Food Writing category: 1790 books
Confections of a Closet Master Baker
One Woman's Sweet Journey from Unhappy Hollywood Executive to Contented Country Baker
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
A former Hollywood insider trades the Hollywood Hills for Green Acres—and lives to tell about it in this hilarious, poignant treat of a memoir.
As head of her celebrity sister’s production company, Gesine Bullock-Prado had a closet full of designer clothes and the ear of all the influential...
by Ferenc Máté
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2008
"A sun-drenched memoir with a fairy-tale ending."—Kirkus Reviews
In this laugh-out-loud tale, two adventurers discover that rare combination: joy and success. Candace, a painter, and Ferenc, a writer, begin a new life near the hill town of Montalcino. They restore a thirteenth-century...
Spice
The History of a Temptation
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
In this brilliant, engrossing work, Jack Turner explores an era—from ancient times through the Renaissance—when what we now consider common condiments were valued in gold and blood.
Spices made sour medieval wines palatable, camouflaged the smell of corpses, and served as wedding night...
Cosmopolitan
Bartender's Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2003
Cosmopolitan: A Bartender's Life is a memoir of the bartending life structured as a day in the life at Passerby, the bar owned and run by Toby Cecchini. It is, as well, a rich study of human nature—of the sometimes annoying, sometimes outlandish behavior of the human animal under the influence of...
White Trash Cooking
25th Anniversary Edition: A Cookbook
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
More than 200 recipes and 45 full-color photographs celebrate 25 years of good eatin’ in this original regional Southern cooking classic.
A quarter-century ago, while many were busy embracing the sophisticated techniques and wholesome ingredients of the nouvelle cuisine, one Southern loyalist...
by Jason Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2009
Jason Epstein, legendary publisher of Norman Mailer and Vladimir Nabokov, editor of such great chefs and bakers as Alice Waters and Wolfgang Puck, takes us on a culinary tour through his eventful life.
From the great restaurants of postwar Paris to the narrow streets of New York’s Chinatown today;...
But Mama Always Put Vodka in Her Sangria!
Adventures in Eating, Drinking, and Making Merry
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
In her new book, But Mama Always Put Vodka in Her Sangria!, Julia Reed, a master of the art of eating, drinking, and making merry, takes the reader on culinary adventures in places as far flung as Kabul, Afghanistan and as close to home as her native Mississippi Delta and Florida's Gulf Coast. Along...
The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook
Inside the Kitchens, Bars, and Restaurants of Mad Men
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
“Part cookbook, part annotated episode guide, this entertaining read has everything the die-hard Mad Men fan needs to host a fantastic cocktail party.” —Library Journal
Those who love Mad Men or midcentury style can now enjoy this unauthorized cookbook with more than 70 recipes from the...
The Old-Fashioned
The Story of the World's First Classic Cocktail, with Recipes and Lore
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
A complete history of one of the world's most iconic cocktails--now the poster child of the modern cocktail revival--with fifty recipes for classic variations as well as contemporary updates.
No single cocktail is as iconic, as beloved, or as discussed and fought-over as the Old-Fashioned....
Breakfast
A History
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
From corn flakes to pancakes*, Breakfast: A History* explores this “most important meal of the day” as a social and gastronomic phenomenon. It explains how and why the meal emerged, what is eaten commonly in this meal across the globe, why certain foods are considered indispensable, and how it...
by Alfonso Reyes
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 8, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 8, 2015
“También yo he pagado mi tributo al arte de cocina y bodega: ya un poema sobre la confitería de Toledo o una rápida alusión a las sevillanas y murillescas yemas de San Leandro; y hasta he dejado noticia de mis andanzas en busca de caracoles borgoñones. En fin, éste no es un libro de tesis...
How Carrots Won the Trojan War
Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2011
Discover why Roman gladiators were massaged with onion juice before battle, how celery contributed to Casanova’s conquests, how peas almost poisoned General Washington, and why some seventeenth-century turnips were considered degenerate. Rebecca Rupp tells the strange and fascinating history of...
School of Sophisticated Drinking
An Intoxicating History of Seven Spirits
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
“A very entertaining book that deserves a leather armchair, a fine cigar, and a double measure of cognac. ” – Gaz Regan, author of The Joy of Mixology
A detailed and insightful look into the development and sometimes comical past of the world of cocktail recipes and their stories.”...
Big Shots
The Men Behind the Booze
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2003
From the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of The Arsenal of Democracy and Go Like Hell.
You may consider Jack Daniel an old friend, Jose Cuervo a long-respected adversary, and Captain Morgan a trusted companion on many a foggy yet unforgettable adventure. But, as with so many...