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  • The Roast Penguin Chronicles: Hoosh, Scurvy Days, Sleeping with Vegetables, and Other Adventures in Antarctic Cuisine by Anthony, Jason C.
    Jason C. Anthony

    The Roast Penguin Chronicles: Hoosh, Scurvy Days, Sleeping with Vegetables, and Other Adventures in Antarctic Cuisine

    Author: Jason C. AnthonyISBN-13: 9798991456333Publisher: Compass Rose Publishing LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2025Pages: 396Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.16lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d
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  • The French Ingredient: Making a Life in Paris One Lesson at a Time; A Memoir by Bertch, Jane
    Jane Bertch

    The French Ingredient: Making a Life in Paris One Lesson at a Time; A Memoir

    The inspiring and delicious memoir of an American woman who had the gall to open a cooking school in Paris--a true story of triumphing over French naysayers and falling in love with a city along the way "An engaging, multilayered story of a woman...
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  • Breaking Bread: How Baking Shaped Our World by Wright, David
    David Wright

    Breaking Bread: How Baking Shaped Our World

    In Breaking Bread, third generation baker, food writer and presenter David Wright examines the universal questions about bread and baking. About the people who make and shape the bread we buy and the difficulties that social and cultural change, food fads and health directives...
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  • Beyond The Kitchen: The Life and Legacy of Jamie Oliver by Scott, Cherrie R.
    Cherrie R. Scott

    Beyond The Kitchen: The Life and Legacy of Jamie Oliver

    What does it take to transform from a talented chef to a global food icon? How does one person spark a revolution in how the world thinks about food?In Beyond The Kitchen: The Life and Legacy of Jamie Oliver, discover the incredible journey of...
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  • Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America's Gay Restaurants by Piepenburg, Erik
    Erik Piepenburg

    Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America's Gay Restaurants

    As gay restaurants--rare spaces of safety and celebration for the LGBTQ+ community-- evolve and chart new futures, New York Times journalist Erik Piepenburg takes readers to Progressive Era Automats, lesbian separatist eateries, Wisconsin sports bars, pioneering drag brunches, and his own beloved diners. It's...
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  • Bibb Country: Unearthing My Family Secrets of Land, Legacy and Lettuce by O'Neal, Lonnae
    Lonnae O'Neal

    Bibb Country: Unearthing My Family Secrets of Land, Legacy and Lettuce

    Part memoir, food history, and cultural critique, Bibb Country explores Lonnae O'Neal's journey as she details seven generations of her family history against the sweep of American history using, in part, the gourmet lettuce named for the Kentucky Bibb family of enslavers as her...
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  • Paprika, Poppy seed, Pot Cheese: My Hungarian Food Memoire and More by Galenzoski, Linda
    Linda Galenzoski

    Paprika, Poppy seed, Pot Cheese: My Hungarian Food Memoire and More

    Food connects us to our roots. It summons memories of days long ago and brings history to life in our homes. With the right recipe, anyone can become a time traveler.In Paprika, Poppyseed, Pot Cheese, chef Linda Galenzoski shares her favorite recipes alongside the...
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  • The Call of the Farm: An Unexpected Year of Getting Dirty, Home Cooking, and Finding Myself by Bilow, Rochelle
    Rochelle Bilow

    The Call of the Farm: An Unexpected Year of Getting Dirty, Home Cooking, and Finding Myself

    Rochelle Bilow, a classically trained cook and aspiring food writer, was nursing a broken heart and frustrated with her yet-to-take-off career when she set out to write a short profile of a small, sustainable CSA farm in central New York. At most, she expected...
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  • Paprika, Poppy seed, Pot Cheese: My Hungarian Food Memoire and More by Galenzoski, Linda
    Linda Galenzoski

    Paprika, Poppy seed, Pot Cheese: My Hungarian Food Memoire and More

    Food connects us to our roots. It summons memories of days long ago and brings history to life in our homes. With the right recipe, anyone can become a time traveler.In Paprika, Poppyseed, Pot Cheese, chef Linda Galenzoski shares her favorite recipes alongside the...
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  • Mastering the Art of Food Styling: The Ultimate Guide by Jimenez, Elizabeth
    Elizabeth Jimenez

