Biography & Autobiography - Culinary

A memoir in cuts that illustrates for readers and foodies alike how they can improve the meat industry by participating in it. America is in the midst of a meat zeitgeist. Butchers have emerged as the rock stars of the culinary world, and cozy...

As we traveled and worked in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, food was not the story. Well, sometimes it was, as when the Negritos shared their charcoal roasted bat meat in the rainforest. Meals happened. Meals permeated the scene, and went unreported,...

Most of us have been there: that horrible, God-awful date you just can't wait to get home and dish about with your friends, then eat a big bowl of ice cream while you soak in the tub watching some funny show streaming on your...

Kip Meyerhoff learned how to cook from his father, a New York City gangster who got his formal training in culinary arts while doing a stretch in prison. His dad taught him the axioms of cooking: a little sugar can go a long way;...

A witty and humble tribute to the sometimes profane, sometimes profound world of waiting tables During a year on sabbatical from his university position, Matthew Batt realized he needed money--fast--and it just so happened that one of the biggest breweries in the Midwest was...

Evoking the lyrical precision of Annie Dillard and the exquisite food writing of M.F.K. Fisher, Gabrielle Myers takes us on a Northern California idyll through her 2006 internship at the Tip Top Farm and Produce in Vacaville. Here, the beauty of the land -...

"We are on our way to Le Havre. The train is going so fast that the landscape is all but a blur. From time to time, I can see a farm in the mist surrounded by a sea of green fields. I am excited...

CAN PIE REALLY PROMOTE WORLD PEACE?Beth Howard always dreamed of circumnavigating the planet; not to tick off a list of tourist sites, but to immerse herself in the culture of each country by making pie with local residents. Pie had healed her grief after...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLERA powerful memoir about one woman who resurrects her life and career in the glamorous but sexist wine industry.Natalie MacLean, a bestselling wine writer, is shocked when her husband of twenty years, a high-powered CEO, demands a divorce. Then an online mob...

For the last three decades, Chef Alan Michals has been oneof the most coveted and highly respected personal chefs andestate managers in the business. He's lived and worked inthe private homes and megayachts of the rich and famous, including former presidents, movie moguls, rock...

My Name Is Joe And I Am A Pizza Man, An American Story is the quintessential immigrant story, an entrepreneur's tale of rags to riches, demonstrating that with courage, intelligence and instinct the Great American Dream can still come true!My Name Is Joe follows...

The uniquely inspiring story of a beloved neighborhood bar that united the communities it served.Coogan's Bar and Restaurant opened in New York City's Washington Heights in 1985 and closed its doors for good in the pandemic spring of 2020. Sometimes called Uptown City Hall,...

A memoir sharing a lifetime's worth of lessons from a generation female cooks. Somewhere between the lessons her mother taught her and the ones she is now trying to teach her own daughter, Kim Severson stumbled. She lost sight of what mattered, of who...

From the bestselling author and host of the wildly popular Undisclosed podcast, a warm, intimate memoir about food, body image, and growing up in a loving but sometimes oppressively concerned Pakistani immigrant family.My entire life I have been less fat and more fat, but...

Dispatches from the Gilded Age is a collection of essays by Julia Reed, one of America's greatest chroniclers.In the middle of the night on March eleventh, 1980, the phone rang in Julia Reed's Georgetown dorm. It was her boss at Newsweek, where she was...

There is something so satisfying about cooking from scratch, especially making staples like mustard, hot sauce, and smoked bacon elevated by the subtle sweetness of maple syrup. Or exploring unconventional ingredients, whether decadent wagyu striploin or yuzu lemonade spiced up with jalape peppers. Chef...

There is something so satisfying about cooking from scratch, especially making staples like mustard, hot sauce, and smoked bacon elevated by the subtle sweetness of maple syrup. Or exploring unconventional ingredients, whether decadent wagyu striploin or yuzu lemonade spiced up with jalape peppers. Chef...

No Meat Required is a bestselling culinary and cultural history of plant-based eating in the United States that delves into the subcultures and politics that have defined alternative food--Diet for a Small Planet for a new generation The vegan diet used to be associated...

A warm and relateable collection of essays exploring the memories we associate with different meals in our lives, from a spectrum of talented creators What is your most poignant memory surrounding food? Of all the essentials for survival: oxygen, water, sleep, and food, only...

A culinary pioneer blends memoir with a joyful inquiry into the ingredients he uses and their origins in What's Good? Foreword by New York Times bestselling author Adam Gopnik What goes into the making of a chef, a restaurant, a dish? And if good...

What is that one dish that brings you back to your childhood? This is the starting question Jill Hecker asks every person featured in Every Dish Has a Story: When I Was a Kid... Treasured Childhood Food Memories and Their Recipes. Hecker has a...

How do partners in long-lasting relationships live together without driving each other up a wall? After forty years of marriage, Michaele Weissman has a few answers. When they first meet, John-- a dashing European, a Latvian refugee, a physics PhD--is hoping to settle down....

Reminiscences and recipes of favorite international dishes from households, fancy restaurants and back lanes which you can enjoy today in Hong Kong, that classy old gal who will forever reign as the Queen of Cuisine for all who knew her when she was the...

Not long after Iliana Regan's celebrated debut, Burn the Place, became the first food-related title in four decades to become a National Book Award nominee in 2019, her career as a Michelin star-winning chef took a sharp turn north.Long based in Chicago, Iliana and...

A new essay collection by the Philip K. Dick of chipsIn this series of thoughtful essays and stink-eyed observations, Jonah Campbell explores food and drink in the modern world, from pig heads and whisky to fine wine and French gastronomy, Nigella Lawson to David...

