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A sampling of new and favorite books.

Food Rules, An Eater's Manual

Food Rules, An Eater's Manual

by Michael Pollan

  • FOOD
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 192 PAGES

Pollan wittily doles out practical guidelines for how to shop and what to eat, wisely cautioning, for example, not to eat anything with an ingredient that a third grader cannot pronounce, in this pocket compendium of food wisdom, now with illustrations by the always marvelous Maira Kalman. (GEN961, $23.95)

Tartine Bread

Tartine Bread

by Chad Robertson

  • FOOD
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 304 PAGES

A lushly illustrated step-by-step guide to bread baking by the master baker behind San Francisco's famed Tartine. Includes countless tips, insights and additional recipes for using up every delicious morsel, including Catalan bread salad, a variety of bruschettas and delicious homemade aioli. (GEN986, $40.00)

Radically Simple, Brilliant Flavors With Breathtaking Ease

Radically Simple, Brilliant Flavors With Breathtaking Ease

by Rozanne Gold

  • FOOD
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 340 PAGES

Appealing to even busy or reluctant cooks, four-time James Beard award-winning chef Rozanne Gold takes her title seriously, with 325 recipes featuring a few fresh ingredients, beautifully prepared and concisely described. How about Crisped Chicken with Chimichurri and Avocado, and one of the 10-minute salads? (GEN980, $35.00)

Beyond the Great Wall

Beyond the Great Wall

by Jeffrey Alford | Naomi Duguid

  • FOOD
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 376 PAGES

The globe-trotting duo weave tales of travel with contemporary politics, commentary, carefully documented recipes and stunning photographs for this sumptuous overview of the food and culture of Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Yunnan and other far-off regions of ethnically diverse China. (CHN475, $40.00)

Mourad, New Moroccan

Mourad, New Moroccan

by Mourad Lahlou

  • FOOD
  • 2011
  • MAP
  • 400 PAGES

Inspired by memories, steeped in stories and informed by his experience at the Michelin-starred Aziza in San Francisco, Mourad weaves 100 recipes, both classic and wholly inventive, with tales and photographs of Morocco and his family in Marrakech. (MRC126, $40.00)

The Art of Eating

The Art of Eating

by M. F. K. Fisher

  • FOOD
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 749 PAGES

The 50th anniversary edition of Fisher's influential memoir on the pleasures of food (and family and travel and life), including Serve it Forth, Consider the Oyster, How to Cook a Wolf, The Gastronomical Me, and An Alphabet for Gourmets. (TVL91, $24.95)

 
The Atlas of Food

The Atlas of Food


by Erik Millstone

  • REFERENCE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

It's all here in this slim reference: who eats what, where -- and why, all the trends and statistics artfully explained in clear color maps. (WLD147, $21.95)

The Food Lover's Guide to Florence, With Culinary Excursions in Tuscany

The Food Lover's Guide to Florence, With Culinary Excursions in Tuscany


by Emily Wise Miller

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER

Miller polled neighbors, friends, cooks and ordinary folk for this delectable guide to 125 eateries, organized by neighborhood. (ITL841, $14.99)

A History of the World In 6 Glasses

A History of the World In 6 Glasses


by Tom Standage

  • FOOD
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A highly enjoyable chronicle of the prestige, power, politics and pleasures of key beverages through the ages. Standage argues that the drinks that have mattered, since the Stone Age, are, in chronological order: beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola. Each chapter is a vivid history of politics, prestige, colonialism, commerce and society. (GEN333, $15.95)

An Edible History of Humanity

An Edible History of Humanity


by Tom Standage

  • FOOD
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Standage's (A History of the World in 6 Glasses) history of food and its powerful influence on civilization doubles as an entertaining crash course in ancient and modern history. (GEN486, $16.00)

Arabesque, A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon

Arabesque, A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon


by Claudia Roden

  • FOOD
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 352 PAGES

With 100 color photos of food, people and places, this enchanting cookbook by a leading authority is filled with not just subtle, simple recipes but also stories, culture and history. (MED99, $37.50)

Biba's Italy

Biba's Italy


by Biba Caggiano

  • FOOD
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 320 PAGES

Caggiano focuses on regional, seasonal food in this omnibus cookbook (featuring 100 recipes), menu planner and travel guide to Rome, Florence, Bologna, Milan and Venice. Nicely produced, this handsome sepia-toned book includes recommended restaurants, cafes and markets in each city. (ITL777, $29.95)