    Mastering the Art of Food Styling: The Ultimate Guide

    "Mastering the Art of Food Styling: The Ultimate Guide" is a comprehensive handbook that offers invaluable insights, techniques, and strategies for aspiring and seasoned food stylists alike. From understanding the fundamentals of composition and color theory to navigating the intricacies of lighting and collaboration...
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  • Chez Panisse Palette: 98 Culinary Creations Inspired by Alice Waters's Iconic Menu by Pork, Haiti Griot Deep Fried
    Haiti Griot Deep Fried Pork

    Chez Panisse Palette: 98 Culinary Creations Inspired by Alice Waters's Iconic Menu

    In the realm of culinary excellence, few names resonate as profoundly as Alice Waters and her iconic Chez Panisse restaurant. Nestled in the heart of Berkeley, California, Chez Panisse has been a gastronomic haven since its inception in 1971, setting the stage for a...
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  • Restaurant Confidential: The Down and Dirty Exploits of a Restaurant Manager by Golio, Daniel F.
    Daniel F. Golio

    Restaurant Confidential: The Down and Dirty Exploits of a Restaurant Manager

    Restaurant Confidential is a memoir of the author's professional life in the hospitality and restaurant industry from his time as a Sous Chef to Director of Food and Beverage. The book recalls the author's down and dirty exploits of being in the hospitality industry...
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  • Jamie Oliver: Beyond the Plate by Johnson, Stanley J.
    Stanley J. Johnson

    Jamie Oliver: Beyond the Plate

    What drives a chef to revolutionize not only kitchens but entire food systems? How did Jamie Oliver transform his passion for cooking into a global movement that changed the way we eat?In Jamie Oliver: Beyond the Plate, explore the inspiring story of a chef...
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  • The Meat Teacher Cookbook by Groark, Matt
    Matt Groark

    The Meat Teacher Cookbook

    Author: Matt GroarkISBN-10: 0063288419ISBN-13: 9780063288416Publisher: Harper InfluenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/20/2025Pages: 272Format: Hardcover
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  • Hunger Like a Thirst: From Food Stamps to Fine Dining, a Restaurant Critic Finds Her Place at the Table by Rodell, Besha
    Besha Rodell

    Hunger Like a Thirst: From Food Stamps to Fine Dining, a Restaurant Critic Finds Her Place at the Table

    A witty and lively memoir from food writer and New York Times contributor Besha Rodell, (formerly) one of the world's last anonymous restaurant critics When Besha Rodell moved from Australia to the United States with her mother at fourteen, she was a foreigner in...
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  • Anarchy in the Kitchen: The Incomprehensible Hedonistic Journey of One Chef in Yesterday's Culinary World the Noxious Scuttlebutt and the Inco by Knuckles, Auguste
    Auguste Knuckles

    Anarchy in the Kitchen: The Incomprehensible Hedonistic Journey of One Chef in Yesterday's Culinary World the Noxious Scuttlebutt and the Inco

    Anarchy in the kitchen is a book I intended to write. I didn't walk into a lamp post one morning and thought "fuck me I need to write a book". My culinary journey spanning three decades was always going to be written. The carnage,...
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  • Brewing Beginnings: From Ancient Ethiopia to Renaissance Europe: Tracing the Roots of Coffee Culture by Aromano, Maxwell J.
    Maxwell J. Aromano

    Brewing Beginnings: From Ancient Ethiopia to Renaissance Europe: Tracing the Roots of Coffee Culture

    Prepare for a mesmerizing odyssey through the captivating history of one of the world's most beloved beverages in "Brewing Beginnings: From Ancient Ethiopia to Renaissance Europe." This meticulously crafted non-fiction masterpiece takes you on a thrilling voyage through time, revealing the remarkable origins and...
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  • If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury by Deruiter, Geraldine
    Geraldine Deruiter

    If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury

    Author: Geraldine DeruiterISBN-10: 0593444507ISBN-13: 9780593444504Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)Language: EnglishPublished: 03/11/2025Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.69d
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  • County Social: Vignettes from Prince Edward County's Craft Drinkmakers by Wollenberg, Natalie
    Natalie Wollenberg

