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  • In Defense of Sunlight

    The Surprising Science of Sun Exposure

    de Rowan Jacobsen ...
    Upending everything we thought we knew about sun exposure, this trenchant investigation into the “zero-sun policy” sounds the call on the many health benefits of the sun, and what we risk when we minimize our exposure.A quiet revolution is transforming our understanding of sunlight’s effects on human health. For decades, a “zero-sun” policy has characterized our approach to sun protection, ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Wild Chocolate

    Across the Americas in Search of Cacao's Soul

    de Rowan Jacobsen ...
    2025 JAMES BEARD AWARD FINALIST"Inspiring.” -MARK BITTMAN"One of the best stories under the sun.” -JOS****É ANDR****ÉSFrom James Beard Award-winner Rowan Jacobsen, the thrilling story of the farmers, activists, and chocolate makers fighting all odds to revive ancient cacao and produce the world's finest bar.When Rowan Jacobsen first heard of a chocolate bar made entirely from ... ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Heart of Dark Chocolate

    de Rowan Jacobsen ...
    Rowan Jacobsen, winner of the James Beard Award, discovered the best chocolate he had ever eaten – a long-lost strain of wild cacao from the Bolivian rainforest. Heres the story of how he tracked it down, journeying by boat into the heart of Amazonia, enduring monstrous ticks, warlike ants, floods, drug runners, fickle outboards, piranha for breakfast, and a tribal helmsman more interested in beer ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A Geography of Oysters

    The Connoisseur's Guide to Oyster Eating in North America

    de Rowan Jacobsen ...
    In this passionate, playful, and indispensable guide, oyster aficionado Rowan Jacobsen takes readers on a delectable tour of the oysters of North America. Region by region, he describes each oyster's appearance, flavor, origin, and availability, as well as explaining how oysters grow, how to shuck them without losing a finger, how to pair them with wine (not to mention beer), and why they're one ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Truffle Hound

    On the Trail of the World's Most Seductive Scent, with Dreamers, Schemers, and Some Extraordinary Dogs

    de Rowan Jacobsen ...
    A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA captivating exploration into the secretive and sensuous world of truffles, the elusive food that has captured hearts, imaginations, and palates worldwide.The scent of one freshly unearthed white truffle in Barolo was all it took to lead Rowan Jacobsen down a rabbit hole into a world of secretive hunts, misty woods, black-market deals, obsessive chefs, ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Poacher War

    de Rowan Jacobsen ...
    What does Indias Kaziranga National park have that the rest of the countrys decimated reserves do not? Plenty of tigers, for starters. (The worlds highest density.) Fleets of endangered one-horned rhinos. (More than two- thirds of the remaining population.) And, since 2010, a take-no-prisoners anti-poaching policy that allows rangers to shoot on sight. Welcome to the (deadly) future of ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Apples of Uncommon Character

    123 Heirlooms, Modern Classics, & Little-Known Wonders

    de Rowan Jacobsen ...
    In his classic A Geography of Oysters, Rowan Jacobsen forever changed the way America talks about its best bivalve. Now he does the same for our favorite fruit, showing us that there is indeed life beyond Red Delicious—and even Honeycrisp. While supermarkets limit their offerings to a few waxy options, apple trees with lives spanning human generations are producing characterful varieties—and now ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • American Terroir

    Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields

    de Rowan Jacobsen ...
    Why does honey from the tupelo-lined banks of the Apalachicola River have a kick of cinnamon unlike any other? Why is salmon from Alaska's Yukon River the richest in the world? Why does one underground cave in Greensboro, Vermont, produce many of the country's most intense cheeses?The answer is terroir (tare-WAHR), the "taste of place." Originally used by the French to describe the way local ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Living Shore

    Rediscovering a Lost World

    de Rowan Jacobsen ...
    In the 1990s, a marine scientist named Brian Kingzett was commissioned to survey Canada's western coast. He saw amazing sights, from the wildest, most breathtaking coasts to the smallest of marine creatures. Along the western side of Vancouver Island, Kingzett nosed into an isolated pocket beach where he found something unusual. Amid the mussels, barnacles, and clams were round oysters-Olympias. ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Fruitless Fall

    The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis

    de Rowan Jacobsen ...
    Many people will remember that Rachel Carson predicted a silent spring, but she also warned of a fruitless fall, a time with no pollination and no fruit. The fruitless fall nearly became a reality when, in 2007, beekeepers watched thirty billion bees mysteriously die. And they continue to disappear. The remaining pollinators, essential to the cultivation of a third of American crops, are now ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Parma: Ham, Cheese, and the Taste of Time

    de Rowan Jacobsen ...
    Here, James Beard award-winning author Rowan Jacobsen plumbs the secrets of Parma, Italys ham and cheese heaven. ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • In Late Winter We Ate Pears

    A Year of Hunger and Love

    de Deirdre Heekin, Caleb Barber ...
    More than a cookbook, In Late Winter We Ate Pears is a love affair with a culture and a way of life. In vignettes taken from their year in Italy, husband and wife Caleb Barber and Deirdre Heekin offer glimpses of a young, vibrant Italy: of rolling out pizza dough in an ancient hilltown at midnight while wild dogs bay in the abandoned streets; of the fogged car windows of an ancient lovers' lane ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD