Celebrating the link between the culinary and the cultural, The Gourmand’s Egg. a collection of Stories & Recipes explores the social significance of eggs. From appearing in Egyptian mythology to becoming an icon of religious purity in Piero della Francesca’s Brera Madonna, its symbolism in feminist art and more, the egg is omnipresent. Weaving together art history, photography, recipes and essays, this first volume of TASCHEN’s …
Travel is intrinsically linked with food, and this new book from Design Hotels explores and celebrates the culinary offerings and practices at properties including Jamaica’s Rockhouse, Italy’s Rastrello, Mexico’s Círculo Mexicano and Japan’s Satoyama Jujo. Through images and words by photographers, chefs and culinary experts and writers, Taste and Place traces terroir to table settings, tradition, sustainability and beyond. The company has also promised to …
Mayukh Sen writes about food and its relation to cultural symbols through a decolonialized and anticapitalist perspective. In his recently released, debut book, Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America, he does so by crafting profiles on overlooked chefs and cooks in order to rectify what he calls the “cultural amnesia” that erased them from history. “Who has to take on the burden …