    County Social: Vignettes from Prince Edward County's Craft Drinkmakers

    A spirited collection of photos and interviews that celebrate PEC wineries, cideries, breweries, and distilleries.Best known for its pioneering cool-climate wineries, Prince Edward County is now home to a vibrant craft beverage industry that includes cideries, breweries, and distilleries. In County Social, over forty...
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  • Chef Legends Alphabet by Feiner, Beck
    Beck Feiner

    Chef Legends Alphabet

    From Anthony Bourdain to Cat Cora, Julia Child to Wolfgang Puck, Chef Legends Alphabet is an A to Z of kitchen kings and queens. Delectably illustrated and written with zest, this book is sure to satisfy the appetite of budding cooks of all ages....
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  • Killing It: An Education by Davis, Camas
    Camas Davis

    Killing It: An Education

    Camas Davis was at an unhappy crossroads. A longtime magazine editor, she had left New York City to pursue a simpler life in her home state of Oregon, with the man she wanted to marry, and taken an appealing job at a Portland magazine....
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  • Slutty Cheff

    Tart: Misadventures of an Anonymous Chef

    A hilarious, hot, and steamy account of coming of age in and out of the kitchen, from the anonymous chef and columnist, Slutty Cheff. "It's the two best things in the world: food and sex." When Slutty Cheff finds herself bored and fed-up with...
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  • The Anthony Bourdain Reader by Bourdain, Anthony
    Anthony Bourdain

    The Anthony Bourdain Reader

    The definitive, career-spanning collection of writing from Anthony Bourdain, assembled for the first time in book formAnthony Bourdain represented many things to many people--and he had many sides. But no part of his identity was more important to him than that of a writer;...
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  • Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food by King, Michelle T.
    Michelle T. King

    Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food

    In 1949, a young Chinese housewife arrived in Taiwan and transformed herself from a novice to a natural in the kitchen. She launched a career as a cookbook author and television cooking instructor that would last four decades. Years later, in America, flipping through...
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  • Dancing on Eggshells: Kitchen, Ballroom & the Messy Inbetween by Whaite, John
    John Whaite

    Dancing on Eggshells: Kitchen, Ballroom & the Messy Inbetween

    A fascinating memoir from the Bake Off Winner, BBC's Strictly Come Dancing Runner Up and popular TV Baker Well-known as the third-series winner of The Great British Bake Off and runner up of Strictly in 2021 with his same-sex dancing partner Johannes Radebe, John...
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  • Goodgrog: A Life in Wine and Journalism by Schreiner, John
    John Schreiner

    Goodgrog: A Life in Wine and Journalism

    Goodgrog: A Life in Wine and Journalism chronicles the life, and especially the career, of journalist John Schreiner, who may have had one of the most enviable jobs ever: wine writer. For over forty years, in newspaper and magazine articles and columns and through...
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  • A Chef on ice by Kuhn, Sebastien Jm
    Sebastien Jm Kuhn

    A Chef on ice

    Join a talented chef as he embarks on a life-changing journey to Antarctica. From grueling recruitment to months-long expeditions, experience the challenges and triumphs of living and working in one of the most remote places on Earth. With breathtaking landscapes, unexpected connections, and a...
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  • All or Nothing by Schenker, Jesse
    Jesse Schenker

    All or Nothing

    Blending Kitchen Confidential, Blood, Bones & Butter, and Breaking Bad, a culinary memoir that illuminates the highs and lows of addiction, anxiety, and ambition in the world of haute cuisine. Thirty-one-year-old Jesse Schenker has rocketed to the top of the culinary world. An Iron...
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  • Culinary Leverage: A Journey Through the Heat by Keane, Douglas
    Douglas Keane

    Culinary Leverage: A Journey Through the Heat

    "...raw, humble, and darkly funny."-Chef Jacques Pepin"Honest. Eye-opening. Harrowing. Brilliant." -Neal Katyal, former acting solicitor general of the United States"...a framework for living that applies equally to the pro kitchen, the boardroom, and the family table." -Gail Simmons, food expert, TV host and author...
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  • Culinary Leverage: A Journey Through the Heat by Keane, Douglas
    Douglas Keane

