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Food for Thought
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"One of the delights of life is eating with friends, second to that is talking about eating.
And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends."
LAURIE COLWIN, Home Cooking
- Boorstin, Sharon. Let Us Eat Cake. 2002. 641.5 BOO.
- This delightful and charming memoir, an exploration of the bonds of women over food and cooking, includes dozens of recipes.
- Bourdain, Anthony. Cook's Tour: In Search of a Perfect Meal. 2001. 614.031 BOU.
- Chef Bourdain loves traveling as much as eating. Whether he is dodging minefields in Cambodia or diving into icy waters by a Russian bath, his search for the ultimate meal is a constant.
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Chen, Patricia. Rosemary and Bitter Oranges: Growing Up in a Tuscan Kitchen. 2003. 641.5945 CHE.
- This cookbook/memoir tells the story of a childhood in post-World War II Tuscany and of the beloved family cook who taught the author rich culinary traditions.
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Ellerbee, Linda. Take Big Bites: Adventures around the World and across the Table. 2005. 641.092 ELL.
- Although she is neither a food writer nor a chef, award-winning journalist Linda Ellerbee always fantasized about writing for a food or travel magazine, a feat she thought was unattainable. This book is her answer to that dream, along with some random musings from her travels.
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Fisher, M.F.K. Long Ago in France: The Years in Dijon. 1991. B FISHER.
- One of the premier food memoirists recalls her glorious early married days spent learning to love the food and folk of France.
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Fitch, Noel Riley. Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child. 1997. 641.5092 CHI;
Julia Child: An Appetite for Life. 1997. VIDEO 641.5092 CHI
- The story of America's most beloved and colorful chef, who, even into her eighties, was an active role model and culinary wonder.
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Loomis, Susan Herrmann. On Rue Tatin: Living and Cooking in a French Town.
2001. 641.5944 LOO.
- A bestselling cookbook author and journalist tells the delicious story of her expatriate life: raising a family, renovating a convent, and savoring the culinary bounty of one of Normandy's most picturesque towns.
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Mayes, Frances. In Tuscany.
2000. 945.5 MAY.
- Mayes brings home the abundant pleasures of Italian life in this lavishly illustrated celebration of Tuscany and its people, food, landscape, and art.
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Mayes, Frances. Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy.
1996. 945.5 MAY.
- Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new world, rife with unexpected pleasures, pastimes and regional recipes, when she undertook the renovation of a farmhouse in the Tuscan countryside.
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Mayle, Peter. French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork and Corkscrew.
2001. 641.103 MAY.
- A joyous exploration and celebration of the infinite gastronomic pleasures of France, as Mayle traverses the French countryside with fork and knife in hand.
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Mayle, Peter. A Year in Provence.
1991. 944 MAY.
- A delightful and hilarious month-by-month account of the charms and frustrations Mayle experienced when he moved into an old French farmhouse in Provence and adapted to a very different way of living, eating and cooking.
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Pepin, Jacques. The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen. 2003. 641.5092 PEP.
- In this frank and witty memoir, world-renowned chef Jacques Pepin tells how he rose from a frightened 13-year-old apprentice in an Old World kitchen to an Emmy Award-winning TV superstar.
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Reichl, Ruth. Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table.
1998. 641.5092 REI.
- Tender at the Bone is the story of Reichl's life: determined, enhanced, and defined in equal measure by unforgettable people, the love of tales well told, and a passion for food.
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Reichl, Ruth. Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise.
2005. 641.5092 REI.
- This delicious new volume of Reichl's acclaimed memoirs recounts her "adventures in deception," as she goes undercover in the world's finest restaurants.
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Rossant, Colette. Memories of a Lost Egypt: A Memoir with Recipes.
1999. 962 ROS.
- Spiced with heady recipes, an award-winning journalist of French and Egyptian heritage writes a poignant memoir of growing up in an exotic mix of cultures surrounded by gossip and the thread of food.
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Shulman, Martha Rose. The Foodlover's Atlas of the World.
2002. 641.3 SHU.
- Putting together all she has learned from writing 17 cookbooks (including Mediterranean Light, Provencal Light and Mexican Light), Shulman provides a whirlwind tour of the globe's culinary traditions.
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Smith, Liz. Dishing.
2005. 641.073 SMI.
- Nothing goes better with a good meal than a little juicy gossip--and no one puts them together better than this beloved gossip columnist. In this delicious memoir, Smith shares celebrity dish--and dishes, from peanut butter and jelly to pig's feet to haute cuisine.
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Steingarten, Jeffrey. It Must Have Been Something I Ate: The Return of the Man Who Ate Everything.
2002. 641.013 STE.
- Forty outrageous, deliciously provocative pieces from the indomitable Vogue US food critic, the man who eats everything, dreams perpetually of the ultimate food experience and compulsively searches out the truth about how, why, and what we eat.
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Todhunter, Andrew. A Meal Observed.
2004. 641.5944 TOD.
- Todhunter takes a magazine-length idea and turns it into an amusing little book, combining history and experience with a sheaf of helpful culinary notes.
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Compiled by Jon Kadus, June 2005.
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