Poland Country Studies
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Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Illuminated Manuscripts
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Culinaria : European Specialties
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Describes the indigenous ingredients used in each country's cooking, including meats, fish, and poultry; cheeses; wines, liqueurs, and beers; oils and vinegars; condiments and spices; produce; grains; and breads. Meet master chefs and neighborhood bakers; winegrowers, farmers, fisherman, and home cooks; and others who make each country's cooking traditions and dishes. Outstanding photography (over 2,500 photos in all) and carefully researched commentary describing over 1,700 specialties (with 600 recipes provided) brings to life the foods, customs, and typical character of each country's cuisine. Where else could you learn about the specialties of the Viennese coffeehouse, get the perfect recipe for German's Sauerbraten, visit a French Patisserie or wine country, or learn about the pasta and cheeses of Italy -- all in one place? Truly a culinary tour come true. Fully indexed. Glossary. 11" x 12 1/2".
International Cuisine
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International Cuisine is the only available book that covers all of the major cuisines of the world in a single textbook with additional instructor resources to aid in instruction, such as comprehensive instructor�s manual, online companion, and robust electronic classroom manager, which includes PowerPoint slides, lesson plans, and a computerized testbank. Written for students and professional culinarians, this book fills the gap between the foundations laid by the introductory textbooks and reality in today�s diverse kitchens. Included are sections on the influences that have contributed to the development of each cuisine, foreign culinary terms commonly used, and sub regions found within the cuisines. The chapters are clearly organized providing detailed information about cuisines in an easy to follow manner. International Cuisine provides comprehensive coverage exposing students to major cuisines around the world.
Soup Through the Ages
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As cooking advanced from simply placing wild grains, seeds, or meat in or near a fire to following some vague notion of food as a pleasing experience, soup--the world's first prepared dish--became the unpretentious comfort food for all of civilization. This book provides a comprehensive and worldwide culinary history of soup from ancient times. Appendices detail vegetables and herbs used in centuries-old soup traditions and offer dozens of recipes from the medieval era through World War II.
Poets and poetry of Poland : a collection of Polish verse, including a short account of the history of Polish poetry, with sixty biographical sketches of Poland's poets and specimens of their composition,
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Understanding Global Cultures
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The First Edition of this book introduced a new method, the cultural metaphor, for understanding the cultural mindset of a nation and comparing it to other nations. This new edition develops the method and applies it to a fascinating range of 23 case studies of countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North and South America.
European Values Study
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Reading LC Call Numbers
QM 23.2
.M348
2001