    Culinary Leverage: A Journey Through the Heat

    "...raw, humble, and darkly funny."-Chef Jacques Pepin"Honest. Eye-opening. Harrowing. Brilliant." -Neal Katyal, former acting solicitor general of the United States"...a framework for living that applies equally to the pro kitchen, the boardroom, and the family table." -Gail Simmons, food expert, TV host and author...
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  • Uses for Obsession: A Chef's Memoir by Shewry, Ben
    Ben Shewry

    Uses for Obsession: A Chef's Memoir

    Chef and restaurateur Ben Shewry knows obsession well. Whether it's crispy-edged lasagne, saltwater crocodile ribs or the perfect potato, obsession is what motivates him and what makes him tick. It's also what has propelled his restaurant Attica into the league of the most innovative,...
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  • Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food by King, Michelle T.
    Michelle T. King

    Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food

    In 1949, a young Chinese housewife arrived in Taiwan and transformed herself from a novice to a natural in the kitchen. She launched a career as a cookbook author and television cooking instructor. Years later, in America, flipping through her mother's copies of Fu...
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  • Chocolate Covered Money: Secrets of the Marketing Genius Who Built the World's Most Successful Chocolate Brands by Yater, Brad
    Brad Yater

    Chocolate Covered Money: Secrets of the Marketing Genius Who Built the World's Most Successful Chocolate Brands

    The story of the man behind some of the world's biggest chocolate empires. Chocolate Covered Money is for anyone who eats chocolate, has shopped for chocolate as a gift, or has wondered what really goes on at the chocolate store "in a mall near...
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  • Royal Repasts: 97 Culinary Marvels Inspired by Cinderella by Kitchen, Gourmet Grove
    Gourmet Grove Kitchen

    Royal Repasts: 97 Culinary Marvels Inspired by Cinderella

    Step into a world where the magic of storytelling intertwines with the enchantment of culinary artistry, as we present ''Royal Repasts: 97 Culinary Marvels Inspired by Cinderella.'' This cookbook invites you to embark on a gastronomic journey through the pages of one of the...
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  • First We Eat: Food, Life, and More Stories by Frechette, Nathan
    Nathan Frechette

    First We Eat: Food, Life, and More Stories

    Food. Who doesn't love food and stories about food? Michele Sabad takes us along for some of her adventures with food and drink: episodes about coffee, and steaks. About wine, and nachos. Oatmeal. Grilled Cheese sandwiches. There are recipes (sort of), observations about restaurants,...
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  • The Gentleman's Companion: Being an Exotic Drinking Book Or, Around the World with Jigger, Beaker and Flask by Baker, Charles Henry
    Charles Henry Baker

    The Gentleman's Companion: Being an Exotic Drinking Book Or, Around the World with Jigger, Beaker and Flask

    During prohibition, Charles Baker traveled the world in search of exotic alcoholic beverages in addition to interesting people with whom he could share them. The Gentleman's Companion: The Exotic Drinking Book is the summation of Baker's drinking experiences abroad. Baker accents his tales of...
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  • Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch by French, Erin
    Erin French

    Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch

    Author: Erin FrenchISBN-10: 1250312353ISBN-13: 9781250312358Publisher: Celadon BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/02/2025Pages: 304Format: Paperback
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  • Born Round: A Story of Family, Food and a Ferocious Appetite by Bruni, Frank
    Frank Bruni

    Born Round: A Story of Family, Food and a Ferocious Appetite

    Author: Frank BruniISBN-10: 014311767XISBN-13: 9780143117674Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/29/2010Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 8.34h x 5.58w x 0.76dReview Citation(s): New York Times Book Review 07/11/2010 pg. 24
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  • How to Eat a Small Country: A Family's Pursuit of Happiness, One Meal at a Time by Finley, Amy
    Amy Finley

