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  • Food and the City: New York's Professional Chefs, Restaurateurs, Line Cooks, Street Vendors, and Purveyors Talk About What They Do and Wh by Yalof, Ina
    Ina Yalof

    Food and the City: New York's Professional Chefs, Restaurateurs, Line Cooks, Street Vendors, and Purveyors Talk about What They Do and Wh

    An unprecedented behind-the-scenes tour of New York City's dynamic food culture, as told through the voices of the chefs, line cooks, restaurateurs, waiters, and street vendors who have made this industry their lives. In Food and the City, Ina Yalof takes us on an...
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  • Shopping with Mama by Gold, Bea
    Bea Gold

    Shopping with Mama

    "Shopping with Mama" offers a nostalgic journey into the daily life of a Jewish child growing up in 1930s and 40s New York City, a time when supermarkets were absent, and food shopping was a cherished routine. Through the eyes of the protagonist, each...
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  • A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France by Hoffman, Steve
    Steve Hoffman

    A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France

    In this poignant, delicious memoir, American tax preparer and food writer Steve Hoffman tells the story of how he and his family move to the French countryside, where the locals upend everything he knows about food, wine, and learning how to belong. Steve Hoffman...
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  • Hot Dish Confidential: That Year My Friends Taught Me to Cook by Sorensen, George
    George Sorensen

    Hot Dish Confidential: That Year My Friends Taught Me to Cook

    George Sorensen wants to learn to cook. Not just cook, but to finally learn how to prepare a truly great meal. George was raised on TV dinners in foil trays, canned string beans reduced to paste in boiling water, Wonder Bread, bologna, and processed...
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  • Gather and Grill by McLemore, John Darin
    John Darin McLemore

    Gather and Grill

    Foreword by Steve DoocyTurn up the heat and crack open a cold one with this smokin' hot, flavor-packed cookbook from Fox News' favorite father-son duo, packed with more than 100 mouthwatering barbecue recipes for families to gather, grill, and enjoy together.Working in the grilling...
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  • Sharing a Glass: Inspirational Memoirs & Memories of the Women Who Shaped Ontario's Grape & Wine Industry by Wilhelm, Jennifer
    Jennifer Wilhelm

    Sharing a Glass: Inspirational Memoirs & Memories of the Women Who Shaped Ontario's Grape & Wine Industry

    Even if you're not an oenophile, chances are you know that Ontario's wine industry produces some of Canada's best bottles. In just a few decades, the wines crafted in the province have begun to claim their rightful place on the world stage, thanks, in...
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  • Mastering the Classics: 96 Culinary Delights Inspired by Marco Pierre White by Dining Haven, Fusion Delights
    Fusion Delights Dining Haven

    Mastering the Classics: 96 Culinary Delights Inspired by Marco Pierre White

    **''Mastering the Classics: 96 Culinary Delights Inspired by Marco Pierre White''** Embark on a culinary journey steeped in the timeless elegance and rich flavors of classical cuisine with ''Mastering the Classics: 96 Culinary Delights Inspired by Marco Pierre White.'' In this exceptional cookbook, we...
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  • Sharing a Glass: Inspirational Memoirs & Memories of the Women Who Shaped Ontario's Grape & Wine Industry by Wilhelm, Jennifer
    Jennifer Wilhelm

    Sharing a Glass: Inspirational Memoirs & Memories of the Women Who Shaped Ontario's Grape & Wine Industry

    Even if you're not an oenophile, chances are you know that Ontario's wine industry produces some of Canada's best bottles. In just a few decades, the wines crafted in the province have begun to claim their rightful place on the world stage, thanks, in...
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  • Adventures in the Wine Trade: Diary of a Vintner's Scholar by Howkins, Ben
    Ben Howkins

