Food Writing
James Beard A Biography
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Presents an even-handed portrait of the beguiling and complex James Beard and a history of the American table during the culturally turbulent years in which Beard lived.
Writing at the Kitchen Table
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Elizabeth David's contributions to American cuisine are as enduring and profound as those of Julia Child and M.F.K. Fisher, but even so, relatively little is known of the complex woman whose books and essays have so transformed the lives of generations of women.
Stuffed
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Patricia Volk's family, chronicled here from the turn of the century to now, leaves you speechlessÐand laughing. They're as purely American (background: Austrian-Jewish) as Rhapsody in Blue. Each one of them is a piquant morsel of history.
Magic in the Kitchen
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Taking inspiration from the surrealists, adding a twist of twenty-first century technology and a love of good food, photographer Jan Bartelsman turns his lenses on the United States' star chefs, traveling from coast to coast to photograph, interview and collect recipes from such
The Soul of a Chef
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New in paperback! In 1997, journalist and cook Michael Ruhlman observed incognito the certified Master Chef examination at the Culinary Institute of America, one of the most grueling competitions in the gastronomic world.
Olive Farm
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A transporting narrative about the pleasures and hardships of planting roots in a foreign place, the sensual lure of one of the world's most beautiful regions, and the opening of a life to new adventure.
Love and Kisses and A Halo of Truffles
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A selection of letters by a celebrated culinary master, as written to his close friend and a fellow chef, follows their twelve-year correspondence during which they exchanged success stories, cooking tips, and creative recipes.
Wife of the Chef
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New in paper! This smart behind-the-scenes look at restaurant life--written by the ever under appreciated woman behind the chef, the wife--is a heartfelt and often hilarious riposte to Kitchen Confidential.
Four Seasons in Five Senses
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New in paper! The nation's favorite literary farmer pays homage to the life of the senses. Rushing from one thing to another, we lose sight of the art of living, which for California farmer David Mas Masumoto is also the art of farming.
Escoffier : The King of Chefs
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Auguste Escoffier (1846 -1935) was the first great star of modern cooking. Acknowledged during his lifetime as the greatest chef in the world, his clientele included Edward VII and Kaiser Wilhelm II, as well as the leaders of society and of fashion.