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The Hairy Bikers Blood, Sweat and Tyres
- The Autobiography
- By: Si King, Dave Myers
- Narrated by: Si King, Dave Myers
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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The heartwarming, funny and engaging memoir behind the best-selling, big-hearted and down-to-earth chefs, The Hairy Bikers. Written and read by the Hairy Bikers themselves....
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The best audiobook I've ever read
- By Iain on 26-11-15
By: Si King, and others
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The Farmer's Wife
- My Life in Days
- By: Helen Rebanks
- Narrated by: Verity Henry
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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As dawn breaks on the farm, Helen Rebanks makes a mug of tea, relishing the few minutes of quiet before the house stirs. Within the hour the sounds of her husband, James, and their four children will fill the kitchen....
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Keep the cook book separate!
- By suzanne on 04-11-23
By: Helen Rebanks
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
- A Natural History of Four Meals
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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"What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat....
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A must read
- By Fataneh Hamisi on 30-04-20
By: Michael Pollan
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The Story of Wine
- From Noah to Now
- By: Hugh Johnson
- Narrated by: Simon De Deney
- Length: 26 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Chronicling the making, merchandising, and drinking of wine through millennia, this new edition is fully updated to include Johnson’s view of the evolution of wine over the past 30 years....
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Impossible narration
- By Amazon Customer on 03-12-22
By: Hugh Johnson
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Cooked
- A Natural History of Transformation
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In Cooked, Pollan discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements - fire, water, air, and earth - to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink....
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Great Book
- By JohnB on 10-04-16
By: Michael Pollan
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Red Sauce Brown Sauce
- A British Breakfast Odyssey
- By: Felicity Cloake
- Narrated by: Felicity Cloake
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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In this eagerly anticipated follow up to One More Croissant for the Road, Felicity Cloake sets off on an epic bike ride round Britain to celebrate and investigate the legendary Great British Breakfast....
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A lovely book, makes you full just listening to it
- By Anonymous User on 11-08-23
By: Felicity Cloake
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The Hairy Bikers Blood, Sweat and Tyres
- The Autobiography
- By: Si King, Dave Myers
- Narrated by: Si King, Dave Myers
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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The heartwarming, funny and engaging memoir behind the best-selling, big-hearted and down-to-earth chefs, The Hairy Bikers. Written and read by the Hairy Bikers themselves....
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The best audiobook I've ever read
- By Iain on 26-11-15
By: Si King, and others
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The Farmer's Wife
- My Life in Days
- By: Helen Rebanks
- Narrated by: Verity Henry
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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As dawn breaks on the farm, Helen Rebanks makes a mug of tea, relishing the few minutes of quiet before the house stirs. Within the hour the sounds of her husband, James, and their four children will fill the kitchen....
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Keep the cook book separate!
- By suzanne on 04-11-23
By: Helen Rebanks
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
- A Natural History of Four Meals
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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"What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat....
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A must read
- By Fataneh Hamisi on 30-04-20
By: Michael Pollan
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The Story of Wine
- From Noah to Now
- By: Hugh Johnson
- Narrated by: Simon De Deney
- Length: 26 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Chronicling the making, merchandising, and drinking of wine through millennia, this new edition is fully updated to include Johnson’s view of the evolution of wine over the past 30 years....
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Impossible narration
- By Amazon Customer on 03-12-22
By: Hugh Johnson
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Cooked
- A Natural History of Transformation
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In Cooked, Pollan discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements - fire, water, air, and earth - to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink....
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Great Book
- By JohnB on 10-04-16
By: Michael Pollan
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Red Sauce Brown Sauce
- A British Breakfast Odyssey
- By: Felicity Cloake
- Narrated by: Felicity Cloake
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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In this eagerly anticipated follow up to One More Croissant for the Road, Felicity Cloake sets off on an epic bike ride round Britain to celebrate and investigate the legendary Great British Breakfast....
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A lovely book, makes you full just listening to it
- By Anonymous User on 11-08-23
By: Felicity Cloake
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Oz Clarke’s Story of Wine
- 8000 Years, 100 Bottles
- By: Oz Clarke
- Narrated by: Oz Clarke
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Winemaking is as old as civilization itself. For thousands of years, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to its current status as a global industry, the history of wine has been directly related to major social, cultural, religious and economic changes....