    Adventures in the Wine Trade: Diary of a Vintner's Scholar

    - A look at the business of wine and spirits sales and marketing over 50 years- A nostalgic look at how an industry has changed with mentions of many fabulous and famous people the author came across- Foreword by Hugh Johnson"A charming, entertaining, and...
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  • Genetic Gastronomy: 96 Inspired Recipes from George Church's Innovations by Dumplings, Bread Dumplings Fruit
    Bread Dumplings Fruit Dumplings

    Genetic Gastronomy: 96 Inspired Recipes from George Church's Innovations

    Welcome to Genetic Gastronomy, a culinary journey that blends the scientific brilliance of renowned geneticist George Church with the artistry of gastronomy. This unique cookbook invites you to explore the fascinating world where groundbreaking scientific innovations meet the creativity of the kitchen, offering a...
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  • Paul Hollywood - The Biography by Dagnell, A. S.
    A. S. Dagnell

    Paul Hollywood - The Biography

    Author: A. S. DagnellISBN-10: 1784187577ISBN-13: 9781784187576Publisher: John BlakeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/03/2015Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.80d
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  • I'd Rather Wear Pajamas by Flagg, Chelsea Walker
    Chelsea Walker Flagg

    I'd Rather Wear Pajamas

    * Amazon #1 Best Seller for Humor * Reader's Favorite Bronze Award for Non-Fiction Humor Everybody has the awesome opportunity to find their own strength and path through life. Some come about their self-discoveries through studying and working hard. Others (Chelsea) spend their time...
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  • The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading about Eating, and Eating While Reading by Garner, Dwight
    Dwight Garner

    The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading about Eating, and Eating While Reading

    Garner gathers a literary chorus to capture the joys of reading and eating in this comic, personal classic. Reading and eating, like Krazy and Ignatz, Sturm und Drang, prosciutto and melon, Simon and Schuster, and radishes and butter, have always, for me, simply gone...
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  • Drago's: An American Journey by Finney Jr, Peter P.
    Peter P. Finney Jr

    Drago's: An American Journey

    The story of the Cvitanovich family, the founders and proprietors of Drago's Seafood Restaurant, which opened its first location just outside New Orleans, Louisiana, in the 1970s, is the story of a family living the true American dream: two immigrants from Croatia come to...
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  • Rottenkid: A Succulent Story of Survival by Binns, Brigit
    Brigit Binns

    Rottenkid: A Succulent Story of Survival

    A memoir sauteed in Hollywood stories, world travel, and always, the need to belongProlific cookbook author Brigit Binns' coming-of-age memoir-co-starring her alcoholic actor father Edward Binns and glamorous but viciously smart narcissistic mother--reveals how simultaneous privilege and profound neglect lead Brigit to seek comfort...
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  • The Art of Flavor: Exploring Culinary Arts and Kitchen Management by Jimenez, Elizabeth
    Elizabeth Jimenez

    The Art of Flavor: Exploring Culinary Arts and Kitchen Management

    The Art of Flavor: Exploring Culinary Arts and Kitchen Management is a comprehensive exploration of the culinary world, delving into the fascinating realms of taste, technique, and kitchen organization. This guide takes you on a journey through the fundamentals of culinary arts, covering everything...
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  • Culinary Mastery: A Comprehensive Guide to Kitchen Management by Jimenez, Elizabeth
    Elizabeth Jimenez

    Culinary Mastery: A Comprehensive Guide to Kitchen Management

    "Culinary Mastery: A Comprehensive Guide to Kitchen Management" is a culinary compass that navigates aspiring chefs and seasoned culinary professionals through the intricate art and science of kitchen management. This guide spans from the foundational principles of kitchen hierarchy, layout, and tools to advanced...
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  • She Chef by Snyder, Linda Jacobs
    Linda Jacobs Snyder

    She Chef

    From this five foot tall, hundred pound woman running dinner house kitchens staffed with men, to how to flip an egg in a sauté pan, to a near shoot out at her restaurant in the mountains of Oregon, her experiences are varied and unique....
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  • "How About a Little Lunch?" by Phillips, Marilyn Hayes
    Marilyn Hayes Phillips

    "How About a Little Lunch?"

    A tender homage to much-beloved grandmothers, this unique collection of delicious recipes will bring eager anticipation to your table and a smile on your face as you pore over the delightful stories woven throughout the recipes themselves. The collection of over 500 delicious recipes...
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  • Away from the Kitchen: Untold Stories, Private Menus, Guarded Recipes, and Insider Tips: Favorite Regional Chefs Reveal, Confess, and Speak O by Hawkes, Dawn Blume
    Dawn Blume Hawkes

    Away from the Kitchen: Untold Stories, Private Menus, Guarded Recipes, and Insider Tips: Favorite Regional Chefs Reveal, Confess, and Speak O

    Away from the Kitchen provides a new breed of exploration into the chef-obsessed revolution by capturing the joys and pressures of a chef's life with a candid approach. America's favorite chefs from across the nation reveal who they are during private talks about their...
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  • Treyf: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw by Altman, Elissa
    Elissa Altman

    Treyf: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw

    "[A] gorgeously-written . . . brave and generous memoir" about growing up in a family with conflicting ideas about being Jewish and finding your own path (Dani Shapiro, New York Times-bestselling author of Inheritance). Though culturally Jewish, Elissa Altman was not raised religious. Her...
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  • Poor Man's Feast: A Love Story of Comfort, Desire, and the Art of Simple Cooking by Altman, Elissa
    Elissa Altman

    Poor Man's Feast: A Love Story of Comfort, Desire, and the Art of Simple Cooking

    "[A] smart yet tender tale. . . . Sometimes heartbreaking, often hilarious . . . one of the finest food memoirs of recent years." --The New York Times Book Review For a woman raised by a weight-obsessed mother and a father who rebelled by...
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  • The Last Dance: A Memoir of the Garden Island Grille by Trentlage, Dave
    Dave Trentlage

    The Last Dance: A Memoir of the Garden Island Grille

    Dreams are fickle things, evolving as time passes and circumstances change, spending their lives rolling around the perimeter of our minds, giving us a brass ring to reach for. The pursuit alone can fill a lifetime. When dreams are finally realized, they have the...
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  • A Bakeable Feast by Klecko
    Klecko

    A Bakeable Feast

    "A Bakeable Feast" by Klecko is a memoir of 45 years as a bread baker, poet, emcee and keen observer of a host of co-workers and colleagues from across the globe. Each 'Baking Memory' is a page in length and tells the stories of...
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  • Bonjour Kale: A Memoir of Paris, Love, and Recipes by Beddard, Kristen
    Kristen Beddard

    Bonjour Kale: A Memoir of Paris, Love, and Recipes

    A memoir of love, life, and recipes from the woman who brought kale to the City of LightThe story of how one expat woman left her beloved behind when she moved to France--her beloved kale, that is. Unable to find le chou kale anywhere...
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  • Saved by a Blonde & a Chicken Pot Pie: A Restaurateur's Memoir by Spivak, Bob
    Bob Spivak

    Saved by a Blonde & a Chicken Pot Pie: A Restaurateur's Memoir

    In Saved by A Blonde & A Chicken Pot Pie, restaurateur Bob Spivak recounts growing up in the restaurant business, how athletics and ingenuity helped him succeed despite living with dyslexia, and the lunch meeting that changed the course of his life, personally and...
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  • Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical by Bourdain, Anthony
    Anthony Bourdain

    Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical

    From beloved chef and bestselling author Anthony Bourdain, the riveting true crime tale of deadly cook Mary Mallon-otherwise known as the infamous Typhoid Mary. A riveting true crime tale told by one of the most gripping food writers in history, Typhoid Mary is the...
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  • Kitchen Confidential Annotated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Bourdain, Anthony
    Anthony Bourdain