Bringing It to the Table, on Farming and Food

Bringing It to the Table, on Farming and Food


by Wendell Berry

  • FOOD
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Michael Pollen introduces this marvelous anthology of Berry's through-provoking essays, stories and writing about food over the last 30 years. (USA405, $14.95)

Brunetti's Cookbook

Brunetti's Cookbook


by Tatjana Hauptmann | Donna Leon | Roberta Pianaro

  • FOOD
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 288 PAGES

Donna Leon and her good friend Roberta Pianaro ate their way through the 90 recipes in this savory companion to Leon's splendid Commissario Guido Brunetti novel. With excerpts from the novels and original essays on food and life in Venice by Donna Leon. (ITA133, $24.95)

Chez Panisse Vegetables


by Alice Waters

  • FOOD
  • 1996
  • HARD COVER

Alongside gorgeous woodcuts and deceptively simple, world-famous recipes, Waters explains how to cook, buy and prepare specific vegetables in this still-fresh take on seasonal cooking. (GEN987, $36.99)

Choice Cuts, A Savory Selection of Food Writing from around the World and throughout History


by Mark Kurlansky

  • FOOD
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

A witty collection, organized thematically, with a rich selection of writing by the likes of Liebling, MFK Fisher, Escoffier and Alice B. Toklas. (GEN253, $17.00)

Classical Turkish Cooking

Classical Turkish Cooking


by Ayla Esen Algar

  • FOOD
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Algar's enchanting cookbook includes easy-to-follow Turkish recipes and delightful vignettes about their traditional origins. Everything we've made has been fantastic! (TKY255, $19.99)

Communion, A Culinary Journey Through Vietnam

Communion, A Culinary Journey Through Vietnam


by Kim Fay

  • FOOD
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 293 PAGES

Fay recounts in savory detail a five-week journey with two friends from Hanoi to Saigon in search of the traditions, rituals and pleasures of food from local markets and street foods to haute cuisine. (VNM147, $19.95)

Consider the Oyster

Consider the Oyster


by M. F. K. Fisher

  • FOOD
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 76 PAGES

The inestimable Fisher's ruminations on the oyster, a delightful essay full of recipes and bits of trivia. (GEN273, $12.00)

Curry, A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors

Curry, A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors


by Lizzie Collingham

  • FOOD
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

This cultural history with recipes is appetizingly organized as a menu (biryani, vindaloo, chai, etc.). Curry explores the origins and spread of Indian food and the interplay between Muslim, Hindu, Portuguese and British traditions on the Subcontinent. (IDA319, $16.95)

Everyday Drinking, The Distilled Kingsley Amis

Everyday Drinking, The Distilled Kingsley Amis


by Kingsley Amis

  • FOOD
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Christopher Hitchens provides the introduction to this new edition of Amis Kingley's bilious tales and tips, recipes and ruminations on the convivial consumption of booze, originaly published as On Drink (1972) Everyday Drinking (1983) and How's Your Glass? (1984). (GBR924, $10.00)

Food, The History of Taste

Food, The History of Taste


by Paul Freedman

  • FOOD
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 368 PAGES

Editor Paul Freedman and diverse scholars celebrate the history and pleasure of food in this richly illustrated gastronomic study, illuminating gustatory pleasures and evolving culinary traditions from classical antiquity to modern restaurant dining. (GEN395, $39.95)

Hungry Planet, What the World Eats

Hungry Planet, What the World Eats


by Peter Menzel | Faith D'Aluisio

  • FOOD
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 287 PAGES

Bhutan, Bosnia, China, Chad, Egypt, Greenland the Philippines and the United States, this mind-expanding book documents families around the world -- and what they eat, each photographed with a week's worth of food. With facts about each country, recipes (seal stew anyone?). Maps and a few paragraphs on each family, it's a terrific introduction to world geography. (WLD65, $40.00)

La Cuisine, Everyday French Home Cooking

La Cuisine, Everyday French Home Cooking


by Jane Sigal | Francoise Bernard

  • FOOD
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 648 PAGES

An inviting new cookbook for preparing easy, everyday French recipes from Frencoise Bernard, grande dame of France's popular cuisine, whose 1963 classic, My Easy Recipes, is still considered a culinary cornerstone. (FRN923, $45.00)

