Books about Food (Fiction and Nonfiction)

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Books about Food (Fiction and Nonfiction)

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What to eat now : the indispensable guide to good food, how to find it, and why it matters
Nestle, Marion
Paper Book
NOMINATED FOR A JAMES BEARD AWARD A thoroughly revised classic, What to Eat Now is a field guide to food shopping in America, and a treatise on how to eat well and deliciously. What to Eat Now is a clear-eyed, no-nonsense guide to the most important...
Care and feeding : a memoir
Woolever, Laurie
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! A candid, funny, and occasionally devastating culinary memoir of a woman making her way through the food world, navigating addiction, a cultural reckoning, and an unexpected tragedy In this moving, hilarious, and insightful...
The Reservation
Kauffman, Rebecca
Paper Book
On the morning of the most important booking in the long history of the celebrated restaurant, Aunt Orsa's erupts into chaos with the discovery that twenty-two rib eye steaks have been stolen. Hers is the most august of fine-dining establishments in this Midwestern college town, and tonight Orsa is...
The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen: The Heartwarming Japanese Cat Novel about Fate and the Healing Power of Food
Takahashi, Yuta
Paper Book
Follow the seashell path along Tokyo Bay until you get to the Chibineko Kitchen, where a traditional Japanese meal can summon anyone you choose from your past, but only for as long as it continues to steam . . . --for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, The Midnight Library, and...
A fashionably French murder
Cambridge, Colleen
Ebook
The bridge back to you
Neilson, Riss M.
Paper Book
INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Riss M. Neilson writes tender, vibrant, breath-stealing romance."--Emily Henry Exes discover they've both inherited the restaurant they love in this sparkling, emotional new novel from the USA Today bestselling author of A...
Next of kin : a memoir
Hamilton, Gabrielle
Paper Book
In her long-awaited new memoir, the author of the New York Times bestseller and James Beard Award winner Blood, Bones & Butter tells the "raw and darkly humorous" (People) story of her family's unexpected dissolution. "Hamilton's voice is as singular and...
In your dreams : a novel
Adams, Sarah
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A homecoming to Rome, Kentucky, sparks a new romance--and lots of drama--between two old family friends, from the New York Times bestselling author of When in Rome, Practice Makes Perfect, and Beg, Borrow, or Steal. AN...
Menu of happiness
Kashiwai, Hisashi
Paper Book
A beloved Japanese bestseller, Menu of Happiness is for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and asks the question: What's the one dish you'd do anything to taste just one more time? "As warm and nourishing as a good cup of tea...a series I can see myself returning to...
Cheesecake : a novel
Kurlansky, Mark
Paper Book
From New York Times-bestselling author Mark Kurlansky, a delectable novel following an ancient recipe for cheesecake as it spreads through the Upper West side--from the restaurant of a conniving landlord to the kitchens of the old-school New Yorkers he's trying to force out--and to the...
Aftertaste
Lavelle, Daria
Paper Book
"Dark and delicious, sincerely moving and at times laugh out loud funny, a heady, bittersweet, beautiful novel about life and death, grief and closure, passion and hunger. A must-read." --RACHEL HARRISON, USA TODAY bestselling author of So Thirsty and Black Sheep ...
Vianne : a novel
Harris, Joanne
Paper Book
"So much deliciousness! C'est formidable." --Marion Winik, Oprah Daily "Is chocolate magic? Whether you savored the 1999 bestseller or the 2000 movie, this sensuous prequel to Chocolat will make you a believer." --People Magazine, Best New Books ...
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