    Kitchen Confidential Annotated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

    A deluxe, annotated edition of Kitchen Confidential to celebrate the life of Anthony Bourdain, featuring new photo insertsOver two decades ago, the New Yorker published a now infamous article, "Don't Eat Before Reading This," by then little-known chef Anthony Bourdain. Bourdain spared no one's...
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  • Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites by Christensen, Kate
    Kate Christensen

    Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites

    A delectable memoir about the transformative power of food, Blue Plate Special is a deeply personal narrative in which food becomes the vehicle for exploring a life. Here, novelist Kate Christensen tells her own story, from her unorthodox childhood in 1960s Berkeley as the...
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  • Paul Hollywood: Bread, Buns and Baking by Dagnell, A. S.
    A. S. Dagnell

    Paul Hollywood: Bread, Buns and Baking

    The son of a baker with a chain of shops on the East coast of England, Paul originally trained as a sculptor. He first turned his hand to the art of bread-making at the age of 17, when he served an apprenticeship within his...
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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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  • Julia's Cats: Julia Child's Life in the Company of Cats by Barey, Patricia
    Patricia Barey

    Julia's Cats: Julia Child's Life in the Company of Cats

    The world knows Julia Child as the charismatic woman who brought French cuisine to America and became a TV sensation, but there's one aspect of her life that's not so familiar. Soon after the Childs arrived in Paris in 1948, a French cat appeared...
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  • Mrs Beeton and Mrs Marshall: A Tale of Two Victorian Cooks by Kay, Emma
    Emma Kay

    Mrs Beeton and Mrs Marshall: A Tale of Two Victorian Cooks

    The name Mrs Beeton has endured for well over a century, synonymous with all things reassuringly culinary, while her contemporary Agnes Bertha Marshall remains somewhat of an enigma.Both Isabella Beeton and Agnes Bertha Marshall lived within a short distance of each other in Pinner,...
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  • The Language of Baklava: A Memoir with Recipes by Abu-Jaber, Diana
    Diana Abu-Jaber

    The Language of Baklava: A Memoir with Recipes

    Diana Abu-Jaber's vibrant, humorous memoir weaves together delicious food memories that illuminate the two cultures of her childhood--American and Jordanian. Here are stories of being raised by a food-obsessed Jordanian father and tales of Lake Ontario shish kabob cookouts and goat stew feasts under...
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  • The Fermented Man: A Year on the Front Lines of a Food Revolution by Dellinger, Derek
    Derek Dellinger

    The Fermented Man: A Year on the Front Lines of a Food Revolution

    On January 1, 2014, homebrewer and writer Derek Dellinger began a journey that would change everything he thought he knew about fermented food and beverage. For an entire year, Dellinger ate and drank only products that had been created by microbes. Exploring the vast...
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  • Biting Through the Skin: An Indian Kitchen in America's Heartland by Furstenau, Nina Mukerjee
    Nina Mukerjee Furstenau

    Biting Through the Skin: An Indian Kitchen in America's Heartland

    At once a traveler's tale, a memoir, and a mouthwatering cookbook, Biting through the Skin offers a first-generation immigrant's perspective on growing up in America's heartland. Author Nina Mukerjee Furstenau's parents brought her from Bengal in northern India to the small town of Pittsburg,...
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  • Growing up Sylvia'S by Woods, Brenda and Van
    Brenda and Van Woods

    Growing up Sylvia'S

    From the small community of Hemingway, South Carolina, to the streets of New York City, Growing Up Sylvias offers a biography of Sylvia Woods, the Queen of Soul Food, and her husband, Herbert Woods. Written by Sylvias daughter-in-law and son, Brenda and Van D....
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  • Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen by Johnson, Rebecca May
    Rebecca May Johnson

    Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen

    ** INCLUDES A NEW AFTERWORD AND RECIPES ** "An intense, thought-provoking enquiry into the very nature of cooking." -- Nigella Lawson "One of the most original food books I've ever read, at once intelligent and sensuous, witty, provoking and truly delicious." -- Olivia Laing...
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  • The Fixed Stars by Wizenberg, Molly
    Molly Wizenberg

    The Fixed Stars

    From a bestselling writer, an intense and moving memoir about changing identity, complex sexuality, and enduring family relationships--now in paperback At age 36, while serving on a jury, author Molly Wizenberg found herself drawn to a female attorney. Married to a man for nearly...
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  • My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir by Harris, Jessica B.
    Jessica B. Harris

    My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir

    In this captivating new memoir, award-winning writer Jessica B. Harris recalls her youth "surrounded by some of the most famous creative minds of the seventies and eighties...James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Nina Simone" (New York magazine)--in a vibrant, lost era of New York...
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  • Always Home: A Daughter's Recipes & Stories: Foreword by Alice Waters by Singer, Fanny
    Fanny Singer

    Always Home: A Daughter's Recipes & Stories: Foreword by Alice Waters

    A cookbook and culinary memoir about growing up as the daughter of revered chef/restaurateur Alice Waters: a story of food, family, and the need for beauty in all aspects of life. In this extraordinarily intimate portrait of her mother--and herself--Fanny Singer, daughter of food...
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  • Colonel Sanders and the American Dream by Ozersky, Josh
    Josh Ozersky

    Colonel Sanders and the American Dream

    From Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben to the Jolly Green Giant and Ronald McDonald, corporate icons sell billions of dollars' worth of products. But only one of them was ever a real person-Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken/KFC. From a 1930s roadside café in...
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  • The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats by Stone, Daniel
    Daniel Stone

    The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats

    The true adventures of David Fairchild, a turn-of-the-century food explorer who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes--and thousands more--to the American plate. "Fascinating."--The New York Times Book Review - "Fast-paced adventure writing."--The Wall Street Journal - "Richly descriptive."--Kirkus...
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  • Yes, Chef by Samuelsson, Marcus
    Marcus Samuelsson

    Yes, Chef

    JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE - NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY VOGUE - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "One of the great culinary stories of our time."--Dwight Garner, The New York Times It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday...
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  • Today's Special: 20 Leading Chefs Choose 100 Emerging Chefs by Phaidon Press
    Phaidon Phaidon Editors

    Today's Special: 20 Leading Chefs Choose 100 Emerging Chefs

    "Expansive in scope, Today's Special aims to capture a snapshot of what the future of dining around the world will look like." - Salon Be ahead of the curve and get to know 100 of the most exciting rising-star chefs from around the world,...
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  • In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain by Vitale, Tom
    Tom Vitale

    In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain

    Anthony Bourdain's long time director and producer takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the insanity of filming television in some of the most volatile places in the world and what it was like to work with a legend. In the nearly two years...
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  • Taste: My Life Through Food by Tucci, Stanley
    Stanley Tucci

    Taste: My Life Through Food

    From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the kitchen table. He shared the magic of those...
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  • Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Woolever, Laurie
    Laurie Woolever

    Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography

    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...
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  • The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels: A Love Story by Drummond, Ree
    Ree Drummond

    The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels: A Love Story

    New York Times BestsellerWildly popular award-winning blogger, accidental ranch wife, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pioneer Woman Cooks, Ree Drummond (aka The Pioneer Woman) tells the true story of her storybook romance that led her from the Los Angeles glitter...
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  • Workhorse: My Sublime and Absurd Years in New York City's Restaurant Scene by Reed, Kim
    Kim Reed

    Workhorse: My Sublime and Absurd Years in New York City's Restaurant Scene

    A razor-sharp look at one woman's nearly two decades in the New York City restaurant scene, including her time working with Joe Bastianich, and what happens when your job consumes your life. ​ By day, Kim Reed was a social worker to the homebound...
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