Larousse Gastronomique

Larousse Gastronomique


by Librarie Larousse

  • FOOD
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 1100 PAGES

Larousse calls it The World's Greatest Culinary Encyclopedia -- and they are probably right. The first new edition since 1988, thoroughly revised and updated, with new biographies of Alice Water and Ferran Adria, for example, this fully illustrated reference covers classic and modern cooking techniques, chefs, the world's greatest restaurants and just about everything else in the world of food and cooking. It's the companion book to the recipe collection. (FRN839, $90.00)

Made in Spain, Spanish Dishes for the American Kitchen

Made in Spain, Spanish Dishes for the American Kitchen


by Jose Andres

  • FOOD
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 254 PAGES

Andres takes in the great diversity of Spain, its culinary traditions, regional specialties and modern innovations in this cookbook and culinary tour, featuring dozens of superbly illustrated recipes. Each section is introduced with an excerpt's from the roving chef's journals. (SPN366, $35.00)

Mangoes & Curry Leaves, Culinary Travels Through the Great Subcontinent


by Jeffrey Alford | Naomi Duguid

  • FOOD
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 416 PAGES

In this latest book the roving, food-loving authors (Hot Sour Salty Sweet) travel the seven countries of the Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, collecting not only 200 recipes but also engaging tales of the people, history and adventures. With color photographs of food and places throughout. (IDA320, $45.00)

My Vietnam, Stories and Recipes

My Vietnam, Stories and Recipes


by Luke Nguyen

  • FOOD
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 344 PAGES

Cooking Channel host Luke Nguyen celebrates Vietnam, its culture and cuisine in this oversized, sumptuously illustrated tribute, traveling from north to south, visiting friends, family and local cooks. With 100 recipes. (VNM148, $40.00)

Not for Bread Alone: Writers on Food, Wine and the Art of Eating

Not for Bread Alone: Writers on Food, Wine and the Art of Eating


by Dan Halpern

  • FOOD
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 186 PAGES

Twenty-two terrific writers celebrate the pleasures of food in this zesty anthology, opening with a sparkling essay by Dame Rose Macaulay and including savory contributions by Wendell Berry, Joyce Carol Oates and more. (GEN542, $13.99)

Oaxaca al Gusto

Oaxaca al Gusto


by Diana Kennedy

  • FOOD
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 460 PAGES

Diana Kennedy celebrates the diversity of the food, life and culture of Oaxaca in 300 exhaustively researched, authentic recipes. (MEX283, $60.00)

Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink

Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink


by David Remnick

  • FOOD
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 562 PAGES

This dectable compilation of entertaining, substantial essays, fiction, and cartoons on the pleasures of food and drink from the pages of The New Yorker over the last 80 years, includes contributions by Calvin Trillin, Joan Didion, Anthony Bourdain, John Cheever and Roald Dahl, among others. (GEN453, $18.00)

Spice, The History of a Temptation

Spice, The History of a Temptation


by Jack Turner

  • FOOD
  • 2005
  • PAPER

Turner wonderfully evokes the romance, lust and mystery of pepper, nutmeg, mace, cinnamon, cloves and ginger in this lively cultural history of spice. (GEN334, $17.00)

The Accidental Connoisseur, An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World

The Accidental Connoisseur, An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World


by Lawrence Osborne

  • FOOD
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 262 PAGES

With a winning wit and not a drop of pretense, Osborne sets out to discover what's what with wine, traveling through Sonoma and Napa, France, Italy and other European wine meccas, 11 adventures in all. He meets plenty of interesting characters along the way, revealing much about the pleasures of wine (and travel!). (TVL31, $15.00)

The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book

The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book


by Alice B. Toklas

  • FOOD
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

With tales of dinners with Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Picasso and other literati in her Paris salon, Toklas includes not just traditional French fare but also her famous recipe for hashish fudge in this classic memoir. (FRN927, $14.99)

The Best Recipes in the World

The Best Recipes in the World


by Mark Bittman

  • FOOD
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 757 PAGES

A how-to culinary tour of over 40 countries, from the exotic (the Balkans) to the expected (France, Italy). It gives full weight to Asian cuisines as well. With over 1,000 recipes, many of which can be prepared in under 30 minutes. (GEN116, $32.50)

