Culinary Biographies

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2023‘Grippingly vivid and pacey’ THE TIMES‘A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten y...

In this delightful sequel to her bestseller Tender at the Bone, Ruth Reichl returns with more tales of love, life, and marvelous meals. Comfort Me with Appl...

From James Beard Award-winning writer Elissa Altman comes a story that marries wit to warmth, and flavor to passion. Born and raised in New York to a food-...

Pre-order Diddly Squat Today And Get Ready To Learn All About Clarkson's Biggest And Most Ridiculous Farming Struggles. Welcome To Clarkson's Farm. It's An ...

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Annie Ernaux's most recent book, dazzling and breathtaking, published in France in 2022, is about her affair wi...

Born In A Surreal Moscow Communal Apartment Where Eighteen Families Shared One Kitchen, The Author Grew Up Singing Odes To Lenin, Black-marketeering Juicy F...

Under the Tuscan Sun meets the wide-open sea . . . An Embarrassment of Mangoes is a delicious chronicle of leaving the type-A lifestyle behind — and disco...

Describes How The Ceo Of Starbucks Gained New Insights Into Leadership Upon Resuming His Position Eight Years After Stepping Down, A Comeback He Accepted To...

A Memoir Of A City, An Industry, And A Dynasty In Decline, And The Story Of A Young Artist's Struggle To Find Her Way Out Of The Ruins. Frances Stroh's Earl...

Gervase Phinn reveals his early experiences as a school inspector in The Other Side of the Dale. As the newly appointed County Inspector of Schools in North...

In Acquired Tastes, Peter Mayle, the erudite sojourner and New York Times bestselling author of A Year in Provence and Toujours Provence, sets off once mor...

Praised by everyone from Bernie Siegel to Daniel Goleman to Larry Dossey, Rachel Remen has a unique perspective on healing rooted in her background as a phy...

NPR's Best Books of 2017 Best Books on Food of 2017, The Guardian Best Food-Focused Memoirs, Eater Top 10 Narrative Food & Drink Books, Booklist 20 Bes...

America’s favorite storyteller, Pat Conroy, is back with a unique cookbook that only he could conceive. Delighting us with tales of his passion for cookin...

When Madame de Pompadour became the mistress of Louis XV, no one expected her to retain his affections for long. A member of the bourgeoisie rather than a...

When Top Chef judge Gail Simmons first graduated from college, she felt hopelessly lost. All her friends were going to graduate school, business school, la...

In October 1985, at age twenty-seven, Danny Meyer, with a good idea and scant experience, opened what would become one of New York City's most revered rest...

a Shimmering Evocation, By Turns Intimate And Panoramic, Of One Of The World’s Great Cities, By Its Foremost Writer. Orhan Pamuk Was Born In Istanbul And S...

This Inspiring, Honest, Uproarious Collection Of Essays Traces Sebastian Maniscalco’s Career From Playing Boxing Rings And Bowling Alleys To Reaching The ...

From the author of the Giller Prize-winning "The Polished Hoe" comes a culinary memoir as savoury as his best fiction. In the voice of Austin Clarke the rec...

Part Memoir, Part Support Group, Comedian Ian Karmel With Help From His Sister Alisa, A Clinical Psychologist, Opens Up About The Daily Humiliations Of Bein...

gala Opera Evenings. Sudden Wealth And Fame. Dangerous Undercover Missions Into The Heart Of Nazi Germany. Standing Up To The Perils Of The Blitz. No One ...

Presents More Than 200 Letters Exchanged Between Julia And Avis Devoto, Her Friend And Unofficial Literary Agent. This Collection Opens The Window On Julia'...

The Inspiring And Sometimes Hilarious Story Of A Family That Quit The Rat Race And Left The City To Live Out Their Ideals On An Organic Farm, And Ended Up B...

I: La Belle France -- Le Cordon Bleu -- Three Hearty Eaters -- Bouillabaisse À La Marseillaise -- Ii: French Recipes For American Cooks -- Mastering The A...

"Val embodies what it means to live the American dream." — Robin Roberts, Good Morning America Valentin Chmerkovskiy, the world championship-winning and ...

In Paris for a weekend visit, Elizabeth Bard sat down to lunch with a handsome Frenchman—and never went home again. Was it love at first sight? Or was it...

Julie Powell thought cooking her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking was the craziest thing she'd ever do—until she embarked on ...

The South Korean runaway bestseller, debut author Baek Sehee's intimate therapy memoir, as recommended by BTS. PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you? ME: I...

One of the most popular television and cultural icons ever, Regis Philbin has been entertaining television audiences for more than fifty years—as a belove...

When Daniel Lubetzky Started Kind Healthy Snacks In 2004, He Aimed To Defy The Conventional Wisdom That Snack Bars Could Never Be Both Tasty And Healthy, Co...

A Warm, Hilarious Collection Of Stories And Reflections On Motherhood From The #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Photographer, Businesswoman, And Star O...

Beloved, profoundly moving account of the author's marriage, the couple's search for faith and friendship with C. S. Lewis, and a spiritual strength that s...

Fight cancer and help prevent recurrence with these delicious smoothies!Over the last few years there has been a tremendous surge in research identifying t...

A true story of food, Paris, and the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. Publishers Weekly When the author, an American journalist and software executive wo...

An Entirely Original And Empowering Memoir Meets Self-help Guide From The Bestselling Author, Rapper, Artist, And Chef Action Bronson From The New York Time...

Best of the Best. In this follow-up to her bestselling account of her love affair with Tuscany, Mayes carries forward the concerns and people of Under the ...

Join Paul Newman and friends in the kitchen and at the table with more than 70 kid- and family-friendly recipes. In 1988, Paul Newman and A.E. Hotchner...

LIKE NEW-BOOK/VERY GOOD-DUST JACKET, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Hardcover nonfiction, fast food, McDonalds. Book is signed by author, George Cohon, and inscribed, "T...

Get tucked in to a third bestselling helping of Clarkson's Farm from our favourite wellie-wearing wannabe farmer, Jeremy Clarkson Welcome back to Clarkson's...

New York Times Bestseller Npr's Favorite Books Of The Year Indie Bestseller Goodreads Choice Award Winner: Best Memoir & Autobiography A Laugh-and-cry-o...

A Chef Buys An Apartment In Paris And Endures The Headaches And Excitement Of Renovating His Own Corner Of Paradise In The City Of Light-- Bestselling Autho...

A James Beard Award-winning writer captures life under the Red socialist banner in this wildly inventive, tragicomic memoir of feasts, famines, and three ge...

This edition of the inspirational #1 bestseller draws on a new year of Jann's diaries and her mother's final days.When beloved singer and songwriter Jann A...

An Affecting Memoir From The Country's Youngest Sommelier, Tracing Her Path Through The Glamorous But Famously Toxic Restaurant World At Just Twenty-one, Th...

A Brilliant And Brave Investigation By Michael Pollan, Author Of Five New York Times Best Sellers, Into The Medical And Scientific Revolution Taking Place A...

The bestselling author of Lunch in Paris takes us on another delicious journey, this time to the heart of Provence. Ten years ago, New Yorker Elizabeth Ba...

With the humor of Bridget Jones and the vitality of Augusten Burroughs, Julie Powell recounts how she conquered every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the...