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Rao's Cookbook: Over 100 Years of Italian Home Cooking
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Rao's is an old, 10-table restaurant in an old, New York-Italian neighborhood in which old Italians still may or may not live (this was never made quite clear in Nicholas Pileggi's complete-history-of-Italian-immigrants-in-America introduction to the cookbook), but you can't go there to eat. Not unless you know someone who has a lock on one of the tabl... »
Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India (Vintage)
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Madhur Jaffrey is a personal favorite - I loved her reading of Rohinton Mistry's [[ASIN:140003065X A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club)]] & it's a delight to see her pop up unexpectedly in movies like [[ASIN:B000CS45TW Prime (Widescreen Edition)]] in small but juicy roles. So, it was a pleasure to read about the author's childhood in this enjoyable reme... »
Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal
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It's hard to imagine now how revolutionary books like this were back when Much Depends on Dinner was published in 1986. It was barely conceivable then that someone would write a book, an actual book about something so ordinary as a meal of corn on the cob with butter and salt, chicken, lettuce with olive oil and lemon dressing and ice cream. History wa... »
Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking
Victorian England may have started a downward trend in culinary preferences, (lasting well into the twentieth century) but one would never know it after r... »
The United States of Arugula: How We Became a G
This is a great book that chronicles the past 60 years of changing food culture in America. Kamp has really done his homework and provides lots of detail... »
The Taste of Conquest: The Rise and Fall of the
This thoroughly researched and engaging book deserves a prominent place on any food-lover's bookshelf. After reading this beautifully written book, my exp... »
Red, White, and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked J
I have only skimmed through this book but from what I have seen I believe that it will prove informational. Also, from this book I have subscribed to a n... »
Alice Waters and Chez Panisse: The Romantic, Im
You can't tell the story of Chez Panisse, Berkeley's famed restaurant, without relating that of its diminutive founder, proprietor, and sometime chef, Ali... »
Food in History
Tannahill takes us on an enthralling journey across history, from prehistoric times to the Industrial revolution, from the perspective of food, cuisine, f... »
The Warmest Room in the House: How the Kitchen
I was quite surprised at this book, after having read the first few chapters. I found the writing to be entertaining and engaging, but it was mostly fluff... »
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