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Great for geeks
- By Sophia Williams on 11-03-24
By: Oz Clarke
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Risotto with Nettles
- A Memoir with Food
- By: Anna Del Conte
- Narrated by: Rula Lenska
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Anna Del Conte brought Italian cooking to Britain at a time when the nearest most of us came to pasta was a Heinz spaghetti hoop....
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Wonderful!
- By Daniel W Roberts on 16-10-16
By: Anna Del Conte
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Raw Dog
- The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
- By: Jamie Loftus
- Narrated by: Jamie Loftus
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique—comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw Dog, will take you on a cross-country road trip in the summer of 2021, and reveal what the creation, culture, and class influence of hot dogs says about America now....
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Excellent
- By Amazon Customer on 25-02-24
By: Jamie Loftus
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Salt
- A World History
- By: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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So much of our human body is made up of salt that we'd be dead without it...
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Was pretty boring
- By Anonymous User on 05-10-22
By: Mark Kurlansky
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Sourdough Culture
- A History of Bread Making from Ancient to Modern Bakers
- By: Eric Pallant
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In Sourdough Culture, environmental science professor Eric Pallant shows how throughout history, sourdough bread baking has always been about survival....
By: Eric Pallant
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Dearie
- The Remarkable Life of Julia Child
- By: Bob Spitz
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 25 hrs and 30 mins
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A thorough, surprising, affectionate, and extraordinarily entertaining account of a truly remarkable life....
By: Bob Spitz
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The Sommelier's Atlas of Taste
- A Field Guide to the Great Wines of Europe
- By: Rajat Parr, Jordan Mackay
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
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The first definitive reference book to describe, region-by-region, how the great wines of Europe should taste....
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Shouldn’t be an audiobook
- By Anonymous User on 13-01-24
By: Rajat Parr, and others
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One More Croissant for the Road
- By: Felicity Cloake
- Narrated by: Felicity Cloake
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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One More Croissant for the Road sees ‘the nation’s taster in chief’ Felicity Cloake embark on the trip of a lifetime, cycling 3,500km across France in search of the definitive versions of classic French dishes....
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Terrible pronunciation of French words which really is unforgivable in a French story
- By Daisy on 21-07-21
By: Felicity Cloake
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My Life in France
- By: Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child's years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found "her true calling"....
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Lovely!
- By CM on 05-12-13
By: Julia Child, and others
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Whiskey Master Class
- The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Scotch, Bourbon, Rye, and More
- By: Lew Bryson, Bill Lumsden - foreword
- Narrated by: Lew Bryson
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Over the past three decades, Lew Bryson has been one of the most influential voices in whiskey. In Whiskey Master Class, Lew shares everything he's learned on his journey through the worlds of bourbon, Scotch, rye, Japanese whiskey, and more....
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Enjoyable and very informative
- By K. Mitchell on 30-01-24
By: Lew Bryson, and others
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Chewing the Fat
- Tasting Notes from a Greedy Life
- By: Jay Rayner
- Narrated by: Jay Rayner
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Why are gravy stains on your shirt at the dinner table to be admired? Does bacon improve everything? And is gin really the devil's work? In this collection of his hilarious columns, award-winning writer and restaurant critic Jay Rayner answers these vital questions and many, many more....
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Enjoyable Glimpse
- By Yvonne on 19-12-21
By: Jay Rayner
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The Comfort Food Diaries
- My Quest for the Perfect Dish to Mend a Broken Heart
- By: Emily Nunn
- Narrated by: Candace Thaxton
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
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Emily Nunn chronicles her journey to heal old wounds and find comfort in the face of loss through travel, home-cooked food, and the company of friends and family....
By: Emily Nunn
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America the Edible
- A Hungry History, from Sea to Dining Sea
- By: Adam Richman
- Narrated by: Adam Richman
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Adam Richman, the exuberant host of Travel Channel’s Man v. Food and Man v. Food Nation, has made it his business to root out unique dining experiences from coast to coast....
By: Adam Richman
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Spilling the Beans
- By: Clarissa Dickson Wright
- Narrated by: Clarissa Dickson Wright
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
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Shortlisted for the British Book Awards, Biography of the Year, 2008.
Here is the no-holds-barred autobiography, read by the author, of one of the nation's best-loved cooks....
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Enchanting throughout! A must read!
