Food Writing
Martha Inc.
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From housewife to billionaire CEO, Martha Stewart is not just the businesswoman with the Midas touch, she is also a lightning rod for many of the most important and controversial social and economic issues of post-WWII American life. In the unauthorized Martha Inc.
Feeding a Yen
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Calvin Trillin has never been a champion of the "continental cuisine"¯ palaces he used to refer to as La Maison de la Casa House--nor of their successors, the trendy spots he calls "sleepy-time restaurants, where everything is served on a bed of something else.
Stuffed
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New in Paper!!! Patricia Volk's family, chronicled here from the turn of the century to now, leaves you speechless--and laughing. They're as purely American (background: Austrian-Jewish) as Rhapsody in Blue. Each one of them is a piquant morsel of history.
Burnt Bread and Chutney
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In the politics of skin color, Carmit Delman is an ambassador from a world of which few are even aware. Her mother is a direct descendant of the Bene Israel, a tiny, ancient community of Jews thriving amidst the rich cultural tableau of Western India.
Four Seasons in Five Senses
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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.
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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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.
The Edible Mexican Garden
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From The Edible Garden Series. The most unassuming of vegetables from your garden"”corn, beans, peppers, greens and onions"”are transformed into traditional and contemporary Mexican dishes and delicacies to awaken the palate and entice the eye.
A Time Well Spent
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A Time Well Spent is a never-before-seen insider's view of the financial and artistic genius that made all of these great restaurants possible. Jerome Brody began Restaurant Associates and masterminded the creation of America's first great restaurants.
