Making Sense of Taste, Food and Philosophy

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Making Sense of Taste, Food and Philosophy

by Carolyn Korsmeyer

Recommendations from our site

Our most recommended books

The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan

On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee

The Alice B Toklas Cookbook by Alice B Toklas

World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson

How to Eat by Nigella Lawson

French Provincial Cooking by Elizabeth David

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The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking
by Marcella Hazan

On Food and Cooking
by Harold McGee

The Alice B Toklas Cookbook
by Alice B Toklas

World Atlas of Wine
by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson

How to Eat
by Nigella Lawson

French Provincial Cooking
by Elizabeth David