- By Alison St Pierre on 06-10-13
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The Third Plate
- Field Notes on the Future of Food
- By: Dan Barber
- Narrated by: Dan Barber
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Today’s optimistic farm-to-table food culture has a dark secret: The local food movement has failed to change how we eat. It has also offered a false promise for the future of food....
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A thoroughly detailed insight into farming and food!
- By Anon on 12-02-24
By: Dan Barber
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A Sense of Place
- A Journey Around Scotland’s Whisky
- By: Dave Broom
- Narrated by: Dave Broom
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In this beautifully crafted narrative, award-winning writer Dave Broom examines Scotch whisky from the point of view of its terroir—the land, weather, history, craft and culture that feed and enhance the whisky itself....
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Enjoyed it
- By Stuart Shearlaw on 23-02-23
By: Dave Broom
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Love, Loss, and What We Ate
- A Memoir
- By: Padma Lakshmi
- Narrated by: Padma Lakshmi
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Love, Loss, and What We Ate traces the arc of Padma Lakshmi's unlikely path from an immigrant childhood to a complicated life in front of the camera....
By: Padma Lakshmi
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Eating for England
- The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table
- By: Nigel Slater
- Narrated by: Nigel Slater
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The British have a relationship with their food that is unlike that of any other country....
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And Scotland, Wales and Ireland ............
- By Joan on 05-11-07
By: Nigel Slater
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Food of the Cods
- How Fish and Chips Made Britain
- By: Daniel Gray
- Narrated by: George Reid
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Daniel Gray ponders the magic of chippies and rejoices in the delights they have sprinkled among us over the last 150 years....
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A heart-warming codyssey
- By ID on 29-10-23
By: Daniel Gray
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Slow Noodles
- A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
- By: Chantha Nguon
- Narrated by: Kim Green, Clara Kim
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen....
By: Chantha Nguon
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High on the Hog
- A Culinary Journey from Africa to America
- By: Jessica B. Harris
- Narrated by: Jessica Harris
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Acclaimed cookbook author Jessica B. Harris weaves an utterly engaging history of African American cuisine, taking the listener on a harrowing journey from Africa across the Atlantic to America....
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Excellent history book
- By Alexandra on 08-03-23
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Cake
- A Slice of British Life
- By: Andrew Baker
- Narrated by: Andrew Baker
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Andrew Baker goes on a quest for the authentic ‘True Slice’ of cake, combining history, culture and recipes to tell the story of this most delicious celebration staple....
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Delightful
- By Kindle Customer on 13-03-24
By: Andrew Baker
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It Was Me All Along
- A Memoir
- By: Andie Mitchell
- Narrated by: Andie Mitchell
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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A heartbreakingly honest, endearing memoir of incredible weight loss by a young food blogger who battles body image issues and overcomes food addiction....
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This book teaches very little…a steady yarn
- By M.A.TAYLOR on 11-01-23
By: Andie Mitchell
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Ritz and Escoffier
- The Hotelier, The Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class
- By: Luke Barr
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In early August 1889, César Ritz, a Swiss hotelier highly regarded for his exquisite taste, found himself at the Savoy Hotel in London....
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Fascinating book, narration quite irritating.
- By Davina on 23-09-20
By: Luke Barr
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Dusty Booze
- In Search of Vintage Spirits
- By: Aaron Goldfarb
- Narrated by: Dean Gallagher
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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In Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits, journalist Aaron Goldfarb goes on an adventure in vintage spirits. This is an intoxicating story of obsessives on the hunt for old bottles of whiskey, tequila, rum, chartreuse—you name it—from estate sales, grandpa's liquor cabinet, and out-of-the-way and inner-city liquor stores that may just have a case or a few bottles lying around in the basement.
By: Aaron Goldfarb
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Yum? Interesting Origin Stories, Trivia, Fun Facts, and History About Food from Around the World
- Culinary Anecdotes for Curious People
- By: Riddleland
- Narrated by: Slade Hovick
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Have you ever pondered... What led to the creation of the humble sandwich? Why does chocolate have that irresistible allure? What's the story behind our morning cup of coffee? Like the ever-curious, you've perhaps questioned the origins of these everyday items on your plate. Prepare yourself for an enlightening journey as you uncover your favorite foods' unexpected and perhaps slightly peculiar history.
