Book Reviews- Homebody, The Art of Fermentation, and American Food Writing

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  • Best American Food Writing 2018 (The Best American Series ®)

    • ASIN: 1328662241
    • ISBN: 1328662241
    • Manufacturer: Best American Paper

    “Food writing is stepping out,” legendary food writer Ruth Reichl declares at the start of this, the inaugural edition of Best American Food Writing. “It’s about time…Food is, in a very real sense, redesigning the world.” Indeed, the twenty-eight pieces in this volume touch on every pillar of society: from the sense memories that connec... [Read More]

  • The Best American Food Writing 2019 (The Best American Series ®)

    • ASIN: 132866225X
    • ISBN: 132866225X
    • Brand: Mariner Books
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

    New York Times best-selling author and James Beard Award winner Samin Nosrat collects the year’s finest writing about food and drink.Best-selling author and winner of numerous awards, Samin Nosrat, selects the year’s top food writing from writers who celebrate the many innovative, comforting, mouthwatering, and culturally rich culinary offerin... [Read More]

  • Best Food Writing 2017

    • ASIN: 0738220183
    • ISBN: 9780738220185
    • Manufacturer: Da Capo Lifelong Books

    "Browse, read a bit, browse some more, and then head for the kitchen."--Hudson Valley NewsFrom small-town bakeries to big city restaurants, Best Food Writing offers a bounty of everything in one place. For eighteen years, Holly Hughes has scoured both the online and print world to serve up the finest collection of food writing. This year, Best food... [Read More]

  • Best Food Writing 2015

    • ASIN: 0738218642
    • ISBN: 9780738218649
    • Manufacturer: Da Capo Lifelong Books

    Anthony Bourdain, John T. Edge, Jonathan Gold, Francis Lam, Ruth Reichl, Calvin Trillin, Alice Waters. These are just some of the celebrated writers and foodies whose work has appeared in Best Food Writing over the past fifteen years. Whether written by an established journalist or an up-and-coming blogger, the essays offered in each edition repres... [Read More]

  • Best Food Writing 2016

    • ASIN: 0738219444
    • ISBN: 0738219444
    • Brand: DA CAPO LIFELONG
    • Manufacturer: Da Capo Lifelong Books

    Like your favorite local grocery store, with its sushi bar, fresh baked goods, and maybe a very obliging butcher, Best Food Writing offers a bounty of everything in one place. For seventeen years, Holly Hughes has delved into piles of magazines and newspapers, scanned endless websites and blogs, and foraged through bookstores to provide a robust mi... [Read More]

  • Best Food Writing 2010

    • ASIN: 0738213810
    • ISBN: 0738213810
    • Brand: Brand: Da Capo Lifelong Books
    • Manufacturer: Da Capo Lifelong Books

    A new edition of the authoritative and appealing anthology, comprised of the finest culinary prose from the past year's books, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and Web sites. With food writing and blogging on the rise, there's no shortage of treats on the buffet to choose from, including selections from both established food writers and new star... [Read More]

  • Best American Science and Nature Writing 2017 (The Best American Series ®)

    • ASIN: 1328715515
    • ISBN: 1328715515
    • Manufacturer: Best American Paper

    “Undeniably exquisite . . . Reveal[s] not only how science actually happens but also who or what propels its immutable humanity.” —Maria Popova   “An excellent introduction to the key issues in science today.” —P. D. Smith, Guardian   “[A] stellar compendium . . . Delightful to read.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review A renown... [Read More]

  • The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2014 (The Best American Series ®)

    • ASIN: 054400342X
    • ISBN: 054400342X
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

    “Undeniably exquisite . . . The essays in the collection [are] meditations that reveal not only how science actually happens but also who or what propels its immutable humanity.” — Maria Popova, Brain Pickings“A stimulating compendium.” — Kirkus ReviewsPulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author Deborah Blum selects the year’s to... [Read More]

  • Best Food Writing 2014

    • ASIN: 0738217913
    • ISBN: 0738217913
    • Manufacturer: Da Capo Lifelong Books

    For fourteen years, Best Food Writing has served up the creme de la creme of the year's food writing. The 2014 edition once again offers the tastiest prose of the year, from a range of voices: food writing stars, James Beard Award winners, writer-chefs, bestselling authors, and up-and-coming bloggers alike. With new sections devoted to "A Table for... [Read More]

