Oct 12 – Burnt Toast is a gifty, funny, and practical guide to transforming the most lackluster of ingredients into a delicious meal.
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Cinnamon and Gunpowder – Oct 13
Oct 13 – Cinnamon and Gunpowder is a swashbuckling epicure’s adventure simmered over a surprisingly touching love story—with a dash of the strangest, most delightful cookbook never written.
Save Me the Plums – Nov 10
Nov 10 – Save Me the Plums is a personal journey of a woman coming to terms with being in charge and making a mark, following a passion and holding on to her dreams—even when she ends up in a place she never expected to be.
Nourished Planet – Dec 8
Dec 8 – In Nourished Planet, the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition offers a global plan for feeding ourselves sustainably.
The Kitchen Ecosystem – Jan 12
Jan 12 – The Kitchen Ecosystem changes the paradigm of how we cook, and in doing so, it may change everything about the way we eat today.
A Thousand Days in Tuscany – Feb 9
Feb 9 – A Thousand Days in Tuscany is set in one of the most beautiful places on earth–and tucked into its fragrant corners are luscious recipes (including one for the only true bruschetta) directly from the author’s private collection.
Black Smoke – Mar 9
Mar 9 – In Black Smoke, Adrian Miller chronicles how Black barbecuers, pitmasters, and restauranteurs helped develop this cornerstone of American foodways and how they are coming into their own today.
Braiding Sweetgrass – Apr 12
Apr 12 – In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer takes us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise”.
Life, on the Line: A Chef’s Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat – Nov 4
Nov – In Life, on the Line, “One of America’s great chefs” (Vogue), Grant Achatz, shares how his drive to cook immaculate food fueled his miraculous triumph over tongue cancer.
The Last Chinese Chef – Dec 9
Dec – The Last Chinese Chef is an alluring novel of friendship, love, and cuisine that brings the best-selling author of Lost in Translation and A Cup of Light to one of the great Chinese subjects: food.
Cooking with Scraps: Turn Your Peels, Cores, Rinds, and Stems Into Delicious Meals – Jan 6
Jan – Cooking with Scraps is a whole new way to celebrate ingredients that have long been wasted. Lindsay-Jean is a master of efficiency and we’re inspired to follow her lead!
We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time – Feb 3
Feb – We Fed an Island is the true story of how a group of chefs fed hundreds of thousands of hungry Americans after Hurricane Maria and touched the hearts of many more.
Grilled: Turning Adversaries Into Allies to Change the Chicken Industry – Mar 3
Mar – Grilled is the story of Leah Garcés’s fight for better treatment of farmed animals, as she works with farmers, suppliers and restaurant chains to end factory farming for good.
The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health – Apr 7
Apr – The Hidden Half of Nature reveals why good health—for people and for plants—depends on Earth’s smallest creatures, microbes.
The Perfect Meal – Oct 6
Oct 6 – The Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of France is the perfect read for foodies and Francophiles, cooks and gastronomists, and fans of food culture.