This book focuses on ecological agriculture in China through the lens of values, examining the underlying motivations for practicing such agriculture. Within these pages, you will discover thought-provoking insights and compelling analyses that elucidate the intricate interplay between values, ecological agriculture, and its localised implementation.
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The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat Industry
This work details the history of the grain trade as it was practiced in the United States up to the early 1900s.
250 Meatless Menus and Recipes: To Meet the Requirements of People Under the Varying Conditions of Age, Climate and Work
When this book was originally published in 1910, there was not a great deal of writing about vegetarian diets. The Christians considered themselves dietary, and life experts, and wrote this book which details not only recipes, but also thoughts on the morality of smoking, excess eating, drinking and childrearing. Their form of vegetarian cooking focuses on uncooked food preparation.
Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners: A Book of Recipes
This collection of recipes by Elizabeth O. Hiller was immensely popular in the early 1900s, as it was reprinted in conjunction with a variety of advertisements. In this work, Hiller offers a collection of large Sunday meals for each month, based on available seasonal ingredients and on holidays often celebrated during these times.
The Lindlahr Vegetarian Cook Book and A B C of Natural Dietetics
The Lindlahrs, Henry and Anna, wrote extensively of the merits of a vegetarian diet, and are considered to be the authors of “one of the cornerstone texts of American naturopathic medicine.” While science has shown that some of their findings in this work are false, many have been shown to be helpful in improving health, such as access to sunlight and fresh air, and a plant-based diet. This work contains a variety of recipes for creating vegetarian meals.
Practical Carving
Practical Carving gives information on how to carve, prepare and dress up a wide variety of meats, like lamb, beef, veal and game. Thomas J. Murrey was an expert chef and offers his skilled advice for old and new cooks.
The Art of Cookery: A Manual for Homes and Schools
Emma Pike Ewing was born on a farm in Broome County, New York. After marrying, she felt there was a lack of information on domestic affairs, especially cooking. This prompted Ewing to write her first book, Cooking and Castle-Building, released in 1880.
Managing Challenges for the Flint Water Crisis
Edited by Toyna E. Thornton, Andrew D. Williams, Katherine M. Simon, Jennifer F. Sklarew Purchase The field of emergency and crisis management covers countless natural and human-induced hazards as well high threats. Focusing events occur at every level of governance; however, it is at the local level in which the ‘rubber’ response efforts meets the… Continue reading Managing Challenges for the Flint Water Crisis
The Peerless Cook Book: With Recipes for the Chafing Dish
by Mary J. Lincoln Purchase Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln was born on July 8, 1844 in South Attleboro, Massachusetts. At the mere age of seven, her father died. She was able to attend school, graduating in 1864 from the Wheaton Female Seminary, now today known as Wheaton College. She married and became a housewife, but… Continue reading The Peerless Cook Book: With Recipes for the Chafing Dish
The Brockton Hospital Cook Book
by The Ladies Aid of the Brockton Hospital Purchase The Ladies Aid of the Brockton Hospital wrote this work in hopes of improving cuisine in the area, as well as raising financial aid for The Brockton Hospital which was a privately managed, public institution. The cook book features a variety of recipes for the average… Continue reading The Brockton Hospital Cook Book
A New Art of Brewing Beer, Ale, and Other Sorts of Liquors: So as to Render Them More Healthfull to the Body and Agreeable to Nature
by Thomas Tryon Purchase The young Horatio Alger heroes often sold newspapers or delivered telegrams, a reminder of how technology has moved on. Alger’s tales created youthful heroes whose persistence and pluck triumphed over enormous odds, often having to educate themselves by a flickering candle and late at night. But they hoped for better things… Continue reading A New Art of Brewing Beer, Ale, and Other Sorts of Liquors: So as to Render Them More Healthfull to the Body and Agreeable to Nature
Food: Fuel for the Human Engine: What to Buy, How to Cook It, How to Eat It
by Eugene Lyman Fisk M. D. Purchase through Amazon Eugene Lyman Fisk, M.D. was a lifelong New Yorker born in Brooklyn in 1867. He attended New York University Medical College, where he graduated with distinction in 1888. Afterwards he remained in Brooklyn to practice medicine, subsequently becoming head of the medical division of various life… Continue reading Food: Fuel for the Human Engine: What to Buy, How to Cook It, How to Eat It
Braxton’s Practical Cook Book: Prepared for Economy, Family and Hotel Use
by G. F. Braxton Purchase through Amazon George F. Braxton was a renowned chef, who, among other places, worked at The Algonquin Resort during the late 1800s. Chef Braxton is thought to be the first African-American to lead a kitchen in a luxury resort. The Algonquin Resort began in 1889 in St. Andrews, New Brunswick,… Continue reading Braxton’s Practical Cook Book: Prepared for Economy, Family and Hotel Use
The Little Confectioner: 19th Century Candy and Cake
by H. Hueg Purchase through Amazon Herman Hueg wrote four books on confections and baking, including Ornamental Confectionery and the Art of Baking in All its Branches (1905), and Book of Designs for Bakers and Confectioners (1896). Hueg was a renounced baker and confectioner. He expanded his reach by moving into selling tools and other implements… Continue reading The Little Confectioner: 19th Century Candy and Cake
Productive Bee-Keeping Modern Methods of Production and Marketing of Honey: Lippincott’s Farm Manuals
by Frank C. Pellett Purchase through Amazon Lippincott’s developed a series of manuals regarding agricultural production, including this volume on beekeeping. Among other things, it offers a historical look at apiculture, the practice of human harvesting of products from honey bee colonies, as well as its marketing methodology. Beekeeping has quite a history, dating back… Continue reading Productive Bee-Keeping Modern Methods of Production and Marketing of Honey: Lippincott’s Farm Manuals
Old London Taverns: Historical, Descriptive, and Reminiscent
by Edward Callow Purchase through Amazon In February 1900, a journal review of Old London Taverns commented that the author was annoyed by mistakes in recounting pub history. So he embarked on this chronicle: “He tells us of various taverns, chop-houses, bakers’, butchers’, and kindred topics of considerable variety, places both new and old. He… Continue reading Old London Taverns: Historical, Descriptive, and Reminiscent
Poverty in America: Urban and Rural Inequality and Deprivation in the 21st Century
Max J. Skidmore Purchase through Amazon Poverty in America too often goes unnoticed, and disregarded. This perhaps results from America’s general level of prosperity along with a fairly widespread notion that conditions inevitably are better in the USA than elsewhere. Political rhetoric frequently enforces such an erroneous notion: “the poor live better in America than… Continue reading Poverty in America: Urban and Rural Inequality and Deprivation in the 21st Century
Signpost of Learning: King Bhumibol’s Pilot Projects on Sufficiency and Sustainability in Food and Food Production
by Frank W. Skilbeck and Keokam Kraisoraphong Purchase on Amazon Agriculture-related development projects in this publication, all initiated and nurtured by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej and members of Thailand’s royal family, are presented out of heartfelt concern for the less fortunate and with infinite respect for the future of mankind.
Bohemian San Francisco: Its Restaurants and Their Most Famous Recipes
by Clarence E. Edwords Purchase on Amazon Clarence E. Edwords’ book is both a culinary history that remains a reference and a reminder of just how different San Francisco has always been, despite how we think it just recently became the capital of the unconventional. Anthony Ashbolt quotes the familiar view of its contemporary Bohemianism… Continue reading Bohemian San Francisco: Its Restaurants and Their Most Famous Recipes
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