Italy has probably the richest variety of wines of any country in the world. Every one of the country’s twenty regions produces a unique selection of wines, often made with grapes used nowhere else for wine-making. Stephen Hobley describes Italy’s most important wine-producing areas, gives the background to the wines, and provides a guide to [...]

Nourished by an admiration of Khayyam that has been with him since childhood, Aminrazavi’s comprehensive new biography reintroduces the figure of Khayyam, and his great achievements, to the Western world. Blending a readable and accessible narrative with scholarly ambition and years of research, Aminrazavi’s work covers not only Khayyam’s well-known poetry, but also his extraordinary [...]

This new series of fifteen books – The Food Service Professional Guide TO Series from the editors of the Food Service Professional are the best and most comprehensive books for serious food service operators available today. These step-by-step guides on a specific management subject range from finding a great site for your new restaurant to [...]

Hailed as the most entertaining reference to wine culture, this book arms readers with valuable knowledge of wine etiquette, while identifying those sensless acts of snobbery that often lead to embrassing situations. Customer Review: Learn about wine (or just how to pretend to know about wine) Hilarious. This book will teach you all the rules [...]

THE IMPOVERISHED, DESOLATE mountain regions of the Abruzzo during Mussolini’s reign provide the backdrop for the three greatest novels by Ignazio Silone, one of the twentieth century’s most important writers. In Fontamara, Bread and Wine, and The Seed Beneath the Snow – presented together for the first time in English to mark the centenary of [...]

Spanning over a century of African-American life  and culture, this classic oral history celebrates  one remarkable family’s heritage as told through  photos, reminiscences, and recipes–now back in  print after six years. B & W  photographs throughout Customer Review: Great even just for reading! This is as interesting as a “reading” book as it is as a cookbook. The recipes are [...]

The last person Stella Robertson expected to meet at a late evening signing for her latest vampire book was a handsome man wearing a tux, cape and realistic vampire fangs. But it was Halloween so she dismissed his claims of knowing more about vampires…until he spoke directly into her mind and convinced her he did [...]

Wine regions are attracting increasing numbers of tourists through tours, wine festivals and winery, restaurant and cellar door experiences. Presenting applied research in wine tourism from Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand this book reviews the latest management and marketing strategies. It highlights the lessons learnt for wine and tourism industries and [...]

Collection of informative and irreverent columns from one of America’s foremost wine critics. Screw caps, liquor laws, glassware, sommeliers, spitting and, yes, alcohol are covered along with grapes, countries and appellations. Connoisseurs, neophytes and beer-swillers alike will find themselves laughing, pondering and armed with everything they need to impress friends, terrify enemies and stop wine [...]

From the grape to the glass, award-winning wine writer Joanna Simon takes readers through the tantalizing range of styles, grape varieties, and wine-producing regions and offers refreshingly down-to-earth advice on how to buy, taste, serve, and store wine for maximum enjoyment. Customer Review: An excellent introduction into the world of wine This was the assigned [...]