Living gluten-free is not a whole lot of fun, but at least April Peveteaux has managed to make it funny. Gluten Is My Bitch is a brutally honest, entertaining look at what living a gluten-free life entails. As an antidote to the tragic...
Food and drink
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Author:Peveteaux, AprilSummary: - Author:Kuyek, DevlinSummary:
In recent years, Canadians have become more and more concerned about the origins of their food and the environmental impacts of pesticides in agriculture. What is less well known is that pesticide corporations such as Monsanto and Du...
- Author:Goulding, MattSummary:
Matt Goulding introduces you to the sprawling culinary and geographical landscape of his adoptive home, and offers an intimate portrait of this multifaceted country, its remarkable people, and its complex history. Fall in love with...
- Author:Steinman, JonSummary:
Makes a compelling case for how food co-ops, as alternatives to corporate grocery giants, are spurring the creation of delicious local food economies and stronger communities, while changing the global food system for the better. 2019...
- Author:Cipriani, ArrigoSummary:
A lively, witty history of the iconic Italian drinking establishment, a meeting place for literary and artistic luminaries for nearly a century. On the short list of the world's most famous watering holes-Willi's Wine Bar in...
- Author:Kwan, CheukSummary:
From Haifa, Israel, to Cape Town, South Africa, Chinese entrepreneurs and restaurateurs have brought delicious Chinese food across the globe. Unravelling a complex history of cultural migration and world politics, Cheuk Kwan narrates a...
- Author:British Columbia Ministry of Health, BC Centre for Disease ControlSummary:
The book addresses many of the barriers to healthy eating: time, effort, knowledge and skills, taste and cost. It includes information about supplements and how to eat with a chronic disease. And it offers ways to eat with less fat and...
- Author:Buford, BillSummary:
From one of our most interesting literary figures -- former editor of Granta, former fiction editor at The New Yorker, acclaimed author of Among the thugs -- a sharp, funny, exuberant, close-up account of his headlong plunge into the...
- Author:Brill, SteveSummary:
A living legend, "Wildman" Steve Brill leads us on a lively and entertaining tour through the Northeastern United States as he shares tips on foraging in densely populated areas like New York's Central Park and rural...
- Author:Lundy, SusanSummary:
Heritage Apples travels far beyond the grocery store of today to savor the apples of the past. These are the apple varieties—the Gravensteins, the Kings, the red-fleshed Pink Pearl—that link us to history, but through food movements and...
- Author:Boyle, EleanorSummary:
Each year the average North American ingests well over 200 pounds of animal protein, and the global appetite for meat has also increased dramatically. But feeding our meat addiction comes at tremendous cost. Maintaining our current...
- Author:Kauffman, JonathanSummary:
An enlightening narrative history-an entertaining fusion of Tom Wolfe and Michael Pollan-that traces the colorful origins of once unconventional foods and the diverse fringe movements, charismatic gurus, and counterculture elements that...
- Author:White, CharlieSummary:
There is nothing quite like a harvest of freshly caught crabs to set the tone for a perfect shoreline feast. Charlie White shows how beginners and veteran crabbers alike can benefit from his decades of experience—from finding and...
- Author:Szablowski, WitoldSummary:
Anthony Bourdain meets Kapuscinski in this chilling look from within the kitchen at the appetites of five of the twentieth century's most infamous dictators, by the acclaimed author of Dancing Bears. What was Pol Pot eating while...
- Author:Mintz, Corey, Murray, Steve, Polley, SarahSummary:
A fun, informative guide to hosting the perfect party every time. "Every dinner party experience I’ve had in the last ten years at Corey’s has been incredible. But practice really does make perfect and I can now honestly say there is...
- Author:Underhill, PacoSummary:
An entertaining and timely exploration of how our food--from where it's grown to how we buy it--is in the midst of a transformation, showing how this is our chance to do better, for us, for our children, and for our planet, from a...
- Author:Muhl, MelanieSummary:
Outsmart Your Impulses and Eat Better A Belgian chocolate cake topped with a velvety homemade mousse catches your eye on the menu. The next thing you know, you've ordered it-despite the hefty price. But do you know why' Through over 40...
- Author:Muhl, MelanieSummary:
Outsmart Your Impulses and Eat Better A Belgian chocolate cake topped with a velvety homemade mousse catches your eye on the menu. The next thing you know, you've ordered it-despite the hefty price. But do you know why? Through over...
- Author:Rappoport, LeonSummary:
Rappoport treats the dinner table like a Freudian couch, asking us to lie back and spill our guts. Tracing our culinary customs from the Stone Age to the stovetop range, he illuminates our complex and often contradictory eating habits,...
- Author:Wondrich, DavidSummary:
David Wondrich presents the newly updated edition of his definitive guide to classic American cocktails.
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