Travelogues
Death By Pad Thai
Some of today's best writers invite us to experience life through our taste buds as they reflect on their most unforgettable meals.
A Year in the World : Journeys of A Passionate Traveller
The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany in bestselling travel memoirs expands her horizons to immerse herself--and her readers--in the sights, aromas, and treasures of twelve new special places.
Patricia Unterman's San Francisco Food Lover's Pocket Guide
Offers an intrepid, unapologetically discriminating, and refreshingly down-to-earth selection of the best and most interesting eateries, markets, and other food- and drink-related spots in San Francisco, the East Bay, Marin, and the wine country.
Adventure of Food
This heartwarming, surprising, and sumptuous collection of stories reveals our obsession with food"“how it nourishes and sustains us, teaches us about other cultures, and creates community and connection with others.
Rituals Of Dinner
IACP Award! Sale! Witty classic on origins, evolution & meaning of table manners. 432 pgs. No recipes.
Rituals of Dinner
With an acute eye and an irrepressible wit, Margaret Visser takes a fascinating look at the way we eat our meals. From the ancient Greeks to modern yuppies, from cannibalism and the taking of the Eucharist to formal dinners and picnics, she thoroughly defines the eating ritual.
Art of Eating
The Art of Eating "¦only wise men know the art of eating. "”Brillat-Savarin There is a communion of more than bodies when bread is broken and wine is drunk. And that is my answer when people ask me, Why do you write about hunger, and not wars or love? So M. F. K.
How to Cook a Wolf
Written to inspire courage in those daunted by wartimes shortages, How to Cook a Wolf continues to rally cooks during times of plenty, reminding them that providing sustenance requires more than putting food on the table. M. F. K.











