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-...

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...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

with Classic Simplicity And A Painter's Feeling For Atmosphere And Detail, Isak Dinesen Tells Of The Years She Spent From 1914 To 1931 Managing A Coffee P...

The sad, tender, and extremely funny memoir of a boyhood few thought he would survive, including the unforgettable mother and hilarious grandmother who rais...

As Toronto’s chief of police from 2000 to 2005, Julian Fantino faced a seemingly endless array of challenges: issues of ethnic sensitivity, rising cr...

In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found her true calling. From...

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...

The gripping first-person account of one woman's survival in Joshua Tree National Park against the odds."A vibrantly physical book"—The Guardian • "Upli...

From one of the greatest rock guitarists of our era comes a memoir that redefines sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll He was born in England but reared in L.A.,...

The remarkable, amusing and inspiring adventures of a Canadian couple who make a year-long attempt to eat foods grown and produced within a 100-mile radius ...

A Candid, Compulsively Readable, Hilarious, And Heartbreaking Memoir Of Resilience And Redemption At Age Four, Molly Shannon's World Was Shattered When She ...

A third volume of memoirs from the national treasure and Number 1 Bestseller David Jason, following on from the success of his previous much-loved books My ...

GrubHub founder Mike Evans reveals the inside story of how he grew a multibillion-dollar behemoth that changed the way we eat. Hungry and tired one night, M...

Kristin Cavallari Is Best Known For Her Time On The Hit Reality Series Laguna Beach And Follow-up Show, The Hills. But Cavallari Is So Much More Than A Real...