The Food of a Younger Land, A Portrait of American Food

The Food of a Younger Land, A Portrait of American Food


by Mark Kurlansky

  • FOOD
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

Kurlansky turned to the WPA files at the Library of Congress for this richly detailed portrait of Depression Era America, a never-completed chronicle of food and food traditions by writers of the day including Eudora Welty, Zora Neale Hurston and Nelson Algren. (USA404, $16.00)

The Gastronomica Reader

The Gastronomica Reader


by Darra Goldstein

  • FOOD
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 376 PAGES

A rich sampling from the quarterly feast of truly exceptional writing on food, these illustrated articles explore a dizzying array of cultures around the globe and through history. (REF31, $39.95)

The Measure of Her Powers, An M.F.K. Fisher Reader

The Measure of Her Powers, An M.F.K. Fisher Reader


by M. F. K. Fisher

  • FOOD
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

A fat, judicious selection of M.F.K. Fisher's writings, which spanned a lifetime and chronicled adventures (culinary and otherwise) in France, Switzerland and Italy, on shipboard and in her native California. (CUL01, $21.95)

The Oxford Companion to Food

The Oxford Companion to Food


by Tom Jaine | Alan Davidson

  • FOOD
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 976 PAGES

Well worth browsing, this refreshingly opinionated, quirky book is also a pleasure to read. Organized A-Z (and much of it written by Davidson himself) the book covers everything: ingredients and foodstuffs, national cuisines, famous chefs and food writers. (REF07, $65.00)

The Spanish Table, Traditional Recipes and Wine Pairings from Spain and Portugal


by Steve Winston

  • FOOD
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 224 PAGES

Full of traditional recipes and wine pairings as well as helpful tips for using paella pans, cazuelas, cataplanas, ollas and other cookware unique to the region. (SPN415, $30.00)

The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food

The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food


by Adam Gopnik

  • FOOD
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 288 PAGES

Gopnik (Paris to the Moon) opens this witty cultural history of food in 18th-century France, birthplace of modern taste and of the restaurant, tracing our current preoccupation with gastronomy with humor and learning. (FRN968, $26.95)

The True History of Chocolate

The True History of Chocolate


by Sophie D. Coe | Michael Coe

  • FOOD
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

This scholarly history of pre-Columbian chocolate by these married archaeologists reveals chocolate's origins as a ceremonial beverage in ancient Olmec and Maya society. The Coes trace the treat's evolution from a food of the gods to the salons of Europe down through the masses to Hershey Pennsylvania. (CAM57, $21.95)

The World Atlas of Wine

The World Atlas of Wine


by Hugh Johnson | Jancis Robinson

  • FOOD
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 352 PAGES

Not just an authoritative guide, this stunning world atlas includes hundreds of photographs and illuminating local and regional maps. (GEN244, $50.00)

Turquoise, A Chef's Travels in Turkey

Turquoise, A Chef's Travels in Turkey


by Greg and Lucy Malouf

  • FOOD
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 356 PAGES

This sumptuous book combines travel, recipes and stunning color photographs of landscapes, people, food and traditions. (TKY192, $50.00)

Vino Argentino, An Insider's Guide to the Wines and Wine Country of Argentina

Vino Argentino, An Insider's Guide to the Wines and Wine Country of Argentina


by Laura Catena

  • FOOD
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 239 PAGES

This detailed, lushly illustrated guidebook to Argentina's wine region includes recipes, travel information, historical anecdotes, photographs, conversations with winemakers and a useful wine glossary. (ARG117, $27.50)

What I Eat, Around the World in 80 Diets

What I Eat, Around the World in 80 Diets


by Peter Menzel | Faith D'Aluisio

  • FOOD
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 304 PAGES

Soldier, sumo wrestler, world-famous chef, a refugee, model and monk are all included in Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio's latest venture, a portrait of 80 people from around the world, each surrounded by what they eat in a day. (WLD197, $40.00)

Why Italians Love to Talk About Food

Why Italians Love to Talk About Food


by Elena Kostioukovitch

  • FOOD
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

This charming, informative journey through Italy's great regional cuisine, from the Alps to Sicily, includes color photos, menus and glossaries. Umberto Eco's Russian translator, Kostioukovitch explores the food of her adopted homeland as a way to understand the different tastes, dialects and attitudes of each region. (ITA110, $18.00)

