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books:

The Joy of Coffee: The Essential Guide to Buying, Brewing, and Enjoying - Revised and Updated

6 reviews
Corby Kummer

Houghton Mifflin, 2003

Great Coffee and Equipment Guide
I learned a lot from this book about coffee, and it was a very valuable source of information when I recently purchased a new espresso machine.

The Book of Chocolate (Haworth Popular Culture)
Nathalie Bailleux, Herve Bizeul, ...

Flammarion, 2001

Chocolate, the world's favorite confection, was unknown in Europe before the sixteenth century, when it was brought back from the Americas by the Spanish conquistadors. Originally consumed as a highly spiced drink and attributed with curative, even aphrodisiacal powers, by the eighteenth century chocolate, served steaming hot with milk and sugar in delicate porcelain cups, had become a favorite indulgence in elegant aristocratic homes and royal ...

The Pleasures of Slow Food: Celebrating Authentic Traditions, Flavors, and Recipes (Slow Food)

5 reviews
Corby Kummer

Chronicle Books, 2008

Well-written (and beautiful) book on important movement
I think that "The Pleasures of Slow Food" is a remarkable book with something for everyone. You can enjoy the engaging stories of farmers, food artisans and cultural preservationists from around the world, written in Kummer's delightful manner. Alternatively you can relish in the sheer beauty of the photography. It's even a cookbook if you want to try the recipes of world reknown chefs. But ...