Tasty Memoirs of Cooks & Cooking

Updated October 31, 2022
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Blood, Bones & Butter The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
Hamilton, Gabrielle.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK nbsp; NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Miami Herald * Newsday * The Huffington Post * Financial Times * GQ * Slate * Men's Journal * Washington Examiner * Publishers Weekly * Kirkus...
Bourdain The Definitive Oral Biography
Woolever, Laurie.
Audiobook
California Soul : An American Epic of Cooking and Survival
Corbin, Keith.
Paper Book
JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE . A sharply crafted and unflinchingly honest memoir about gangs, drugs, cooking, and living life on the line-both on the streets and in the kitchen-from one of the most exciting stars in the food world today "Beautiful. Moving. Inspiring. Get it."-Chris...
The Cooking Gene A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South
Twitty, Michael W.
Ebook
2018 James Beard Foundation Book of the Year | 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Award Winner inWriting | Nominee for the 2018 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Nonfiction | #75 on The Root100 2018 A renowned culinary historian offers a fresh perspective on our most divisive cultural...
A cook's tour in search of the perfect meal
Bourdain, Anthony.
Paper Book
'It works extremely well. In large part because Bourdain is a very funny writer; sharp, honest and with a beguiling mix of belligerence and sensitivity' Sunday Telegraph'Brilliantly written up in a raw, stylish gonzo prose, with pitch-black humour and a devilish turn of phrase'...
Dinner for One : How Cooking in Paris Saved Me
Dacres, Sutanya.
Paper Book
From podcast host Sutanya Dacres comes Dinner for One, an unforgettable memoir of how she rebuilt her life after her American-in-Paris fairy tale shattered, starting with cooking dinner for herself in her Montmartre kitchen When Sutanya Dacres married her French...
Dirt adventures in Lyon as a chef in training, father, and sleuth looking for the secret of French cooking
Buford, Bill.
Paper Book
Bill Buford turns his inimitable attention from Italian cuisine to the food of France. Baffled by the language, but convinced that he can master the art of French cooking--or at least get to the bottom of why it is so revered-- he begins what becomes a five-year odyssey by shadowing the esteemed...
Eat a Peach A Memoir
Chang, David.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix's Ugly Delicious--an intimate account of the making of a chef, the story of the modern restaurant world that he helped shape, and how he discovered that success can be much harder to understand than...
Finding Freedom A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch
French, Erin.
Ebook
**New York Times Bestseller** From Erin French, owner of the critically acclaimed The Lost Kitchen, a TIME world dining destination, a life-affirming memoir about survival, renewal, and finding a community to lift her up Long before The Lost...
From Scratch A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
Locke, Tembi.
Ebook
Now a limited Netflix series starring Zoe Saldana! This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is "a captivating story of love lost and found" (Kirkus Reviews) set in the lush Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing...
Kitchen Confidential
Bourdain, Anthony.
Ebook
Anthony Bourdain, host of Parts Unknown, reveals "twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine" in his breakout New York Times bestseller Kitchen Confidential.Bourdain spares no one's appetite when he told all about what happens behind the kitchen door....
Korean American Food That Tastes Like Home
Kim, Eric.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES AND LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * An homage to what it means to be Korean American with delectable recipes that explore how new culinary traditions can be forged to honor both your past and your present. SHORTLISTED FOR THE ART OF EATING...
Make It Messy My Perfectly Imperfect Life
Samuelsson, Marcus.
Ebook
In this inspirational autobiography, world-famous chef and owner of Red Rooster Harlem, Marcus Samuelsson tells his extraordinary story and encourages young people to embrace their mistakes and follow their dreams. Based on his highly praised adult memoir, Yes, Chef, this young adult...
The Man Who Ate Too Much The Life of James Beard
Birdsall, John.
Ebook
A Finalist for the 2022 James Beard Foundation Cookbook Award (Writing) The definitive biography of America's best-known and least-understood food personality, and the modern culinary landscape he shaped. In the first portrait of James Beard in twenty-five years,...
My Life in France
Child, Julia.
Ebook
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Julia's story of her transformative years in France in her own words is "captivating ... her marvelously distinctive voice is present on every page." (San Francisco Chronicle). Although she would later singlehandedly create a new approach to...
Notes from a young Black chef : a memoir
Onwuachi, Kwame
Paper Book
"Kwame Onwuachi's story shines a light on food and culture not just in American restaurants or African American communities but around the world." --Questlove   By the time he was twenty-seven years old, Kwame Onwuachi (winner of the 2019 James Beard Foundation Award for ...
Save me the plums my gourmet memoir
Reichl, Ruth.
Paper Book
A New York Times BestsellerAn Indie Next PickWhen Condé Nast offered Ruth Reichl the top position at America's oldest epicurean magazine, she declined. She was a writer, not a manager, with no inclination to be anyone's boss. Yet Reichl had read Gourmet since she was eight; it had inspired her...
Taste makers : seven immigrant women who revolutionized food in America
Sen, Mayukh
Paper Book
Who's really behind America's appetite for foods from around the globe? This group biography from an electric new voice in food writing honors seven extraordinary women, all immigrants, who left an indelible mark on the way Americans eat today. Taste Makers stretches from World War II to the...
Taste My Life Through Food
Tucci, Stanley.
Ebook
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a Notable Book of the Year by NPR and The Washington Post From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.
Whiskey in a Teacup
Witherspoon, Reese
Ebook
Academy Award-winning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her world, where she infuses the southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with contemporary flair and charm. Reese Witherspoon's grandmother Dorothea always said that a combination of beauty...
Yes, chef : a memoir
Samuelsson, Marcus.
Paper Book
JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE - NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "VOGUE" - "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER "One of the great culinary stories of our time."--Dwight Garner, "The New York Times" " " It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook...
Crying in H Mart A Memoir
Zauner, Michelle.
Digital file
From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. In this exquisite story...

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