A biography of six writers on food and wine whose lives and careers intersected in mid-twentieth-century FranceDuring les trente glorieuses--a thirty-year boom period in France between the end of World War II and the 1974 oil crisis--...
Food writers
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Author:Spring, JustinSummary: - Author:Nunn, EmilySummary:
In the tradition of Elizabeth Gilbert and Ruth Reichl, former New Yorker editor Emily Nunn chronicles her journey to heal old wounds and find comfort in the face of loss through travel, home-cooked food, and the company of friends and...
- Author:Tucci, StanleySummary:
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen. Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every...
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Author:Leite, DavidSummary:Reminiscing about the people and events that shaped him, David Leite looks back at the highs and lows of his life: from his rejection of being gay and his attempt to "turn straight" through Aesthetic Realism, a cult in...
- Author:Fay, KimSummary:
When twenty-seven-year-old Joan Bergstrom sends a fan letter--as well as a gift of saffron--to fifty-nine-year-old Imogen Fortier, a life-changing friendship begins. Joan lives in Los Angeles and is just starting out as a writer for the...
- Author:Freir, PamSummary:
The author travels from her childhood Nova Scotia home where she collects periwinkles to be eaten with a pin, to Toronto, where she discovers pizza and the miracle of canned cream of mushroom soup, and to her Gulf Islands home where she...
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Author:Oseland, JamesSummary:Before James Oseland was a judge on Top Chef Masters, he was a teenage rebel growing up in the California suburbs. Diving headfirst into the churning mayhem of punk, he renamed himself Jimmy Neurosis and journeyed into a vibrant...
- Author:Ephron, NoraSummary:
Is it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage? If the writer is Nora Ephron, the answer is a resounding yes. For in this inspired confection of adultery, revenge, group therapy, and pot roast,...
- Author:Reichl, RuthSummary:
Ruth Reichl knows that to be a good restaurant critic you have to be anonymous, but when she signs up to be the most important restaurant critic in the country, her picture is posted in every four-star, low-star, and no-star kitchen in...
- Author:Woolever, LaurieSummary:
An unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew him best. When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of an inimitable man who had...
