Food Writing
Stealing Buddha's Dinner
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A vivid, funny, and viscerally powerful memoir about childhood, assimilation, food, and growing up in the 1980s As a Vietnamese girl coming of age in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Bich Nguyen is filled with a rapacious hunger for American identity.
Alice Waters and Chez Panisse : The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric,
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In an authorized biography--the story of Alice Waters, Chez Panisse, and the San Francisco 1970s counterculture food revolution that invented American cuisine Not so long ago it was nearly impossible to find a cappuccino or a croissant in this country, and goat cheese and mesclun
The Emperors of Chocolate
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America's candy empires are some of the world's most secretive businesses—and when Joel Glenn Brenner stepped inside, she discovered a land even stranger than Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.
Metcalfe Family Album
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This magical collection of family memories, crafts, recipes, letters, and mementos telss the remarkable tale of six generations of women"“and the ties that bind them.
Epicurean Delight: Life & Times Of James Beard
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Evan Jones' compelling bio of fun-loving man who led America's food revolution. Recipes & photos.
Brillat Savarin : The Judge & His Stomach
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The first full and authoritative biography of the father of gastronomy. MacDonogh not only chronicles Brillat's many pursuits, he also presents a fascinating picture of provincial France under the ancien regime and the dangerous years that followed its fall.
Tender at the Bone (paper)
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This is the story of a life determined, enhanced, and defined in equal measure by unforgettable people, the love of tales well told, and a passion for food.
M.F.K. Fisher & Me
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Jeannette Ferrary's loving memoir of food & friendship offers an intimate look at life of America's patron saint of food. Previously titled Between Friends. No recipes.