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Technically food : inside Silicon Valley's mission to change what we eat
Zimberoff, Larissa
Paper Book
Ultraprocessed and secretly produced foods are roaring back into vogue, cheered by consumers and investors because they are vegetarian--often vegan--and help address societal issues. And as our food system leaps ahead to a sterilized lab of the future, we think we know more about our food then we...
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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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The end of craving : recovering the lost wisdom of eating well
Schatzker, Mark
Paper Book
The international bestseller from award-winning writer Mark Schatzker that reveals how our dysfunctional relationship with food began--and how science is leading us back to healthier living and eating. For the last fifty years, we have been fighting a losing war on food. We have...
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The climate diet : 50 simple ways to trim your carbon footprint
Greenberg, Paul
Paper Book
"Useful and relevant. . . . Greenberg's writing is clear and concise. Each section starts with easy tips . . . then wades into bigger, trickier concepts." --New York Times Book Review A celebrated writer on food and sustainability offers fifty straightforward, impactful rules...
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Hooked : food, free will, and how the food giants exploit our addictions
Moss, Michael
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of Salt Sugar Fat comes a "gripping" (The Wall Street Journal) exposé of how the processed food industry exploits our evolutionary instincts, the emotions we associate with food, and legal loopholes in their pursuit of profit over...
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To boldly grow : finding joy, adventure, and dinner in your own backyard
Haspel, Tamar
Paper Book
When Journalist and self-proclaimed 'crappy gardener' Tamar Haspel and her husband move from Manhattan to two acres on Cape Cod, they decide to adopt a more active approach to their diet: raising chickens, growing tomatoes, even foraging for mushrooms and hunting their own meat. Filled with...
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We are what we eat : a slow food manifesto
Waters, Alice
Paper Book
In We Are What We Eat, Alice Waters urges us to take up the mantle of slow food culture, the philosophy at the core of her life's work. When Waters first opened Chez Panisse in 1971, she did so with the intention of feeding people good food during a time of political turmoil. Customers responded to...
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Gastro obscura : a food adventurer's guide
Wong, Cecily
Paper Book
A New York Times, USA Today, and national indie bestseller. A Feast of Wonder! Created by the ever-curious minds behind Atlas Obscura, this breathtaking guide transforms our sense of what people around the world eat and drink. Covering all...
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Jew-ish : reinvented recipes from a modern mensch : a cookbook
Cohen, Jake
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller! A brilliantly modern take on Jewish culinary traditions for a new generation of readers, from a bright new star in the culinary world. When you think of Jewish food, a few classics come to mind:...
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Eating to extinction : the world's rarest foods and why we need to save them
Saladino, Dan
Paper Book
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice What Saladino finds in his adventures are people with soul-deep relationships to their food. This is not the decadence or the preciousness we might associate with a word like "foodie," but a form of reverence . . ....
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How we eat : the brave new world of food and drink
Underhill, Paco
Paper Book
An "eye-opening" (Kirkus Reviews) and timely exploration of how our food--from where it's grown to how we buy it--is in the midst of a transformation, showing how this is our chance to do better, for us, for our children, and for our planet, from a global expert on consumer behavior and...
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Bourdain : the definitive oral biography
Woolever, Laurie
Paper Book
New York Times bestseller An unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew him best When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of an inimitable man who had dedicated his...
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Eat a peach : a memoir
Chang, David
Paper Book
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...
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An onion in my pocket : my life with vegetables
Madison, Deborah
Paper Book
From the author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone ("The Queen of Greens," The Washington Post)-a warm, bracingly honest memoir that also gives us an insider's look at the vegetarian movement. Madison's "insightful memoir" (The Wall Street Journal<...
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New Native kitchen : celebrating modern recipes of the American Indian
Bitsoie, Freddie
Paper Book
From Freddie Bitsoie, the executive chef at Mitsitam Native Foods Café at the Smithsonian's Natural Museum of the American Indian, and James Beard Award-winning author James O. Fraioli, New Native Kitchen is a celebration of Indigenous cuisine. Offering delicious dishes like Cherrystone...
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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 ...
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Taste : my life through food
Tucci, Stanley
Paper Book
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.
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World travel : an irreverent guide
Bourdain, Anthony
Paper Book
A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York...
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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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How the other half eats : the untold story of food and inequality in America
Fielding-Singh, Priya
Paper Book
A "deeply empathetic" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) "must-read" (Marion Nestle) that "weaves lyrical storytelling and fascinating research into a compelling narrative" (San Francisco Chronicle) to look at dietary differences along class lines and...
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Crying in H Mart : a memoir
Zauner, Michelle
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the indie rock sensation known as Japanese Breakfast, an unforgettable memoir about family, food, grief, love, and growing up Korean American--"in losing her mother and cooking to bring her back to life, Zauner became herself" (NPR). * CELEBRATING...
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