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Nonfiction books about eating, cooking, and restaurants.
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American Food Writing: An Anthology with Classic Recipes A celebrated food writer gathers the very best from more than 250 years of American culinary history and chronicles the astonishing variety of American cuisine. The contributors cover a range of subjects and perspectives on all things food related; also includes more than 50 classic recipes. 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
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Eat Memory: Great Writers at the Table: A Collection of Essays from the New York Times New York Times Magazine-food editor Hesser has showcased the food-inspired recollections of some of America's leading writers. Eat, Memory collects the 26 best stories and recipes from some of the playwrights, novelists, and journalists featured in her column. 2009 Appears on the following book list:  Food Matters! | ||||||||||||||||
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My Last Supper: 50 Great Chefs and Their Final Meals If you were going to die tomorrow, what would you want for your last meal on earth? An insider's pastime that is probably as old and as widespread as the professional kitchen itself, the "My Last Supper" game is a favorite among chefs. Acclaimed photographer Melanie Dunea took the game further by adding question of preparation, location, and dinning companions. 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
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Apple, R. W. Far Flung and Well Fed: The Food Writing of R.W. Apple Jr. This collection of essays from legendary "New York Times" reporter Johnny Apple recounts extraordinary meals and little-known facts behind some of the world's most excellent foods. 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
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Berkeley, Ellen Perry, ed. At Grandmother's Table: Women Write about Food, Life, and the Enduring Bond Between Grandmothers and Granddaughters 68 women record poignant memories of their grandmothers, many of them immigrants from a wide variety of countries. Each piece consists of a story (often centered around food) about the grandmother and a treasured recipe. 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Bourdain, Anthony No Reservations: Around the World On an Empty Stomach The host of the Travel Channel series No Reservations provides a behind-the-scenes account of his global culinary adventures, from New Jersey to New Zealand, offering commentary on food in every corner of the globe. 2007 Appears on the following book list: Travel Writing | ||||||||||||||||
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Brown, Alton Feasting On Asphalt: The River Run Alton Brown and his motorcycle-mounted crew are off on a south-to-north journey that follows America's first "superhighway": the Mississippi. Starting at the great river's delta on the Gulf of Mexico and ending up near its headwaters in Minnesota, Alton and his buddies travel the heartland's byways to scout out the very best of roadside food, and to get to know the people who spend their lives preparing and serving it. 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
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Buford, Bill Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-quoting Butcher in Tuscany A staff writer for The New Yorker and author of Among the Thugs offers an exuberant, witty account of his entry into the world of a professional cook-in-training, documenting his experiences in the kitchen of Mario Batali's acclaimed restaurant Babbo, his apprenticeships with Batali's former teachers, his relationship with Batali, and his immersion in the world of food. 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
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Child, Julia My Life in France A memoir begun just months before Child's death describes the legendary food expert's years in Paris, Marseille, and Provence and her journey from a young woman from Pasadena who cannot cook or speak any French to the publication of her legendary Mastering cookbooks and her winning the hearts of America as "The French Chef." 2006 Appears on the following book list:
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Epstein, Jason. Eating: A Memoir Jason Epstein, the legendary editor and publisher of Norman Mailer, Vladimir Nabokov, Gore Vidal, and E. L. Doctorow, among many other distinguished writers, and the editor of such great chefs and bakers as Alice Waters, Wolfgang Puck, and Maida Heatter, takes us on a culinary tour through his eventful life, beginning with his childhood summers in Maine, where his decision to improve upon his grandmother's chicken pot pie that led to a lifetime at the stove. 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
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Franklin, Emily. Too Many Cooks : Kitchen Adventures with 1 Mom 4 Kids and 102 Recipes Emily Franklin's food memoir was born of two simple loves: food and children. A foodie and former chef, Franklin wants to pass on her love of food and cooking to her kids; she wants them not only to enjoy what they're eating but to know what they're eating. So, over the course of a year, she introduces her children to new dishes with varying degrees of success. Undaunted by failure, Franklin pursues her culinary mission from the heartland of Indiana to the Umbrian countryside. Some meals conjure visions of pleasure while others are utter catastrophes. Along the way, she discovers how a delicious (or even disastrous) meal can bring families together and feed the soul. 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
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Haney, John Fair Shares for All: A Memoir of Family and Food After moving from London to New York City and eating in its finest restaurants, Haney, copy chief for Gourmet magazine, became nostalgic for the food of his youth-distinctly British fare from bacon sandwiches to spotted dick (a pudding with dried fruit) to whelks (sea snails). In this memoir, Haney revisits his childhood in London, describing his East End, working-class family in the 1950s and 1960s. 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
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Hodgson, Moira. It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: My Adventures in Life and Food Hodgson has earned a reputation as a discerning critic and entertaining writer. This cookbook and travel memoir reflects Hodgson's talent for connecting her love of food with the people and places in her life--from Vietnam to Chiapas, Mexico, from Berlin to Lapland there was always a new dish to taste, a new people to share her travels with. 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
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Jaffrey, Madhur Climbing the Mango Trees: a Memoir of a Childhood in India Chef and actress Madhur Jaffrey reveals that she failed home economics in this literate and loving memoir of family, food, and India. 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
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Jones, Judith The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food Judith Jones edits both John Updike and Anne Tyler, but her fame will always reside in the the fact that she created a food revolution in America as editor to Julia Child, Marcella Hazan, James Beard, and Madhur Jaffrey to name a few. This memoir will delight foodies, Francophiles, and lovers of literary fiction. 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
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Kingsolver, Barbara Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Follows the author's family's efforts to live on locally- and home-grown foods, an endeavor through which they learned lighthearted truths about food production and the connection between health and diet. 2007 Appears on the following book lists: Food Matters! Literary Gardening
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Kurlansky, Mark The Food of a Younger Land Award-winning New York Times–bestselling author Kurlansky takes the reader back to the food and eating habits of a younger America: Before the national highway system brought the country closer together; before chain restaurants imposed uniformity and low quality; and before the Frigidaire meant frozen food in mass quantities, the nation’s food was seasonal, regional, and traditional. It helped form the distinct character, attitudes, and customs of those who ate it. 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
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Lee, Jennifer 8. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food Chronicling the Chinese-American experience as reflected by its food, a New York Times reporter describes her quest for excellent Chinese cuisine while offering insight into such topics as the contributions of illegal immigrants and the relationship between Jewish people and Chinese food. 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
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Mathews, Eleanor. The Ungarnished Truth: a Cooking Contest Memoir A woman, a chicken, and a million-dollar adventure in the heartland of America's competitive cooking culture. When Ellie Mathews entered her recipe for Salsa Couscous Chicken-eight chicken thighs cooked in Old El Paso salsa-in the grandma of all cooking contests, the Pillsbury Bake-Off, she never imagined she'd win the grand prize. Immediately after Alex Trebek announced that her dish had won a million dollars, this amateur cook was thrown into the limelight. She soon found herself booked on Oprah-and even photographed for the New York Timesin a vest made of ostrich feathers-as the reigning queen of chickendom, the Pillsbury "It Girl" of the moment. With a dash of self-deprecating humor and a pinch of biting social commentary, Ellie Mathews takes readers with her on her roller coaster ride to the top of the food chain as the Pillsbury prizewinner. 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
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Melucci, Giulia I Loved I Lost I Made Spaghetti A Brooklyn-based publicist's account of her relationships gone awry, and the food that sustained her through it all. 2009 |
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