Band versammelt werden. GARTENGLÜCK erzählt mit Witz und Esprit von dem sinnlichen Vergnügen, Gärten zu erschaffen.
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He must have been hiding to have not been snatched up by now! That was the only possible explanation I could imagine for why this adorable puppy was still there the day we went to check him out at the RSPCA shelter. From the moment we laid eyes on him until his own had closed, the sacred journey we shared with Buster was to give and receive unconditional love. Set against the backdrop of the beaches and hinterland of Australia's beautiful Gold Coast.
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This charming little book may not qualify as a mystery, but its title seems intriguing enough to unravel the vagueness behind it. It is a great tool to wipe away the ills of the world in a single afternoon. It will make you chuckle and sometimes laugh aloud as the story unwinds, but there are also moments of sadness, because it is indeed a real-life story. With the title like My Fanny, you may wonder if the story is about a long-lost, true love or...
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Few relationships are as simple - and rewarding - as those between man and animal. From the loyal dog who risks his own life to rescue a drowning boy to the lost kitten who comforts a grieving woman to an abandoned horse and foster child who come to save each other, these inspiring true stories highlight the hope, healing, happiness and - most of all - unconditional love animals bring to our lives. Whether you love sloppy dog kisses, melt at every...
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Sous la direction de Georges-Henri Arenstein, André Benoit et Lucie
Pétrin évoquent la relation entre l'humain et le cheval. Ils démontrent
qu'il est possible de développer un lien unique entre ces deux êtres. Les
auteurs veulent distinguer la relation cocréatrice d'une relation utilitaire ou
d'une relation affective en spécifiant les éléments qui favorisent les relations
harmonieuses entre les animaux et nous.
Quant à Laurence Bruder-Sergent,...
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Writer, environmentalist and gardener Des Kennedy has gathered together his best, most outrageous and most contemplative articles and essays of the past decade into a book full of playful wit and insight. Kennedy recounts one newspaper's April Fool's Day prank that had men across the UK buying heather in order to propagate a poor-man's Viagra, expands on his trials creating a sod sloped roof, admits he once wanted to write a stump-puller's guide to...
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My name is Angel and I am a chocolate Labrador. I am ten months old, and I've just had a close encounter with Death.
Angel's life starts with when, at just eight weeks old, she is sold out of the trunk of a car, away from her mother and four siblings. Soon, she is welcomed into the fold of a new family, with humans Mom, her children, grandchildren, and many others, who take care of her and love her even as she pulls all of them into her world of...
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Finally! A gardening book with answers to all the questions asked by anyone, who has ever felt lost in a garden center or wondered how to become a gardener.
I wrote this book as a guide to help you think like a gardener. I want you to feel confident as you step out into your garden, whether that garden is just one houseplant in a four-inch clay pot or a huge garden covering several acres out in the country.
Using a combination of humor and good...
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Ever since his first book, Simple Cooking, and its acclaimed successors, Outlaw Cook, Serious Pig, and Pot on the Fire, John Thorne has been hailed as one of the most provocative, passionate, and accessible food writers at work today. In Mouth Wide Open, his fifth collection, he has prepared a feast for the senses and intellect, charting a cook's journey from ingredient to dish in illuminating essays that delve into the intimate pleasures of pistachios,...
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