    How to Eat a Small Country: A Family's Pursuit of Happiness, One Meal at a Time

    "How to Eat a Small Country shares a few key traits with Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love in particular an infectiously likeable narrator and mouthwatering descriptions of European food. But Finley's memoir is less precious, more honest, and ultimately more rewarding." -- Boston Globe...
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  • Bread and Milk by Ramqvist, Karolina
    Karolina Ramqvist

    Bread and Milk

    "If Annie Ernaux and Marcel Proust had a love child it would be Bread and Milk by Karolina Ramqvist." - Laurel Kane, White Whale BookstoreFrom translator Saskia Vogel and one of Sweden's most loved authors, an essayistic memoir about women and food Bread and...
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  • Thomas Keller's Culinary Canvas: 105 Inspired Delights by Culinary Cove, Pacific Fusion
    Pacific Fusion Culinary Cove

    Thomas Keller's Culinary Canvas: 105 Inspired Delights

    In the world of gastronomy, few names evoke a sense of reverence and culinary excellence quite like Chef Thomas Keller. Renowned for his meticulous attention to detail, commitment to quality ingredients, and an unwavering pursuit of perfection, Chef Keller has become a culinary icon...
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  • Life a la Henri: Being the Memoirs of Henri Charpentier by Charpentier, Henri
    Henri Charpentier

    Life a la Henri: Being the Memoirs of Henri Charpentier

    Life A La Henri: Being The Memoirs Of Henri Charpentier is an autobiographical book written by Henri Charpentier, a renowned French chef and restaurateur. The book is a vivid account of Charpentier's life, from his childhood in France to his rise to fame as...
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  • A Life for the Senses: Return to the Soul Artist Journal by Heartsong, L. R.
    L. R. Heartsong

    A Life for the Senses: Return to the Soul Artist Journal

    "I've been reading your archives... reading and rereading everything I could find. You are an amazing creature. Bravissimo..." - Marlena de Blasi, internationally bestselling author of A Thousand Days in Venice and A Thousand Days in TuscanyFor nearly five years, the Soul Artist Journal,...
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  • Laugh More: Stories from an Unexpected Life by Travis, Debbie
    Debbie Travis

    Laugh More: Stories from an Unexpected Life

    Lifestyle pioneer and bestselling author Debbie Travis is back with a book of ridiculously funny, touching and true stories drawn from her own life and dedicated to everyone in desperate need of a good laugh. A decade ago, Debbie Travis gave up her hectic...
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  • How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love, and Plenty by Reichert, Bonny
    Bonny Reichert

    How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love, and Plenty

    A moving culinary memoir about the relationship between food and family--sustenance and survival--from a chef, award-winning journalist, and daughter of a Holocaust survivor. When you're raised by someone who once survived on potato peels and coffee grounds, you develop a pretty healthy respect for...
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  • Cold Kitchen: A Year of Culinary Travels by Eden, Caroline
    Caroline Eden

    Cold Kitchen: A Year of Culinary Travels

    From the author of New Yorker Book of the Year Red Sands, a cozy, thoughtful memoir recalling food and travel in Eastern Europe and Central Asia from a basement Edinburgh kitchen, featuring a delicious recipe at the end of each chapter. "With its union...
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  • Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly by Selinger, Hannah
    Hannah Selinger

    Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly

    What happens when a career you love doesn't love you back? As Hannah Selinger will tell you, to be a good restaurant employee is to be invisible. At the height of her career as a server and then sommelier at some of New York's...
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  • Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes by Nguon, Chantha
    Chantha Nguon

    Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

    A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen. RECIPE: HOW TO CHANGE CLOTH INTO DIAMOND...
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  • What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts) by Tucci, Stanley
    Stanley Tucci

    What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)

    From Stanley Tucci, award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author, a deliciously unique memoir chronicling a year's worth of meals. "Sharing food is one of the purest human acts." Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci's life: from stracciatella soup...
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  • Care and Feeding: A Memoir by Woolever, Laurie
    Laurie Woolever

    Care and Feeding: A Memoir

    Author: Laurie WooleverISBN-10: 0063327600ISBN-13: 9780063327603Publisher: Ecco PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2025Pages: 336Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbs
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