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Pasta: The Story of a Universal Food (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary H) (Hardcover) By Silvano Serventi, Françoise Sabban, Antony Shugaar (Translator) $50.40 Usually Ships in 1-5 Days	Kitchen Mysteries: Revealing the Science of Cooking (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History) (Paperback) By Hervé This, Jody Gladding (Translator) $16.95 Special Order	Building a Meal: From Molecular Gastronomy to Culinary Constructivism (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History) (Paperback) By Hervé This, Malcolm Debevoise (Translator) $14.95 Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Craving Earth: Understanding Pica: The Urge to Eat Clay, Starch, Ice, and Chalk (Paperback) By Sera Young $32.40 Usually Ships in 1-5 Days	Food & Faith in Christian Culture (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History) (Hardcover) By Ken Albala (Editor), Trudy Eden (Editor) $132.00 Usually Ships in 1-5 Days	Let the Meatballs Rest: And Other Stories about Food and Culture (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History) (Hardcover) By Massimo Montanari, Beth Archer Brombert (Translator) $102.00 Special Order
The Land of the Five Flavors: A Cultural History of Chinese Cuisine (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History) (Hardcover) By Thomas O. Höllmann, Karen Margolis (Translator) $50.40 Usually Ships in 1-5 Days	Art, Culture, and Cuisine: Ancient and Medieval Gastronomy (Paperback) By Phyllis Pray Bober $40.80 Special Order	The Oldest Cuisine in the World: Cooking in Mesopotamia (Hardcover) By Jean Bottéro, Teresa Lavender Fagan (Translated by) $60.00 Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Habeas Codfish: Reflections on Food and the Law (Hardcover) By Barry M. Levenson $24.95 Usually Ships in 1-5 Days	The Bagel: The Surprising History of a Modest Bread (Hardcover) By Maria Balinska $36.00 Out of Print	The Hamburger: A History (Icons of America) (Paperback) By Josh Ozersky, Mark Crispin Miller (Series edited by) $15.40 Special Order

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