By: Riddleland
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The Tea Lover's Treasury: 40th Anniversary Edition
- By: James Norwood Pratt
- Narrated by: James Norwood Pratt
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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A classic—newly revised for this 40th Anniversary Edition, and read for you by the author—The Tea Lover’s Treasury is credited with sparking America’s present-day Tea Renaissance. The world’s most widely quoted tea authority narrates the story of tea's dramatic history since its mysterious origins in ancient China, and guides us on a journey through the world's tea growing regions to explore the finest teas from China, Japan, India, and beyond.
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Hungry Heart
- A Story of Food and Love: The Times Food Book of the Year
- By: Clare Finney
- Narrated by: Camilla Rockley
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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From family feasts to comfort food, first dates to office cake; how does what we eat define us, and the relationships we have with others? Finney investigates the role that food plays in modern society, exploring how eating unites us in varied ways throughout our lives. She discusses her own childhood spent in her grandmother’s hotel kitchen. She talks about the meals and recipes that have shaped the person she is today.
By: Clare Finney
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Before the Refrigerator
- How We Used to Get Ice (How Things Worked)
- By: Jonathan Rees
- Narrated by: Gary L Willprecht
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans depended upon ice to stay cool and to keep their perishable foods fresh. Jonathan Rees tells the fascinating story of how people got ice before mechanical refrigeration came to the household. Drawing on newspapers, trade journals, and household advice books, Before the Refrigerator explains how Americans built a complex system to harvest, store, and transport ice to everyone who wanted it, even the very poor.
By: Jonathan Rees
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Slow Noodles
- A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
- By: Chantha Nguon
- Narrated by: Kim Green, Clara Kim
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen.
By: Chantha Nguon
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Dusty Booze
- In Search of Vintage Spirits
- By: Aaron Goldfarb
- Narrated by: Dean Gallagher
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits, journalist Aaron Goldfarb goes on an adventure in vintage spirits. This is an intoxicating story of obsessives on the hunt for old bottles of whiskey, tequila, rum, chartreuse—you name it—from estate sales, grandpa's liquor cabinet, and out-of-the-way and inner-city liquor stores that may just have a case or a few bottles lying around in the basement.
By: Aaron Goldfarb
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Yum? Interesting Origin Stories, Trivia, Fun Facts, and History About Food from Around the World
- Culinary Anecdotes for Curious People
- By: Riddleland
- Narrated by: Slade Hovick
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Have you ever pondered... What led to the creation of the humble sandwich? Why does chocolate have that irresistible allure? What's the story behind our morning cup of coffee? Like the ever-curious, you've perhaps questioned the origins of these everyday items on your plate. Prepare yourself for an enlightening journey as you uncover your favorite foods' unexpected and perhaps slightly peculiar history.
By: Riddleland
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The Tea Lover's Treasury: 40th Anniversary Edition
- By: James Norwood Pratt
- Narrated by: James Norwood Pratt
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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A classic—newly revised for this 40th Anniversary Edition, and read for you by the author—The Tea Lover’s Treasury is credited with sparking America’s present-day Tea Renaissance. The world’s most widely quoted tea authority narrates the story of tea's dramatic history since its mysterious origins in ancient China, and guides us on a journey through the world's tea growing regions to explore the finest teas from China, Japan, India, and beyond.
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Hungry Heart
- A Story of Food and Love: The Times Food Book of the Year
- By: Clare Finney
- Narrated by: Camilla Rockley
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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From family feasts to comfort food, first dates to office cake; how does what we eat define us, and the relationships we have with others? Finney investigates the role that food plays in modern society, exploring how eating unites us in varied ways throughout our lives. She discusses her own childhood spent in her grandmother’s hotel kitchen. She talks about the meals and recipes that have shaped the person she is today.
By: Clare Finney
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Before the Refrigerator
- How We Used to Get Ice (How Things Worked)
- By: Jonathan Rees
- Narrated by: Gary L Willprecht
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans depended upon ice to stay cool and to keep their perishable foods fresh. Jonathan Rees tells the fascinating story of how people got ice before mechanical refrigeration came to the household. Drawing on newspapers, trade journals, and household advice books, Before the Refrigerator explains how Americans built a complex system to harvest, store, and transport ice to everyone who wanted it, even the very poor.
By: Jonathan Rees
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Slow Noodles
- A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
- By: Chantha Nguon
- Narrated by: Kim Green, Clara Kim
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen.
By: Chantha Nguon