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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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97 Orchard : an edible history of five immigrant families in one New York tenement
Ziegelman, Jane.
Paper Book
"Social history is, most elementally, food history. Jane Ziegelman had the great idea to zero in on one Lower East Side tenement building, and through it she has crafted a unique and aromatic narrative of New York's immigrant culture: with bread in the oven, steam rising from pots, and the family...
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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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The American way of eating : undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, farm fields and the dinner table
McMillan, Tracie.
Paper Book
In the tradition of Barbara Ehrenreich'sNickel and Dimed, an ambitious and accessible work of undercover journalism that fully investigates our food system to explain what keeps Americans from eating well--and what we can do about it. Getting Americans to eat well is one...
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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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Chocolat : a novel
Harris, Joanne
Paper Book
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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Fabulous feasts : medieval cookery and ceremony
Cosman, Madeleine Pelner.
Paper Book
Includes a section on medieval recipes and a practical guide to re-creating the dishes.
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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
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Helen Mirren and Om Puri, directed by Lasse Hallstrom, and produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Juliet Blake, DreamWorks Studios, and Participant Media. "That skinny Indian teenager has that mysterious something that comes along once...
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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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When in doubt, add butter
Harbison, Elizabeth M.
Paper Book
Gemma Craig has spent her career as a private chef taking care of other people. There’s Lex, the fussy department store owner straight out of a movie from the thirties; grossly overweight Willa, who must radically change her eating habits or die; and the strange Oleksei family, with a constant...
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