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History/Anthropology
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Ackerman, Diane, A Natural History of the Senses (Vintage Books, 1990).
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Albala, Ken, Beans: A History (Berg Publishers; English edition 2007).
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Allport, Susan, The Primal Feast: Food, Sex, Foraging and Love (Harmony Books, 2002). Copyright 2002 by Susan Allport.
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Barr, Andrew, Drink: A Social History of America (Carroll & Graf, 1999).
Brenner, Leslie, American Appetites: The Coming of Age of a Cuisine (Bard, 1999).
Chelmenski, Rudolph, The Perfectionist: Life and Death in Haute Cuisine (Gotham, 2005).
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Collingham, Lizzie, Curry: A Tale of Cook's and Conquerors (Oxford University Press, 2006).
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Corn, Charles, The Scents of Eden: A Narrative of the Spice Trade (Kodansha International, 1998).
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De Silva, Cara, ed., In Memory's Kitchen, A Legacy From the Women of Terezin (Jason Aronson, 1996).
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de Waal, Frans, The Ape and the Sushi Master: Cultural Reflections of a Primatologist (Basic Books, 2001).
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Eames, Alan, Secret Life of Beer (1995, Storey Communications).
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Freedman, Alan, Food: The History of Taste ((University of California Press; 1st edition, November 2007).
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Fussell, Betty, The Story of Corn (North Point Press, reissued 1999). Guest November 20, 1999
Gdula, Steven, The Warmest Room in the House: How the Kitchen Became the Heart of the Twentieth-Century American Home (Bloomsbury USA, 2007).
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Hunt, Beverly, The Century in Food: America's Fads and Favorites (Collector's Press, 2002).
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Jakle, John A. and Sculle, Keith A., Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age (1999, Johns Hopkins University Press).
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Jones, Judith, The 10th Muse: My Life in Food (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007).
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Kelly, Ian, Cooking for Kings: The Life of the First Celebrity Chef (Walker and Company, 2003).
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Kurlansky, Mark, The Basque History of the World (Walker & Company, 1999).
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Laszlo, Pierre, Citrus: A History (University of Chicago Press, 2007).
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Lovegren, Sylvia, Fashionable Food: Seven Decades of American Food Fads (Macmillan, 1995).
Marling, Karal Ann, Graceland: Going Home with Elvis (Harvard Press, 1996). Guest August 31, 1996.
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McCaffety, Kerri, Obituary Cocktail: The Great Saloons of New Orleans (Pontalba Press, 1998).
Mintz, Sidney, Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions into Eating, Culture and the Past (Beacon Press, 1996).
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Pilcher, Jeffrey, Que Vivan Los Tamales: Food and the Making of Mexican Identity (University of New Mexico Press, 1998).
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Presilla, Maricel E, The New Taste of Chocolate: A Cultural & Natural History of Cacao with Recipes (Ten Speed Press, 2001). Copyright 2001 by Maricel E. Presilla.
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Ridenour, Alan, Offbeat Food: Adventures in an Omnivorous World (Santa Monica Press, 2000)
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Richardson, Tim, Sweets: A History of Candy (Bloomsbury, 2002).
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Schulze, Richard, Carolina Gold Rice: The Ebb and Flow History of a Lowcountry Cash Crop (The History Press, 2005).
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Russell, Sharman AptHunger: An Unnatural History, (Basic Books, 2005).
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Shachtman, Tom, Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999).
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Smith, Andrew F., The Tomato in America: Early History, Culture and Cookery (University of South Carolina Press, 1994).
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Smith, Andrew F., Pure Ketchup: A History of America's National Condiment (University of South Carolina Press, 1996).
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Smith, Andrew F., Popped Culture: A Social History of Popcorn in America (University of South Carolina Press, 1999).
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Spang, Rebbeca L., The Invention of the Restaurant: Paris and Modern Gastronomic Culture (Harvard University Press, 2000).
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This, Hervé., Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History) Translated by Malcolm DeBevoise (Columbia University Press, 2005).
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Warner, Jessica, Craze: Gin and Debauchery in An Age of Reason Warner (Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002). Copyright 2002 by Jessica Warner.
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Walsh, Robb,The Texas Cowboy Cookbook: A History in Recipes and Photos, (Broadway, 2007).
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Young, Carolin C., Apples of Gold, Settings of Silver: Stories of Dinner as a Work of Art (Simon & Schuster, 2002). Copyright 2002 by Carolin C. Young.
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Zqouali, Lilia (author); Perry, Charles (foreward); and DeBevoise, M.B. (translator), Medieval Cuisine of the Islamic World: A Concise History with 174 Recipes (University of California Press, 2007).
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