Biography & Autobiography - Culinary

Author: Jean-Claude F. MonneyISBN-13: 9798994924853Publisher: Du Terroir Au NectarLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/16/2026Pages: 238Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d

Author: Marisa PaleseISBN-10: 1953294863ISBN-13: 9781953294869Publisher: Windy City PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/07/2026Pages: 102Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d

Inside the deals, drama, and drive behind one of America's greatest wine dynasties. Michael Mondavi has been at the centre of some of the most famous events in the wine world over the past 60 years. From growing up at Charles Krug and launching...

From the acclaimed author of What She Ate, the story of five couples whose dreams, experiments, and triumphs fueled a revolution at the kitchen table. In Big Appetites, the journalist and culinary historian Laura Shapiro introduces readers to some of the cooks and activists...

The Food Deception: How Corporations Control Your Plate and Shape Your ChoicesWhat if your freedom to choose was never really yours?In The Food Deception, author Jessica Glenwood exposes the uncomfortable truth hiding behind your grocery cart - that the modern food system is not...

A poignant new memoir from National Book Award-nominee Iliana Regan, author of Burn the Place and Fieldwork, and Michelin star-winning chef, featuring 34 new recipes.Author: Lane ReganISBN-10: 1572843640ISBN-13: 9781572843646Publisher: Agate MidwayLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/02/2027Pages: 344Format: Hardcover

Author: Kathy WestbrookISBN-10: 1962834913ISBN-13: 9781962834919Publisher: Calumet EditionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2026Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d

The riveting, extraordinary story of the woman who brought Chinese stir-fry to America--and forever changed culinary history. Never heard of Buwei Yang Chao? What about a stir-fry? Well, then you've had Mrs. Chao's cooking. Let us introduce you to The Formidable Mrs. Chao, the...

Author: Hollis BarclayISBN-13: 9798234074065Publisher: Caribbean CEO KitchenLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/25/2026Pages: 210Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.98lbsSize: 10.75h x 8.25w x 0.69d

What if the life you are trying so hard to build was never yours to carry alone?From childhood loss to marriage, motherhood, entrepreneurship, and faith, Shetu J. Gamaliel takes us into the kitchen of her life-a journey of grief, growth, failure, reinvention, and surrender....

Part culinary memoir, part irreverent manifesto, dished up by Malaysian migrant chef Lorna Lee - for when everybody gives you a bloody recipe. For a single migrant mother raising three hungry boys with no instruction manual, long kitchen shifts became survival. From her nenek's...

Ball Canning Back to Basic is a simple and practical guide for anyone who wants to rediscover the traditional art of home canning. Whether you are completely new to canning or want to refresh your basic skills, this book makes the process easy to...

"Fergie's Favorite Recipes and Fondest Memories" is a charming blend of culinary instruction and personal reflection, offering a heartfelt look into the domestic life of the early 20th century. Compiled by Louella Fergie Dickey, this work serves as both a practical cookbook and a...

The book "A taste of peace" presents a profound examination of how food serves as a conduit for cultural expression and a site of conflict, resilience, and creativity. It investigates the intricate relationships between cuisine, societal strife, and community bonds, illustrating how culinary traditions...

Throughout time, some of the most meek and pious people, and alternately, one of the most vicious dictators in history, have been attracted to the supposed power embedded in uncooked plant foods. People of very different backgrounds have sought to solve the world's problems,...

Troubleshooting Common Baking Mistakes is a practical, confidence-building guide designed for bakers who want to understand not just what went wrong in the kitchen, but why it happened-and how to fix it. Baking can feel unforgiving: a small misstep in measuring, temperature, timing, or...

"Delicious Details" takes readers on an intimate heartfelt journey, portrayed as a symbolic canvas of existence where family, food, and recovery converge to paint the intricate picture of a life. This book is the portrait of one woman's remarkable journey, marked by resilience, moments...

I began writing these blogs in 2013 and continued with it sporadically over the next six years, during which time I relocated from Grasmere to Blackburn. It's been a period of great political and social upheaval, but I wanted to focus on the human...

Secret Ingredients of Life: A Memoir of Identity, Appetite, and the Hunger for Home is the story of a woman who learns that belonging is built, one choice at a time. Adopted at three days old, Susanne Dillingham grows up loved yet searching, carrying...

Secret Ingredients of Life: A Memoir of Identity, Appetite, and the Hunger for Home is the story of a woman who learns that belonging is built, one choice at a time. Adopted at three days old, Susanne Dillingham grows up loved yet searching, carrying...

"She retired from the classroom, but her greatest lessons were just beginning. Discover how one grandmother transformed decades of family wisdom, cherished recipes, and everyday traditions into a global legacy that touched millions of lives."What happens when a lifetime of teaching, family memories, and...

Anthony Bourdain was never just a chef. He was a rebel, a storyteller, a restless traveler, and an unlikely cultural icon who transformed the way millions of people understood food, travel, and the world beyond their own borders. From the chaotic kitchens of New...

Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential meets Ina Garten's Be Ready When the Luck Happens in this deliciously reflective memoir of one woman as she recounts her journey of becoming an accomplished chef--the hard way. The kitchen saved Kathy Watson's life. In the midst of a...

From Emmy, Tony, and Golden Globe winner Tony Shalhoub comes a delightful, heartfelt memoir about food, family, recipes, and the stories we pass down around the table. Every summer for over five decades, more than fifty members of the Shalhoub family have gathered in...

When life hands you lemons, Joanna Palmer doesn't just make lemonade-she builds a life rich with flavor, depth, and unapologetic zest.In La Limone: Recipes and Stories From a Life Well Zested, Joanna invites readers into a memoir that is as nourishing as the dishes...

