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How can starving people also be obese?Why does everything have soy in it?How do petrochemicals and biofuels control the price of food?It's a perverse fact of modern life: There are more starving people in the world than ever before (800 million) while there are also more people overweight (1 billion).To find out how we got to this point and what we can do about it, Raj Patel launched a comprehensive investigation into the global food network. It took him from the colossal supermarkets of California to India's wrecked paddy–fields and Africa's bankrupt coffee farms, while along the way he ate genetically engineered soy beans and dodged flying objects in the protestor–packed streets of South Korea.What he found was shocking, from the fals [More..] | |
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A Pressure Cooker Can Change Your Life Discover how you can make delicious meals in minutes using just one pot. Let Jill, The Veggie Queen™, show you how easy and safe it is to make flavorful, healthy plant-based meals with vegetables, grains, beans and other legumes and fruit. With a pressure cooker, you can save time and money, lock in flavor and nutrition, decrease your energy costs and avoid a messy kitchen with only one pot to clean! Jill will show you how you can cut cooking time in half (or more!) compared to conventional stove top cooking. In The New Fast Food™, you'll learn how to choose and use a pressure cooker, with timing charts for your favorite plant foods. You'll also find more than 100 recipes for everything from breakf [More..] | |
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This title is a guide to doing research in the burgeoning field of food studies. Designed for the classroom as well as for the independent scholar, the book details the predominant research methods in the field, provides a series of interactive questions and templates to help guide a project, and includes suggestions for food-specific resources such as archives, libraries and reference works. Interviews with leading scholars in the field and discussions of how the study of food can enhance traditional methods are included. The book begins with overviews of food studies and research followed by a guide to the literature. Four methodological "baskets" representing the major methodologies of the field are explored together with interviews of l [More..] | |
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With little more than some working space and a few basket-making items, an ambitious and creative person can cash in on the gift basket boom. The potential for unearthing new markets and finding motivated clients is unlimited in this easy-to-run small business.Topics covered include: [More..] | |
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In the boom years, food became Flash Paddy's greatest status symbol. We loved to eat out, yet at the same time, the majority of us continued to throw a pre-cooked chicken and bagged salad into the trolley at the supermarket. Why? Why did food and where it came from matter so little? When did the nation that was married to the land lose its inner culchie? In our recent past food and eating were one of the ways in which we redefined ourselves. The spud went out the window. In came prosciutto and sushi. Irish cooking and Irish chefs flourished but the land it was produced on became something we didn't want to know about -- wellies were for music festivals. Our connection with countryside and growing food disintegrated. We failed to relate what [More..] | |
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Welcome to the first comprehensive bilingual culinary dictionary created specifically for food, wine, and travel aficionados. Teacher, translator, and author Lourdes Castro deftly explains the differences—subtle and otherwise—among the cuisines of Spanish-speaking regions and offers a pronounciation for each term. Eat, Drink, Think in Spanish features 2,000 entries for ingredients, cooking methods, condiments, traditional dishes, kitchen equipment, and beverages. The Spanish-English portion will help you break through the language barrier to interpret and understand food and drink en español, and the English-Spanish part will reveal the most accurate translation for your best-loved foods and favorite cooking techniques. [More..] | |
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This digital document is a journal article from Environment International, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Description: We have measured the concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD/F), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) in 10 market baskets consisting of almost 4000 individual food samples representing 228 different food items, and also in the total diet basket. Lower bound concentrations of PCDD/Fs ranged between 0.0057 and 5.6 pg/g fresh weight in the market baskets and the corresponding values for PCBs from 39 to 25,000 pg/g. Th [More..] | |
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A slim volume of the best delicious quick breads from author Gregg R. Gillespie. Each recipe is accompanied by a mouth-watering, full-color photograph. Contains nearly 100 easy-to-make recipes organized alphabetically for easy reference. A terrific value at only $6.95. [More..] | |
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"A culinary gem for everyone who wants to bring the true flavor of Italy into their home." -Paula WolfertThe distinctive cuisine of Abruzzo, passed down through generations, is unveiled in this landmark cookbook. Nestled between the Adriatic Sea and the Apennine Mountains, Abruzzo is one of Italy's most striking regions, where the tastes of the earth and sea create a cuisine of vibrant flavors.Author and teacher Anna Teresa Callen grew up in Abruzzo and understands its regional specialties. Here is simple cooking at its best, with flavors kept fresh and clean. The robust tastes will linger, continuing to lure you into the kitchen to bring the joy and abundance of Italy's pastoral land to your own table.The book features more than 350 recipe [More..] | |
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Many of us have endured a stint in food service, whether it was our first venture into the working world or served as a part-time job strictly for extra income. For the majority of us, there was never any intention of pursuing it as a career. However, the fast pace and interaction with a variety of people delights some, and they develop an enthusiastic attitude toward the business. These people often understand the sound fundamentals of food preparation, appreciate the value of personal service, and possess excellent people skills. But there is much more to the world of food service and food service management. Food Service Management: How to Succeed in the High-Risk Restaurant Business By Someone Who Did will reveal all the hidden facets o [More..] | |
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