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Food Writing

"A story of Chinese families, French cuisine, and American dreams...It is 1978, and 26-year-old Sterling, the bright American-born son of Chinese parents, has a... (more)

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'Mater Biscuit A Homegrown Novel

'Mater Biscuit A Homegrown Novel

"It is summer in Euharlee, Georgia, and Imogene Lavender's garden is bursting with snap beans, okra, and tomatoes. The household, made up of Imo, her daughter ... (more)

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27 Ingredient Chili Con Carne

27 Ingredient Chili Con Carne

"A Eugenia Potter Mystery When a guest at a dinner party thrown by Mrs. Potter is found poisoned by her famous chili, she knows she must act quickly before the ... (more)

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A Bite Off Mama's Plate

A Bite Off Mama's Plate

"The assignment of food-related tasks?procurement, preparation, and presentation?remains overwhelmingly in the hands of women. Meyers combines original researc... (more)

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A Catered Christmas  A Mystery With Recipes

A Catered Christmas A Mystery With Recipes

"Visions of sugarplums are most decidedly not dancing in Libby's head--especially since she and her sister are set to appear on the Hortense Calabash Cooking Sh... (more)

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A Catered Murder

A Catered Murder

"Bernadette Simmons wasn’t sure what to expect when she left L.A.—and her no-good, cheating boyfriend—to move back in with her too-close-for-comfort family in N... (more)

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A Catered Murder

A Catered Murder

"Bernadette Simmons wasn’t sure what to expect when she left L.A.—and her no-good, cheating boyfriend—to move back in with her too-close-for-comfort family in N... (more)

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A Catered Wedding

A Catered Wedding

"Leeza Sharp is getting ready to have the wedding of her dreams. She's got a $25,000.00 dress (gorgeous and made to order), a rich Estonian fiance (head of a m... (more)

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A Cook in Time  An Angie Amalfi Mystery

A Cook in Time An Angie Amalfi Mystery

"Culinary queen Angie Amalfi has a way with food and people, but her newest business idea is turning out to be shakier than a fruit-filled gelatin mold. Her fir... (more)

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A Cook's Tour

A Cook's Tour

"The only thing that Tony Bourdain loves as much as cooking is traveling, and this volume is the shotgun marriage of his two greatest passions. Inspired by the... (more)

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A Cook's Tour

A Cook's Tour

"New in paper! The only thing that Tony Bourdain loves as much as cooking is traveling, and this volume is the shotgun marriage of his two greatest passions. ... (more)

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A Cordiall Water

A Cordiall Water

"First published in 1961, A Cordiall Water collects a charming mixed bag of nostrums, elixirs, restoratives, and fortifiers and intersperses them with autobiogr... (more)

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A Flummery of Food

A Flummery of Food

"Here is the perfect bedside companion for epicures. Ranging widely across time and countries, its contents offer an enlightening, richly entertaining portrait ... (more)

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A Healthy Place to Die

A Healthy Place to Die

"Standing in for an ailing colleague, the Gourmet Detective attends a cooking conference at a luxurious Swiss spa famous for pampering the overindulged with hea... (more)

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A History of Cooks and

A History of Cooks and

"Never has there been so little need to cook. Yet Michael Symons maintains that to be truly human we need to become better cooks; practical and generous sharer... (more)

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A Knife to Remember

A Knife to Remember

A Jane Jeffry MysterySuburban single mom Jane is thrilled when an on-location movie sets up in her own backyard. Until she's miscast as the murderer of a blackm... (more)

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A Man and His Meatballs

A Man and His Meatballs

"A hilariously funny cookbook-cum-how-I-did-it memoir by the chef-restaurateur who created New Yorks' dazzling Apizz restaurant.At the age of 37, John LaFemina ... (more)

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A Meal Observed

A Meal Observed

"In this seductive account of a long, luxurious dinner at the venerable Paris restaurant Taillevent, Andrew Todhunter is both the American abroad sharing a rare... (more)

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A Meal Observed

A Meal Observed

"In this seductive account of a long, luxurious dinner at the venerable Paris restaurant Taillevent, Andrew Todhunter is both the American abroad sharing a rare... (more)

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A Meal to Die For

A Meal to Die For

"Benny Lacoco is a food fence. A load of frozen shrimp falls off of a truck, or perhaps a few cases of olive oil or some nice expensive wine with an unpronounce... (more)

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A Quiche Before Dying

A Quiche Before Dying

"A Jane Jeffry Mystery When an obnoxious aged classmate keels over dead after sampling a tasty treat from a pot luck student buffet, Jane realizes there's a cul... (more)

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A Recipe for Bees

A Recipe for Bees

"Not a cookbook.Augusta Olson has the gift of second sight. As a teenager growing up on a rural farm she foresaw that her mother would die in childbirth. She ... (more)

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A Star Is Corn

A Star Is Corn

"It's about time that vegetables get some credit--movie credit, that is. And this is the book to do it. Quirky and fresh, A Star is Corn takes us on a tour of... (more)

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A Stiff Risotto

A Stiff Risotto

"Heaven Lee, proprietress extraordinaire of Kansas City's celebrated Cafe Heaven, knew she had to watch her back at Aspen's gossipy Real Dish Food Festival. Bu... (more)

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A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove

A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove

"2004 James Beard Award Winner for Writing & ReferenceNew in paperback! A stunningly illustrated book that celebrates the power of food throughout American hist... (more)

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A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove

A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove

"2004 James Beard Award Winner for Writing & ReferenceA stunningly illustrated book that celebrates the power of food throughout American history and in women's... (more)

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A Time Well Spent

A Time Well Spent

"A Time Well Spent is a never-before-seen insider's view of the financial and artistic genius that made all of these great restaurants possible. Jerome Brody b... (more)

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A Welcoming Life

A Welcoming Life

"Gioia, ed. Scrapbook captures remarkable life and spirit of the beloved M.F.K. in 240 family photos and extended selections from her writings."... (more)

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A Woman's Place is in the Kitchen

A Woman's Place is in the Kitchen

"This celebration of women and food delves into the professional and private lives of more than 130 women chefs from across the country. It provides an up-close... (more)

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Adventure of Food

Adventure of Food

"This heartwarming, surprising, and sumptuous collection of stories reveals our obsession with food–how it nourishes and sustains us, teaches us about other cul... (more)

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