Heartfelt and honest, LIFE FROM SCRATCH is a story of self-acceptance and discovery that shows the power of food to bond, to empower and to heal, and celebrates the simple truth that happiness is created from within.
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With a Measure of Grace – Nov 15
With a Measure of Grace recounts with sensitivity and wit the tale of a women-owned, Buddhist- based restaurant becoming a community anchor in a small Mormon town.
Blackberry Wine – Oct 18
Blackberry Wine relies on Harris’ typical split-narrative technique, and follows two separate timelines, one set in present-day France, one set in Yorkshire twenty years ago, during a pivotal time in the protagonist’s life.
The Earth Moved – Apr 12
The Earth Moved is a fascinating exploration of the underground world and one of its most amazing denizens, the earthworm.
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.
Mycophilia – Apr 19
In Mycophilia, accomplished food writer and cookbook author Eugenia Bone examines the role of fungi as exotic delicacy, curative, poison, and hallucinogen, and ultimately discovers that a greater understanding of fungi is key to facing many challenges of the 21st century.
Heartburn – Jan 11
Heartburn, a sidesplitting tale about the breakup of the perfect marriage, is a sinfully delicious novel, as soul-satisfying as mashed potatoes and as airy as a perfect soufflé.
Blood, Bones and Butter – Nov 11
Blood, Bones and Butter follows an unconventional journey through the many kitchens Hamilton has inhabited through the years.
My Life in France – Mar 15
In her own words, My Life In France is the captivating story of Julia Child’s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found ‘her true calling.’
How to Pick a Peach – Feb 11
How to Pick a Peach helps the cook sort through the produce in the market by illuminating the issues surrounding it, revealing intriguing facts about vegetables and fruits in individual profiles about them, and providing instructions on how to choose, store, and prepare these items.