Michael Moore is a celebrity chef and a food and wine consultant to businesses across the globe, but for him everything started at The Savoy.As one of nine children born to West Indian parents living in the East End of London, life was not...

What hidden evasions and exclusions lie behind the subtle perfection of the BLT? What is the etymology of the croissant? Why did we drink all that Bud Lite Lime? What did you do to my face? This collection of writing by Jonah Campbell-metalhead, misanthrope,...

From a quaint English village to a successful catering career in Los Angeles, this is one woman's story of love, growth, passion and adventure.Author: Pauline ParryISBN-10: 1915036283ISBN-13: 9781915036285Publisher: Whitefox PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/09/2022Pages: 272Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.75lbsSize: 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.20d

Why do we call mixed alcohol drinks "cocktails"? How do they get their exotic names: names like the Singapore Sling, Screw Driver, the Alamagoozlum, the Angel's Kiss, the Hanky Panky, the Harvey Wallbanger, Sex On The Beach, the Monkey Gland, the Brass Monkey, the...

A life in wine, from one of our most admired, as well as best-selling, wine writers, Hugh Johnson, which will inform and delight readers.Author: Hugh JohnsonISBN-10: 1913141306ISBN-13: 9781913141301Publisher: Academie Du Vin Library LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/08/2022Pages: 252Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.69lbsSize: 9.46h x 6.95w x 0.95d

Winner of the 2023 Gourmand World Cookbook Award, Food Writing, Cambodia/USAA journey through the lands of boiled peanuts, pesto, and pickled peppercorns--with thirty recipesFoodies, travel enthusiasts, culinary historians, fans of fine writing, and cookbook collectors will feast on John Martin Taylor's Charleston to Phnom...

A Pulitzer prize-finalist peels back the curtain on an unexplored part of Julia Child's life--the formidable team of six she collaborated with to shape her legendary career. Julia Child's monumental Mastering the Art of French Cooking and iconic television show The French Chef required...

Food writer and Food Network personality Simon Majumdar sets out across the United States to discover what it means to be American, one bite at a time. Before deciding whether to trade in his green card for a U.S. citizenship, Simon Majumdar knew he...

Born in rural Mexico, Eduardo "Lalo" García Guzmán and his family left for the United States when he was a child, picking fruits and vegetables on the migrant route from Florida to Michigan. He worked in Atlanta restaurants as a teenager before being convicted...

A Pulitzer Prize finalist peels back the curtain on an unexplored part of Julia Child's life--the formidable team of six she collaborated with to shape her legendary career.Julia Child's monumental Mastering the Art of French Cooking and iconic television show The French Chef required...

Pieman - The Papa D Story is the story of one man's journey to self during a special time in his life. A time that fell into place when he learned to let go and trust his intuition.It is also a business adventure towards...

Pieman - The Papa D Story is the story of one man's journey to self during a special time in his life. A time that fell into place when he learned to let go and trust his intuition.It is also a business adventure towards...

Pieman - The Papa D Story is the story of one man's journey to self during a special time in his life. A time that fell into place when he learned to let go and trust his intuition.It is also a business adventure towards...

Pieman - The Papa D Story is the story of one man's journey to self during a special time in his life. A time that fell into place when he learned to let go and trust his intuition.It is also a business adventure towards...

Pieman - The Papa D Story is the story of one man's journey to self during a special time in his life. A time that fell into place when he learned to let go and trust his intuition.It is also a business adventure towards...

Not long after Iliana Regan's celebrated debut, Burn the Place, became the first food-related title in four decades to become a National Book Award nominee in 2019, her career as a Michelin star-winning chef took a sharp turn north.Long based in Chicago, Iliana and...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE - An "extraordinary" (The New York Times Book Review) tender and vivid memoir about the radical grace we discover when we consider ourselves bound together in community, and a moving account of one woman's attempt to answer the essential...

Many of us have dog-eared copies of Mastering the Art of French Cooking in our kitchens or fondly remember watching episodes of The French Chef, but what was behind the enormous appeal of this ungainly, unlikely woman, who became a superstar in midlife and...

In November 1956, a young couple packed their few possessions into a small brown suitcase and set off on foot for the Hungarian border. Half frozen, shot at by Russian soldiers, they eventually reached Austria and freedom. Like so many of their countrymen, they...

Before the word "foodie" ever entered the lexicon, Sara Jane Parker was ahead of the curve, crafting dishes like avocado toast and putting curry into seafood salad. The Petite Palate Collection: Memoir and Recipes from the Kitchen of S. Jane Parker preserves these favorite...

Before the word "foodie" ever entered the lexicon, Sara Jane Parker was ahead of the curve, crafting dishes like avocado toast and putting curry into seafood salad. The Petite Palate Collection: Memoir and Recipes from the Kitchen of S. Jane Parker preserves these favorite...

"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 intelligent and sensuous, witty, provoking and truly delicious." -- Olivia Laing A bracingly original, revelatory debut that explores cooking...

A collection of hilarious essays about how food became one man's obsession and coping mechanism, and how it came to rule--and sometimes ruin--his relationships, from the Cobra Kai actor, stand-up comic, and host of Food Network's Raid the Fridge "When most people say they...

Kitchens are the heart of the home.In Maria Gutierrez's family, kitchens are where traditions are created and shared, the conversation and storytelling are lively, and tiny demonstrations of love are served daily. In Las Abuelas, she has penned a love letter to her mother...

Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door offers an insider's look into culinary trends through the words of acclaimed and professionally recognized chefs.Author: Emmanuel LarocheISBN-10: 1631959174ISBN-13: 9781631959172Publisher: Morgan James PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/08/2022Pages: 318Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80dReview Citation(s): Foreword 12/27/2022