With Bold Knife and Fork

With Bold Knife and Fork


by M. F. K. Fisher

  • FOOD
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

This collection of memoirs from the prolific and beloved food writer M.F.K. Fisher includes recipes for over 140 dishes described with warmth and wit. (GEN553, $17.95)

Material World

Material World


by Paul Kennedy | Charles C. Mann | Peter Menzel

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 255 PAGES

An inspired idea, this book documents 30 families around the world with all their possessions artfully arrayed around them. (GEN02, $25.00)

Potato, A History of the Propitious Esculent

Potato, A History of the Propitious Esculent


by John Reader

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

The history, natrure, economics and role of the world's fourth largest food crop, as revealed by the Reader (Africa, Biography of a Continent). (SAM139, $18.00)

The Spice Route, A History

The Spice Route, A History


by John Keay

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

John Keay draws on ancient logs, traveler's accounts and maps for this rousing history of trade in cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, pepper, gums, resins and other costly goods from antiquity to the 17th century. (ASA52, $24.95)

The Taste of Conquest, The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice

The Taste of Conquest, The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice


by Michael Krondl

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Weaving travel and history, Michael Krondl a world where pepper, cinnamon and cloves were as valuable as gold -- and Venice, Lison and Amsterdam jockeyed for global control. (EUR279, $16.00)

What the World Eats

What the World Eats


by Peter Menzel

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES
  • FAMILY

A witty introduction to global diversity, economics and food, Faith D' Aluisio and Peter Menzel (Material World) show 25 families around the world, each revealingly photographed surrounded by week's worth of provisions. A terrific introduction for kids to global issues, the book dishes up facts about each country, recipes, maps, interviews and tales with the photos. (GEN478, $22.99)

Between Meals, An Appetite for Paris

Between Meals, An Appetite for Paris


by A.J. Liebling

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 182 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Liebling captures with stylish prose his coming-of-age in Paris in this elegant memoir, which is also a tribute to French cuisine. (FRN32, $15.00)

Climbing the Mango Trees, A Memoir of a Childhood in India

Climbing the Mango Trees, A Memoir of a Childhood in India


by Madhur Jaffrey

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

An actress and food writer, Jaffrey combines her warm tale of coming-of-age in a sprawling homestead in Old Delhi with 32 recipes. (IDA327, $15.00)

My Life in France

My Life in France


by Julia Child

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 317 PAGES

Child's characteristically ebullient record of Paris and Provence, her many friends, family and memorable meals, in the years after WWII, turned into a movie starring Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci (as husband Paul). (FRN596, $16.00)

Untangling My Chopsticks, A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto

Untangling My Chopsticks, A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto


by Victoria Abbott Riccardi

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

In this beguiling memoir, Riccardi writes with verve of cultural encounters, bewilderment and discovery in Kyoto. If you've ever parted the drapes of a Japanese restaurant to face a room full of people and blank stares, you'll really appreciate the book. With 25 recipes for traditional and less traditional Japanese dishes. (JPN135, $19.00)

The Joy of Eating, The Virago Book of Food

The Joy of Eating, The Virago Book of Food


by Jill Foulston

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

From painter Frida Kahlo's wedding feast to Anne Frank's observations of eating while in hiding and memorable meals with Sylvia Plath, J.K. Rowling, Jhumpa Lahiri and Emily Bronte, this anthology features some of the finest writing by women on food. (GEN547, $15.95)

The Unsettling of America

The Unsettling of America


by Wendell Berry

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 246 PAGES

This classic of American letters, a clarion call for local food, locally produced, rings as true as when it was first published in 1977. (USA151, $13.95)

Boozehound, On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits

Boozehound, On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits


by Jason Wilson

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 232 PAGES

Mixing travel and history, Wilson drinks his way across the Americas and Europe in search of authentic libations. Fifty recipes included. (WLD215, $22.99)

The Essential Cuisines of Mexico

The Essential Cuisines of Mexico


by Diana Kennedy

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2000
  • PAPER

The thoroughly revised edition of Kennedy's influential and savory survey of the authentic food of Mexico, with 30 new recipes. (MEX266, $20.00)

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