Culinary Biographies & Memoirs

Grits to Glory: How Southern Cookin’ Got So Good

This warm, sometimes humorous, fact-filled history of the South’s uniquely yummy food shines new light on Southern culture. It’s also a thick-as-sawmill-gravy exploration of Southern relationships, because in the South, food is a social matter, and there’s a story behind every dish. The text includes short historical sidebars called “Porch Talk” and is also sprinkled with bits of …

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Ritz and Escoffier: The Hotelier, The Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class

In a tale replete with scandal and opulence, Luke Barr, author of the New York Times bestselling Provence, 1970, transports readers to turn-of-the-century London and Paris to discover how celebrated hotelier César Ritz and famed chef Auguste Escoffier joined forces at the Savoy Hotel to spawn the modern luxury hotel and restaurant, where women and American Jews mingled …

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Francesco Bracali and the Revolution in Tuscan Cuisine

A self-taught culinary virtuoso, Francesco Bracali is one of Italy’s top chefs. He and his brother, Luca, a sommelier, own the two-Michelin-starred restaurant Bracali in Massa Marittima, Tuscany. Once an unpretentious tavern run by their parents, the brothers turned it into a fine dining place where they revisited the region’s rich gastronomic traditions in an innovative way. Their …

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Lidia: A Life of Love, Family and Food

The beloved Lidia Bastianich–best-selling cookbook author, award-winning television personality, and renowned restaurateur–tells her heartwarming, emotional and revelatory personal story for the first time, with hallmark warmth and gusto.Lidia’s story begins with her childhood in Pula, a small city in northern Italy turned Yugoslavian under Tito’s communist regime. Despite the political climate and her family’s poverty, she enjoyed a …

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Cousins Maine Lobster: How One Food Truck Became a Multimillion-Dollar Business

From the co-founders of the smash hit Cousins Maine Lobster food trucks comes a business book revealing to new entrepreneurs how the authors built their brand through integrity and authenticity.In early 2012, Jim Tselikis visited L.A. and met up with his cousin Sabin Lomac. Over a few drinks they waxed nostalgic about their childhood in Maine, surrounded by …

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The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma’s Table

From the beloved, best-selling author of All Over but the Shoutin’, a delectable, rollicking food memoir, cookbook, and loving tribute to a region, a vanishing history, a family, and, especially, to his mother. Including seventy-five mouthwatering Bragg family recipes for classic southern dishes passed down through generations..Margaret Bragg does not own a single cookbook. She measures in “dabs” …

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Give a Girl a Knife: A Memoir

A beautifully written food memoir chronicling one woman’s journey from her rural Midwestern hometown to the intoxicating world of New York City fine dining—and back again—in search of her culinary roots   Before Amy Thielen frantically plated rings of truffled potatoes in some of New York City’s finest kitchens—for chefs David Bouley, Daniel Boulud, and Jean-Georges Vongerichten—she grew …

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Dare to Do: Taking on the Planet by Bike and Boat

On 1 April 2011, rower and adventurer Sarah Outen set off in her kayak from Tower Bridge for France. Her aim was simple: to circle the globe entirely under her own steam – cycling, kayaking and rowing across Europe, Asia, the Pacific, the Americas, the Atlantic and eventually home. A year later, Sarah was plucked from the Pacific …

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The Art of Gay Cooking: A Culinary Memoir

For Daniel Isengart, home cooking has always been an essential part of living a creative life. A cabaret performer and sought-after private chef in New York City, he knows how to deliver one delectable meal after another with the ease of a seasoned entertainer.The Art of Gay Cooking is a witty literary portrait that takes the reader from …

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