  • American Food Writing: An Anthology with Classic Recipes: A Library of America Special Publication

    • ASIN: 1598530054
    • ISBN: 1598530054
    • Brand: Brand: Library of America
    • Manufacturer: Library of America

    In this groundbreaking anthology, celebrated food writer Molly O’Neill gathers the very best from over 250 years of American culinary history. This literary feast includes classic accounts of iconic American foods: Henry David Thoreau on the delights of watermelon; Herman Melville, with a mouth-watering chapter on clam chowder; H. L. Mencken on t... [Read More]

  • Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir

    • ASIN: 1400069998
    • ISBN: 1400069998
    • Manufacturer: Random House

  • The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain

    • ASIN: 006242713X
    • ISBN: 006242713X
    • Brand: Harper Wave
    • Manufacturer: Harper Wave

    "I read this book... it worked. My autoimmune disease is gone and I'm 37 pounds lighter in my pleather." --Kelly ClarksonMost of us have heard of gluten—a protein found in wheat that causes widespread inflammation in the body. Americans spend billions of dollars on gluten-free diets in an effort to protect their health. But what if we’ve been ... [Read More]

  • Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side Of The All-American Meal

    • ASIN: 0547750331
    • ISBN: 0547750331
    • Brand: Mariner Books
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

  • Lord of the Flies

    • ASIN: 0399501487
    • ISBN: 0399501487
    • Brand: Golding, William/ Epstein, E. L. (CON)
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    Golding’s iconic 1954 novel, now with a new foreword by Lois Lowry, remains one of the greatest books ever written for young adults and an unforgettable classic for readers of any age.   This edition includes a new Suggestions for Further Reading by Jennifer Buehler.At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stran... [Read More]

  • Know That What You Eat You Are: The Best Food Writing from Harper's Magazine (6) (The American Retrospective Series)

    • ASIN: 1879957604
    • ISBN: 1879957604
    • Brand: Franklin Square Press
    • Manufacturer: Franklin Square Press

    This collection of food writing from the archives of Harper’sMagazine demonstrates that Americans have been thinking and caring about what and how they eat for more than a century and a half.The essays in Know That What You Eat You Are have been selected from Harper’s Magazine’s 167-year history and feature such celebrated writers as M.F.K. F... [Read More]

  • Best American Poetry 2018 (The Best American Poetry series)

    • ASIN: 1501127802
    • ISBN: 1501127802
    • Brand: Scribner
    • Manufacturer: Scribner

    The 2018 edition of the Best American Poetry—“a ‘best’ anthology that really lives up to its title” (Chicago Tribune)—collects the most significant poems of the year, chosen by Poet Laureate of California Dana Gioia.The guest editor for 2018, Dana Gioia, has an unconventional poetic background. Gioia has published five volumes of poetry... [Read More]

  • The Day You Begin

    • ASIN: 0399246533
    • ISBN: 0399246533
    • Manufacturer: Nancy Paulsen Books

    Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's LiteratureA #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpré Illustrator Award winner Rafael López have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and al... [Read More]

  • Just Between Us: Mother & Daughter: A No-Stress, No-Rules Journal (Activity Journal for Teen Girls and Moms, Diary for Tween Girls)

    • ASIN: 0811868958
    • ISBN: 0811868958
    • Brand: Chronicle Books CA
    • Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

    Looking for tween gifts for girls or the perfect mother gift?A journal for girls or girl's diary—Just Between Us: Mother and Daughter: "Packed with writing prompts, it's the perfect gift for Mother's Day."— Girl's Life magazineHave you ever wondered...What your mom thought the moment you were born?Or where your daughter would go if she could go... [Read More]

  • Cornbread Nation 1: The Best of Southern Food Writing

    • ASIN: 0807854190
    • ISBN: 0807854190
    • Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press

    The first volume in what will be an annual collection, Cornbread Nation gathers the best of recent Southern food writing. In fifty entries--original features and selections previously published in magazines and journals--contributors celebrate the people, places, traditions, and tastes of the American South. In these pages, Nikki Giovanni expresses... [Read More]

  • Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

    • ASIN: 1455563927
    • ISBN: 9781455563920
    • Brand: Grand Central Publishing
    • Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

    A New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist, Pachinko is an "extraordinary epic" of four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family as they fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan (San Francisco Chronicle). NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 * A USA TODAY TOP TEN OF 2017 * JULY PICK FOR THE PBS NEWSH... [Read More]

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