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Updated May 29, 2024
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50 pies, 50 states : an immigrant's love letter to the United States through pie
Fong, Stacey Mei Yan
Paper Book
IACP Cookbook Award Winner * A "deliciously unique" love letter in pie crust to every state--a delicious portrait of the country with more than 50 recipes for extraordinary pies that taste just like home. (Jessie Sheehan, author of Snackable Bakes) ...
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American table : the foods, people, and innovations that feed us
Kingsley, Lisa
Paper Book
In collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, a sweeping history of food and culture that summons everyone to the table for a fresh look at the people, ingredients, events, and movements that have shaped how and what we eat in the United States This exploration of the...
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Animal, vegetable, junk : a history of food, from sustainable to suicidal
Bittman, Mark
Paper Book
"Epic and engrossing." --The New York Times Book Review From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and pioneering journalist, an expansive look at how history has been shaped by humanity's appetite for food, farmland, and the money behind it all--and...
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A bite-sized history of France : gastronomic tales of revolution, war, and enlightenment
Henaut, Stéphane
Paper Book
A "delicious" (Dorie Greenspan), "genial" (Kirkus Reviews), "very cool book about the intersections of food and history" (Michael Pollan)--as featured in the New York Times "The complex political, historical, religious and social factors that shaped some of [France's] . . . most iconic...
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Chocolat : a novel
Harris, Joanne
Ebook
Even before it was adapted into the Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp, Joanne Harris' New York Times bestselling novel Chocolat entranced readers with its mix of hedonism, whimsy, and, of course, chocolate. In tiny...
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Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery : a novel
Colgan, Jenny
Paper Book
It's the most wonderful time of the year... and the perfect moment to escape to a charming English village! From the beloved author whose novels are "sheer indulgence from start to finish" (SOPHIE KINSELLA) comes a delightful holiday story -- funny, heartfelt, romantic and packed with...
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The cooking gene : a journey through African American culinary history in the Old South
Twitty, Michael
Paper Book
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...
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Dearie : the remarkable life of Julia Child
Spitz, Bob.
Paper Book
"The definitive biography of Julia Child--with access to Julia's diaries and letters--written by the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed The Beatles and timed to Julia's 100th birthday. From Pasadena to Cambridge to New York, Washington, D.C., India, Ceylon, Paris,...
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The food explorer : the true adventures of the globe-trotting botanist who transformed what America eats
Stone, Daniel
Paper Book
David Fairchild, a young botanist with an insatiable lust to explore and experience the world, set out in search of foods that would enrich the American farmer and enchant the American eater. Fairchild's finds weren't just limited to food: From Egypt he sent back a variety of cotton that...
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Food rules : an eater's manual
Pollan, Michael.
Paper Book
An enhanced edition of Food Rules--beautifully illustrated and packed with additional food wisdom Michael Pollan's Food Rules prompted a national discussion helping to change the way Americans approach eating. This new edition illustrated by celebrated artist Maira...
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The hundred-foot journey : a novel
Morais, Richard C.
Paper Book
Now a major motion picture starring Helen Mirren and Om Puri, produced by Juliet Blake, Oprah Winfrey, and Steven Spielberg: the culinary fairytale--hailed as "Slumdog Millionaire meets Ratatouille" by The New York Times Book Review--about a young Indian boy who becomes a...
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In defense of food : an eater's manifesto
Pollan, Michael.
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of How to Change Your Mind, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and Food Rules Food. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it? Because in the so...
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Legends & lattes : a novel of high fantasy and low stakes
Baldree, Travis
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2022 A Library Reads Pick An Indie Next Pick A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee The much-beloved BookTok sensation, Travis Baldree's novel of high...
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A murder most French
Cambridge, Colleen
Paper Book
The City of Light is surging back to life in the wake of war, and its citizens are seizing every opportunity to raise a glass or share a delicious meal. But as American ex-pat Tabitha Knight and chef-in-training Julia Child discover, celebrations can quickly go awry when someone has murder in...
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Praisesong for the kitchen ghosts : stories and recipes from five generations of black country cooks
Wilkinson, Crystal
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, throughpowerful storytelling alongside nearly forty comforting recipes, from the former poetlaureate of Kentucky."With Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts,...
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