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Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Taken in at the kitchens at Buckland Manor after the cruel death of his mother, young John quickly rises from kitchen boy to cook before catching the attention of the daughter of the lord of the manor, who resolves to starve herself until her father calls off her unwanted engagement.
222) The whole world over
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
p2006.
Language
English
Description
Hired as the personal chef to the governor of New Mexico, Greenie Duquette leaves behind her Greenwich Village pastry business and her husband to head west with her four-year-old son, prompting a period of upheaval and reflection for herself.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter of a chef and a gourmet, this talented young cartoonist comes by her obsession honestly. In her forthright, thoughtful, and funny memoir, Lucy traces key episodes in her life thus far, framed by what she was eating at the time and lessons learned about food, cooking, and life. Each chapter is bookended with an illustrated recipe-- many of them treasured family dishes, and a few of them Lucy's original inventions....
224) Anything that moves: renegade chefs, fearless eaters, and the making of a new American food culture
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Dana Goodyear's Anything That Moves, is simultaneously a humorous adventure, a behind-the-scenes look at, and an attempt to understand the implications of the way we eat. This is a universe populated by insect-eaters and blood drinkers, avant-garde chefs who make food out of roadside leaves and wood, and others who serve endangered species and Schedule I drugs. Behind them is an intricate network of scavengers, dealers, and pitchmen responsible for...
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
The novels of Joanne Harris are a literary feast for the senses. Five Quarters of the Orange represents Harris's most complex and sophisticated work yet - a novel in which darkness and fierce joy come together to create an unforgettable story. When Framboise Simon returns to a small village on the banks of the Loire, the locals do not recognize her as the daughter of the infamous Mirabelle Dartigen - the woman they still hold responsible for a terrible...
226) Three stars
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Focusing on ten world-class chefs, Three stars depicts the everyday drama of life in gourmet restaurants and includes exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes access to these multi-talented culinary artisans as they explore new creations in their gastronomic laboratories, hunt for exquisite ingredients in local markets, and gather rare edible plants along rough coastlines. By highlighting not only their culinary philosophies but also their daily...
227) Soul kitchen
Publisher
Corazón International
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Deutsch
Description
"Soul Kitchen" is Zinos Kazantsakis's humdrum restaurant in a working-class neighborhood of Hamburg. The food is mostly frozen, unceremoniously zapped in the microwave, or thrown into a vat of bubbling grease. He loves his restaurant and his girlfriend Nadine, even after she leaves him for an assignment in China. Wanting to liven up the restaurant, Zinos hires an out-of-work three-star chef, lets his ex-con brother Ilias spin records, and seeks out...
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir comes a new World War II-set story of four women on the home front competing for a spot hosting a BBC wartime cookery program and a chance to better their lives. Two years into World War II, Britain is feeling her losses; the Nazis have won battles, the Blitz has destroyed cities, and U-boats have cut off the supply of food. In an effort to help housewives with food rationing, a BBC radio...
229) School lunch
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
When Harriet, the cook at Lincoln School, goes on a much-needed vacation, the staff and students send her letters complaining about her replacements and trying to persuade her to return.
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Evokes a mid-20th-century Soviet experience, as the author traces her upbringing by an anti-Soviet mother, her witness to the political events surrounding the empire's collapse, and her parallel food universes that included both simple and sumptuous fare.
Author
Series
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text and a critical examination of William Faulker's "The Sound and The Fury" with end notes designed to assist the reader with obscure language and allusions. Contains appendix with background information and historical context.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"America's modern culinary history told through the lives of seven pathbreaking chefs and food writers. Who's really behind America's appetite for foods from around the globe? This group biography from an electric new voice in food writing honors seven extraordinary women, all immigrants, who left an indelible mark on the way Americans eat today. Taste Makers stretches from World War II to the present, with absorbing and deeply researched portraits...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author and world-renowned chef David Lebovitz continues to mine the rich subject of his evolving ex-pat life in Paris, using his perplexing experiences in apartment renovation as a launching point for stories about French culture, food, and what it means to revamp one's life. Includes dozens of new recipes. When David Lebovitz began the project of updating his apartment in his adopted home city, he never imagined he would encounter so...
235) Vatel
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
The Duc de Conde's employee, Francois Vatel, is in charge of cooking and preparing shows for the French King Louis XIV when he visits the castle of Chantilly, owned by de Conde. If Vatel can impress the king, de Conde will gain his favors, and the destiny of France will change. While the King is visiting and three days of banquets ensue, Vatel falls in love with the King's mistress.
236) The drowning woman
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lee Gulliver never thought she'd find herself living on the streets-no one ever does-but when her restaurant fails, and she falls deeper into debt, she leaves her old life behind with nothing but her clothes and her Toyota Corolla. In Seattle, she parks in a secluded spot by the beach to lay low and plan her next move-until early one morning, she sees a sobbing woman throw herself into the ocean. Lee hauls the woman back to the surface, but instead...
Author
Publisher
Cameron Kids
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Edna loved to cook. Growing up on a farm in Freetown, Virginia, she learned the value of fresh, local, seasonal food from her Mama Daisy, as well as how to measure ingredients for biscuits using coins and to listen closely to her cakes to know when they were done. Edna carried these traditions with her all the way to Manhattan, where she became a celebrated chef, cooking traditional French food in her signature Southern style and introducing the...
Author
Series
Rutabaga the adventure chef volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Rutabaga and his pet cooking pot, Pot, stumble into adventure as they continue to search for the most exotic ingredients for new dishes.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Esther Larson has been cooking for funerals in the Northwoods of Wisconsin for seventy years. Known locally as the "funeral ladies," she and her cohort have worked hard to keep the mourners of Ellerie County fed--it is her firm belief that there is very little a warm casserole and a piece of cherry pie can't fix. But, after falling for an Internet scam that puts her home at risk, the proud Larson family matriarch is the one in need of help these days....
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