Essays & Narratives
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The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book
$17.99 Add to cart“I’m drenched in cream, marinated in wine, basted in cognac, and thoroughly buttered by the end of The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book.” –Eula Biss, New York Times bestselling author of Having and Being Ha
- Author: Toklas, Alice B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 0063043807
- Language: English
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Unearthing the Secret Garden: The Plants and Places That Inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett
$25.95 Add to cart“Affectionate and informative, Unearthing the Secret Garden is not unlike a garden itself, with its smooth lawns of prose and striking shows of illustration and photography.” —The Wall Street Journal… [more below]
- Author: McDowell, Marta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1604699906
- Language: English
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Water, Wood, and Wild Things: Learning Craft and Cultivation in a Japanese Mountain Town
$19.00 Add to cart“With this book, you feel you can stop time and savor the rituals of life.” –Maira Kalman
An immersive journey through the culture and cuisine of one Japanese town, its forest, and its watershed–whe- Author: Kirshner, Hannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1984877542
- Language: English
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Tekebash and Saba: Recipes and Stories from an East African Kitchen
$35.00 Add to cart“Mother-daughter duo Tekebash and Saba tell their story, and the story of their homeland, Ethiopia, through the lens of food, demonstrating how sharing food from another culture can offer us all a pat… [more below]
- Author: Alemayoh, Saba
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1623710944
- Language: English
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Brunetti’s Cookbook
$30.00 Add to cartAmong their many pleasures, Donna Leon’s Commissario Guido Brunetti novels have long been celebrated for their mouth-watering descriptions of food. Multicourse lunches at home with Paola and the child… [more below]
- Author: Pianaro, Roberta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 04 2010
- ISBN10: 0802119476
- Language: English
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Alex & Me
$18.99 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller
The remarkable true story of an extraordinary relationship between psychologist Irene M. Pepperberg and Alex, an African Grey parrot who proved scientists and accepted wisdom
- Author: Pepperberg, Irene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0061673986
- Language: English
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The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen
$21.99 Add to cartIn this captivating memoir, the man whom Julia Child has called “the best chef in America” tells the story of his rise from a frightened apprentice in an exacting Old World kitchen to an Emmy Award-wi… [more below]
- Author: Pépin, Jacques
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 08 2015
- ISBN10: 0544657497
- Language: English
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Pie for Everyone: Recipes and Stories from Petee’s Pie, New York’s Best Pie Shop
$32.50 Read moreIn Pie for Everyone, New York’s beloved Petee’s Pie Company serves up more than 80 recipes for the best pies you can make at home.
“Armed with its recipes, you’ll be able to make pie for vegans, glute- Author: Paredez, Petra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 22 2020
- ISBN10: 1419747584
- Language: English
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Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter
$0.00 Read moreAn unexpected, poignant, and personal account of loving and losing pets, exploring the singular bonds we have with our companion animals, and how to grieve them once they’ve passed.
E.B. Bartels has ha
- Author: Bartels, E. B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0358212332
- Language: English
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The Vet at Noah’s Ark: Stories of Survival from an Inner-City Animal Hospital
$24.99 Read moreFrom renowned veterinarian Dr. Doug Mader comes a stirring account of his fight to protect his animal patients and human staff amid the dangerous realities of inner-city life and the Los Angeles riots
- Author: Mader, Doug
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1954641044
- Language: English
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Mushroom Foraging and Feasting: Recollections and Recipes from a Lifetime on the Hunt
$25.00 Add to cartVictoria Romanoff picked her first mushroom–a brown-capped butterpilz or sticky bun–at the age of four, at her family’s summer dacha on the shores of the Baltic Sea. Little did she realize that her
- Author: Romanoff, Victoria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 0789214296
- Language: English
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How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics
$19.99 Add to cartOne of the world’s most creative mathematicians finds the meaning of mathematics in the kitchen in this “whimsical…rigorous and insightful” (New York Times) book
What is math? How exactly does it w- Author: Cheng, Eugenia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 10 2016
- ISBN10: 0465097677
- Language: English
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Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails: Prohibition Centennial Edition: From the 1920 Pick-Me-Up to the Zombie and Beyond – 150+ Rediscovered Recipes
$24.99 Add to cartIn this new, expanded edition of Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails–issued for the 100th Anniversary of National Prohibition–historian, expert, and drink aficionado Ted Haigh, aka Dr. Cocktail … [more below]
- Author: Haigh, Ted
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 364
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1631598953
- Language: English
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And a Dog Called Fig: Solitude, Connection, the Writing Life
$19.99 Add to cartAnd a Dog Called Fig is the story of one writer’s life with dogs (including a frisky new puppy), how they are uniquely ideal companions for building a creative life, and some delightful tales about do
- Author: Humphreys, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1250863066
- Language: English
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Jacques Pépin Heart & Soul in the Kitchen
$38.00 Read moreIn the companion book to his final PBS series, the world-renowned chef shows his close relationship to the land and sea as he cooks for close friends and family.
Jacques Pépin Heart & Soul in the Kit- Author: Pépin, Jacques
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 06 2015
- ISBN10: 0544301986
- Language: English
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Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes, and Stories
$31.99 Add to cart“Food, for me, is a constant pleasure: I like to think greedily about it, reflect deeply on it, learn from it; it provides comfort, inspiration, meaning, and beauty…More than just a mantra, ‘cook, e
- Author: Lawson, Nigella
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0063079542
- Language: English
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How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World’s First Talking Dog
$17.99 Add to cartINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
An incredible, revolutionary true story and surprisingly simple guide to teaching your dog to talk from speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger, who has taught he
- Author: Hunger, Christina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0063046849
- Language: English
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Sandor Katz’s Fermentation Journeys: Recipes, Techniques, and Traditions from Around the World
$35.00 Add to cartFrom James Beard Award winner and New York Times-bestselling author of The Art of Fermentation the recipes, processes, cultural traditions, and stories from around the globe that inspire Sandor Katz a
- Author: Katz, Sandor Ellix
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1645020347
- Language: English
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Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest, and Mutual Aid
$22.00 Add to cartFrom the cooks who have quietly fed rebels and revolutionaries to the collective kitchens set up after hurricanes and floods, food has long played a crucial role in resistance, protest, and mutual aid
- Author: Awry, Wren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1629639923
- Language: English
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How to Become a Gardener: Find Empowerment in Creating Your Own Food Security
$26.99 Read more“…grow an abundance of crops, including a variety of leafy greens, roots and tubers, and a whole host of fruits… With a garden, [the author] says, you’re not just cultivating a space–you’re culti… [more below]
- Author: Thomas, Ashlie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0760374244
- Language: English
