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Ken Albala

Auteur de Beans: A History

34 oeuvres 1,002 utilisateurs 19 critiques

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Ken Albala is Professor of History and Director of Food Studies at the University of the Pacific, USA. He is the author of The Food History Reader and A Cultural History of Food in the Renaissance, both published by Bloomsbury.

Œuvres de Ken Albala

Beans: A History (2007) 162 exemplaires
Food: A Cultural Culinary History (2013) 94 exemplaires
Eating Right in the Renaissance (2002) 81 exemplaires
History of Bourbon (2019) 78 exemplaires
Pancake : a global history (2008) 62 exemplaires
Cooking in Europe, 1250-1650 (2006) 42 exemplaires
Nuts : a global history (2014) 27 exemplaires

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Only read about half of it before I had to return it, but I really enjoyed it — I’m not much of a cook, but I enjoy knowing the history and the why and the how things are made, and this book does a brilliant job of explaining and giving instructions in short bites.
 
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jennybeast | 1 autre critique | Oct 20, 2022 |
I really like this book and its emphasis on doing work by hand. Great selection of skills and recipes, easy to follow directions and notes. Someday, someday, I will work through more of the contents.
 
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jennybeast | Apr 14, 2022 |
Series Info/Source: I got this as a free Audible Originals audiobook through Audible. This is a stand alone audiobook.

Audiobook Quality (3/5): The narration was okay. There are some parts where the narrator/author stutters or mis-speaks which does give this more of a live lecture feel, versus a professional audiobook.

Story (4/5): This was a decent listen. It's broken into a series of lectures, starting with a general history of alcohol and then proceeding to bourbon and following bourbon through history. It was informative and interesting if you are interested in history, especially the history of alcohol.

Writing Style (3/5): The pace of the audiobook is pretty fast and a lot of information is thrown at you quickly. I thought the way the information was organized was fairly well done and easy to follow. It is done in a lecture type of style which worked fine for this.

My Summary (3/5): Overall this was a good overview both of the history of liquor and, more specifically, bourbon. It starts with a more general history and then progresses to the history of bourbon. Information is thrown at you quickly but it was well organized and moved at a good pace. The narration didn’t sound very professional, more like a live lecture type of style, but it was okay. I would recommend it if you are interested in this topic.
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krau0098 | 3 autres critiques | Jul 31, 2020 |
As the graphic and description indicate, this is part of the "Great Courses" and "In this 10-lecture journey through the story of an undeniably American libation" and "listeners will: Hear the stories behind the earliest bourbon whiskies right up to the current "bourbon bubble"".

So just as the history of America includes the history of England and Europe, so the history of bourbon includes history of whisky and spirits. So pay short attention to the people who neither read the description nor looked at the graphic.

This is an excellent listen that tells the story of bourbon in America, its development, its brands, its styles, and its futures.
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neverstopreading | 3 autres critiques | Jul 28, 2020 |

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Œuvres
34
Membres
1,002
Popularité
#25,741
Évaluation
3.9
Critiques
19
ISBN
73

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