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    The best books on Eating Meat, recommended by Louise Gray

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    The best books on Eating Meat - The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

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    The Jungle
    by Upton Sinclair

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    The best books on Eating Meat - Animal Machines: The New Factory Farming Industry by Ruth Harrison

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    Animal Machines: The New Factory Farming Industry
    by Ruth Harrison

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    The best books on Eating Meat - My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki

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    My Year of Meats
    by Ruth Ozeki

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    The best books on Eating Meat - Meat: A Benign Extravagance by Simon Fairlie

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    Meat: A Benign Extravagance
    by Simon Fairlie

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    The best books on Eating Meat - Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

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    Eating Animals
    by Jonathan Safran Foer

The best books on Eating Meat, recommended by Louise Gray

What does it mean to be an ethical meat-eater? Author and journalist Louise Gray chooses five books that examine the impact of our omnivorous lifestyle, and explains why she spent a year only eating the animals she had killed herself.

    The best books on Taste, recommended by Barry C. Smith

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    The best books on Taste - The Physiology of Taste by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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    The Physiology of Taste
    by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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    The best books on Taste - The Taste of Wine by Émile Peynaud

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    The Taste of Wine
    by Émile Peynaud

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    The best books on Taste - Approach to Aesthetics by Frank Sibley

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    Approach to Aesthetics
    by Frank Sibley

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    The best books on Taste - The Perfect Meal: The Multisensory Science of Food and Dining by Betina Piqueras-Fiszman & Charles Spence

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    The Perfect Meal: The Multisensory Science of Food and Dining
    by Betina Piqueras-Fiszman & Charles Spence

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    The best books on Taste - The Fat Duck Cookbook by Heston Blumenthal

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    The Fat Duck Cookbook
    by Heston Blumenthal

The best books on Taste, recommended by Barry C. Smith

What creates flavour? Our sensory environment, our knowledge, or the existing qualities of what we eat? The philosopher explores the best five books on taste.

    The best books on His Fast Food Philosophy, recommended by Henry Dimbleby

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    The best books on His Fast Food Philosophy - Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence by H G Alexander (editor)

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    Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence
    by H G Alexander (editor)

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    The best books on His Fast Food Philosophy - Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell

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    Down and Out in Paris and London
    by George Orwell

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    The best books on His Fast Food Philosophy - La Technique by Jacques Pépin

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    La Technique
    by Jacques Pépin

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    The best books on His Fast Food Philosophy - On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee

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    On Food and Cooking
    by Harold McGee

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    The best books on His Fast Food Philosophy - In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

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    In Defense of Food
    by Michael Pollan

The best books on His Fast Food Philosophy, recommended by Henry Dimbleby

The co-founder of the Leon chain of healthy fast food restaurants describes his growth as a chef through books, from Orwell to Jacques Pépin

    The best books on Hunger, recommended by Roger Thurow

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    The best books on Hunger - The Doubly Green Revolution by Gordon Conway

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    The Doubly Green Revolution
    by Gordon Conway

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    The best books on Hunger - Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus

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    Banker to the Poor
    by Muhammad Yunus

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    The best books on Hunger - Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder

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    Mountains Beyond Mountains
    by Tracy Kidder

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    The best books on Hunger - Changing the Face of Hunger by Tony Hall

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    Changing the Face of Hunger
    by Tony Hall

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    The best books on Hunger - The Bible The New Oxford Annotated Bible

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    The Bible
    The New Oxford Annotated Bible

The best books on Hunger, recommended by Roger Thurow

The Wall St Journal reporter and member of The Chicago Council For Global Affairs talks on Hunger. Selects illuminating further reading on the subject including a technical analysis of micro-lending as well as the Bible

    The best books on Historic Cooking, recommended by Ivan Day

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    The best books on Historic Cooking - The British Housewife by Gilly Lehmann

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    The British Housewife
    by Gilly Lehmann

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    The best books on Historic Cooking - Savouring the Past by Barbara Ketcham Wheaton

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    Savouring the Past
    by Barbara Ketcham Wheaton

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    The best books on Historic Cooking - Cooking and Dining in Medieval England by Peter Brears

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    Cooking and Dining in Medieval England
    by Peter Brears

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    The best books on Historic Cooking - The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton by Kathryn Hughes

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    The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton
    by Kathryn Hughes

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    The best books on Historic Cooking - The Experienced English Housekeeper by Elizabeth Raffald

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    The Experienced English Housekeeper
    by Elizabeth Raffald

The best books on Historic Cooking, recommended by Ivan Day

Celebrated food historian selects five books on cooking that reveal much about our history. During the period that the French and English were at war, roast beef was all the rage and anything ‘Frenchified’ was suspect

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