The colorful history of London's food scene as told by acclaimed GQ editor, restaurant insider, and New York Times bestselling author Dylan Jones. In October 1976, the London restaurant world was turned upside down when Michael Caine, celebrated chef Richard Shepherd, and entrepreneur Peter...

This is the true story of Joseph and Matilda Novak, as told in their own words, and newly updated by twin daughters Matilda and Karen. It's a story of growing up in Hungary during World War II, and surviving those hardships only to find...

For fans of Tamar Adler and Ruth Reichl, a poignant yet comic tale of how one woman dodged a late-life crisis, discovered her best self, and fell back in love with her childhood sweetheart: restaurants. Karen Stabiner has found community--and joy--in restaurants since she...

A book on family foods and dishes. How family origins and history, influenced their adoption and evolution.Author: Lynn Edward DawsonISBN-13: 9798180843326Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/09/2026Pages: 90Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.23d

The stove doesn't give a damn how you feel."After 45 years in the heat of professional kitchens, Chef Douglas Wasdyke reached the precipice of his career goal-only for life to "86" his plan. Forced to stop working after losing the use of his left...

Previously published as The Healthy Italian Chef: My Journey to Well-Being by Cristian Marino.In this revised 2026 edition, The Healthy Italian Chef expands the original journey into a deeper personal memoir about work, pressure, the body, and the slow discovery that strength is not...

Anna Cortopassi is a remarkable woman with a remarkable story to tell. Born during the Fascist era in Italy, she has lived through Nazi occupation, the postwar Italian boom, London in the swinging sixties, and the vicissitudes and complex political life of modern Italy....

A quest for passion and community meets deep knowledge and learning in Michael Finnerty's The Cheese Cure. A renowned journalist and radio presenter, Finnerty found something deeply lacking in the flavour of his life. What followed was a life-changing sabbatical in the historical halls...

This is a story of survival; of a child growing up in rural Alberta during the Depression; of a wife and mother of four who struggled against an abusive relationship, who pitched a tent with her children and called it home. Take a walk...

From a senior editor at America's Test Kitchen and the former writer and presenter for Travelogue: Exploring Hidden China comes a luminous memoir that weaves together the immigrant experience, the ancestral ties that guide us, and the deeply rooted Chinese philosophy of seasonal eating....

A Taste of Ireland invites you into the heart of Irish life - where food is not just something to eat, but something to feel.From misty mornings on green hills to the warmth of kitchens filled with laughter, this book celebrates the spirit of...

The funny, heart-warming and at times exhausting behind-the-scenes story of Matthew Evans' transformation from high-profile food critic to television's Gourmet FarmerFrom an often controversial job as one of Australia's most powerful food critics, Matthew Evans stepped, unknowing and untested, off the treadmill. Leaving the...

One of the Must-Read Books To Have On Your Radar in 2026--Service95From a dazzling new writer, a stirring memoir rooted in Hakka culture about the lesson to accept both bitterness and sweetness in lifeEat bitter is a Chinese proverb meaning 'endure hardship to taste...

Author: Cree LefavourISBN-10: 1635576768ISBN-13: 9781635576764Publisher: Bloomsbury PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/22/2027Pages: 276Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.51w x 1.00d

Author: Grace Hwang LynchISBN-13: 9798895656976Publisher: Regalo PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/26/2027Pages: 256Format: Hardcover

Unlock the Single Most Transformative Skill in the KitchenOf all the techniques a home cook can learn, none pays off more than confidence with a knife. It is the secret foundation that makes cooking faster, safer, and infinitely more enjoyable. When your ingredients are...

Take a splash of Italian, a dash of Polish, and a hint of Normandy, and you have me. A mutt seasoned with salted butter. Stubborn, proud, hard-headed, and vindictive. Perfumed by the smell of French baguettes and bad intentions, my life adds up to...

I'm a French chef. Exiled in the United States for twenty years. I did not say expatriated for a reason. I watch my country from a distance and carry the absence like an open wound that refuses to heal. Here, I'm also a restaurant...

With rare intensity and candor, world-renowned, Michelin-starred Chef Curtis Duffy shares his epic journey from child of an outlaw biker father to famed culinary iconoclast. Fans of no holds-barred stories such as Motley Crue's The Dirt, memoirs by celebrity chefs, and brutally honest personal...

This book is a summation of my 10-year experience operating in the food and beverage industry and how the industry has evolved over the last decade, accompanied by personal experiences. It explores how one of the largest employers of unorganized labor is undergoing a...

I began writing these blogs in 2013 and continued with it sporadically over the next six years, during which time I relocated from Grasmere to Blackburn. It's been a period of great political and social upheaval, but I wanted to focus on the human...

Food is the excuse. Connection is the point.In a world that feels increasingly disconnected, relationships matter more than ever. Yet the deepest lessons about friendship, family, and belonging are found in the ordinary moments we overlook: Sunday dinners, impromptu get-togethers, favorite recipes, and the...

Through all the chaos, the loss, and the drama of decades in the restaurant trenches, one truth remains: This is who I am.The drinks have changed. The venues have changed. The battles have changed. But my role-mixing, serving, connecting-has never wavered.This is my final...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The author of The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South tells his own story this time. Of growing up in a house wrecked by violence and a South haunted by racism. And of how his search for home...

Imagine leaving your comfortable life in middle England for a land of glorious hot summers, romantic scenery and exquisite cuisine, to live off the fruits of your own labour on a vineyard in south-west France. If it sounds too idyllic to be true, it...