Essays & Narratives
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Letters to a Young Chef
$17.99 Add to cartFrom the reinvention of French food through the fine dining revolution in America, Daniel Boulud has been a witness to and a creator of today’s food culture. A modern improviser with a classical found… [more below]
- Author: Boulud, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 03 2017
- ISBN10: 0465093426
- Language: English
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Breaking Bread: Essays from New England on Food, Hunger, and Family
$18.00 Read more“More local color than a steamed lobster wearing wild blueberry bracelets, along with a mess of wistful nostalgia for any reader raised in Maine or New England.” —Portland Press Herald
Nearly 70 reno- Author: Spark, Debra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0807013048
- Language: English
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The Sacred Life of Bread: Uncovering the Mystery of an Ordinary Loaf
$25.99 Read moreThe pursuit of bread, from the time a single grain is planted in the soil to the moment a baked loaf is broken and consumed, satisfies longings not only physical but spiritual. Nearly all the world’s
- Author: Murphy-Gill, Meghan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 239
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1506482236
- Language: English
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Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
$22.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The debut memoir from the renowned author of Save Me the Plums, about the people who”steered her on the path to fulfill her destiny as one of the world’s leading food write… [more below]
- Series: Random House Reader’s Circle
- Author: Reichl, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 25 2010
- ISBN10: 0812981111
- Language: English
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La Bonne Table
$24.95 Read moreA glorious, illustrated, celebration of a lifetime love affair with dining, by the author-illustrator of the classic Madeline series. Here is the best of Ludwig Bemelmans on the subject he loved most:
- Series: Nonpareil Book #58
- Author: Bemelmans, Ludwig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 446
- Publish Date: September 08 2015
- ISBN10: 0879238089
- Language: English
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National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home
$18.00 Read moreNamed a Best Book of 2023 by Financial Times, The Guardian, and BBC’s The Food Programme
“Anya von Bremzen, already a legend of food writing and a storytelling inspiration to me, has done her best wo- Author: Von Bremzen, Anya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 0735223173
- Language: English
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Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen
$16.95 Read more** INCLUDES A NEW AFTERWORD AND RECIPES **
“An intense, thought-provoking enquiry into the very nature of cooking.” — Nigella Lawson “One of the most original food books I’ve ever read, at once intel- Author: Johnson, Rebecca May
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1911590499
- Language: English
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You Were Always There: Notes and Recipes for Living a Life You Love
$16.99 Add to cart“In ten years of tender lessons, I have learned to hear this message: You were always there. You never left. You were never not you. Now walk with me a while and uncover that girl again. She’s not far
- Author: Kartes, Danielle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1728243874
- Language: English
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Reflections of a Wine Merchant: On a Lifetime in the Vineyards and Cellars of France and Italy
$19.99 Add to cartA leading importer of limited-production wines of character and quality takes us on an intimate tour through family-owned vineyards in France and Italy and reflects upon the last three decades of cont
- Author: Rosenthal, Neal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: May 12 2009
- ISBN10: 0374531781
- Language: English
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An Alphabet for Gourmets
$18.00 Add to cartIn Alphabet for Gourmets, M.F.K. Fisher arranges a selection of her essays in a whimsical way that reveals the breadth and depth of her passion. From A for (dining) alone to Z for Zakuski, “a Russian
- Author: Fisher, M. F. K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 10 1989
- ISBN10: 0865473919
- Language: English
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My Egypt: Cooking from My Roots (a Cookbook)
$40.00 Add to cartA bold return to the cuisine of celebrated chef Michael Mina’s heritage–with a lifetime of recipes that capture the flavor and energy of Egypt
Growing up in a Middle Eastern household gave Michael M- Author: Mina, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 0316429783
- Language: English
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A Taste of History Cookbook: The Flavors, Places, and People That Shaped American Cuisine
$30.00 Read moreThe delicious, informative, and entertaining cookbook tie-in to PBS’s Emmy Award-winning series A Taste of History.
A TASTE OF HISTORY COOKBOOK provides a fascinating look into 18th and 19th century A- Author: Staib, Walter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1538746689
- Language: English
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The Kitchen as Laboratory: Reflections on the Science of Food and Cooking
$34.95 Add to cartEating is a multisensory experience, yet chefs and scientists have only recently begun to deconstruct food’s components, setting the stage for science-based cooking. In this global collaboration of es
- Series: Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary H
- Author: Vega, César
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 31 2012
- ISBN10: 0231153449
- Language: English
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The Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmand
$19.00 Read moreJim Harrison is one of this country’s most beloved writers, a muscular, brilliantly economic stylist with a salty wisdom. For more than twenty years, he has also been writing some of the best essays o… [more below]
- Author: Harrison, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 17 2002
- ISBN10: 080213937X
- Language: English
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Cooking by Hand: A Cookbook
$40.00 Add to cartOne of the most respected chefs in the country, Paul Bertolli earns glowing praise for the food at California’s renowned Oliveto restaurant. Now he shares his most personal thoughts about cooking in h… [more below]
- Author: Bertolli, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 19 2003
- ISBN10: 0609608932
- Language: English
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Cooking for Mr. Latte: A Food Lover’s Courtship, with Recipes
$27.99 Add to cartLife in the city, love, and unforgettable meals–can a food writer find happiness with a man who has an empty refrigerator? Amanda Hesser’s irresistible book is the tale of a romance where food is the… [more below]
- Author: Hesser, Amanda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 17 2004
- ISBN10: 0393325598
- Language: English
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What We Talk about When We Talk about Dumplings
$17.95 Add to cartSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 TASTE CANADA AWARD FOR CULINARY NARRATIVES
Featured on “The Sunday Magazine” on CBC Radio
Nearly every culture has a variation on the dumpling: histories, treatises, family lege
- Author: Lorinc, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1552454525
- Language: English
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Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes
$19.99 Add to cartJoin New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist as she offers an enchanting mix of funny and vulnerable storytelling in this collection of recipes and essays about the surprising and sacred thi
- Author: Niequist, Shauna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 11 2020
- ISBN10: 0310361095
- Language: English
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The Tummy Trilogy
$27.00 Add to cartIn the 1970s, Calvin Trillin informed America that its most glorious food was not to be found at the pretentious restaurants he referred to generically as La Maison de la Casa House, Continental Cuisi
- Author: Trillin, Calvin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 30 1994
- ISBN10: 0374524173
- Language: English
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Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties: An Entertaining Life (with Recipes)
$20.99 Add to cartSouthern humorist Julia Reed celebrates Southern food, Southern women, and the Southern penchant for enjoying good times in this collection of her food writing.
Julia Reed spends a lot of time thinkin- Author: Reed, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0312359578
- Language: English
