The Earth Moved is a fascinating exploration of the underground world and one of its most amazing denizens, the earthworm.
Book Club 2016
Ingredienti – Mar 15
From the inimitable woman who popularized Italian cuisine in America, Marcella Hazan’s simple and elegant manual, Ingredienti, on how to shop for the best ingredients and prepare the most delicious meals is a must-have for every home cook.
Delicious – Feb 15
Ruth Reichl illuminates the theme of how food defines us in her dazzling fiction debut, Delicious, about sisters, family ties and a young woman who must finally let go of guilt and grief to embrace her own true gifts.
A Year in Provence – Jan 10
A Year in Provence transports us into all the earthy pleasures of Provençal life and lets us live vicariously at a tempo governed by seasons, not by days.
Drunken Botanist – Dec 13
In The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol.
Jennifer’s Way – Nov 9
In Jennifer’s Way an award-winning actress who suffers with Celiac disease describes her journey to diagnosis and living with the condition and discusses the nonprofit foundation she created to provide information on the disease as well as the bakery she opened for fellow sufferers.
The Third Plate – Oct 11
In The Third Plate Dan Barber draws on the wisdom and experience of chefs, farmers and seed breeders around the world and proposes a new definition for ethical and delicious eating.