Essays & Narratives

In the blink of an eye, Bob Spitz turned fifty, finished an eight-year book project and a fourteen-year marriage, had his heart stolen and broken on the rebound, and sought salvation the only way he knew how. He fled to Europe, where he hopscotched among...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374531430Author John ThorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint North Point PressPublisher North Point PressWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

"As reassuring as a big bowl of buttery mashed potatoes...a delicious read." --Library Journal What and how do American families really eat? Bonny Wolf writes about the great regional and family food traditions in this country--birthday cake...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061241239Author Dorothy HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991044207Author Mark Alan BrownFormat PaperbackImprint ArgentforkPublisher ArgentforkWeight(grams) 236g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595159505Author Martha MelahnFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Authors Choice PressPublisher Authors Choice PressWeight(grams) 435g

Memorable moments with food-collected by "one of the best of the young food writers" (Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue food critic). New York Times Magazine food editor Amanda Hesser has showcased the food-inspired recollections of some of America's leading...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312531034Author Tom Parker BowlesFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156006231Author Mark WinegardnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 308g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060984427Author Michael Lee WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060885908Author Ian JackmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 434Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 431g

Perennially viewed as both a utopian land of abundant resources and a fallen nation of consummate consumers, North America has provided a fertile setting for the development of distinctive foodways reflecting the diverse visions of life in the United...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983078319Author Ted KluckFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Gut Check PressPublisher Gut Check PressWeight(grams) 245g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992152208Author Latha SukumarFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint MCIS PressPublisher MCIS PressWeight(grams) 118g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985493967Author David Norton StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Fry Pots PublishingPublisher Fry Pots PublishingWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm)...

The hungrily awaited sixth volume in the Cornbread Nation series tells the story of the American South-circa now-through the prism of its food and the people who grow, make, serve, and eat it. The modern South serves up a groaning board of international...

This new collection in the Southern Foodways Alliance's popular series serves up a fifty-three-course celebration of southern foods, southern cooking, and the people and traditions behind them. Editors Dale Volberg Reed and John Shelton Reed have combed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812978063Author Calvin TrillinFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743267083Author Mrs Liz SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 308g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615925660Author Daphne SimpkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Quotidian BooksPublisher Quotidian BooksWeight(grams) 290g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615627038Author David Norton StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Fry Pots PublishingPublisher Fry Pots PublishingWeight(grams) 95g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578504995Author Publishing For CommunityFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Publishing for CommunityPublisher Publishing for CommunityWeight(grams) 133g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547520353Author Melanie RehakFormat PaperbackPage Count 275Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton Mifflin

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374536886Author Jr Roy BlountFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublisher Farrar, Strauss &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909248496Author Mark McWilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375759963Author Calvin TrillinFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

In this deluxe gift book, more than 50 women share their grandmothers' deeply moving life stories and favorite family recipes.Book InformationISBN 9781577490968Author Ellen Perry BerkeleyFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Fairview Press,U.S.Publisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478015208Author Anita MannurFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Duke University PressPublisher Duke University PressWeight(grams) 152g

This entertaining book takes us on a fascinating exploration of the world of food. Take a journey with the dynamic father and daughter duo, geographer Gary Fuller and chef Tracy Reddekopp, as they travel around the globe to trace the enduring links of...

To get a personal look at what it is like to work on the Ohio River, newspaperman James E. Casto spent eight days aboard the Blazer as it traveled the Ohio from Huntington, West Virginia, to Pittsburgh, up the Allegheny and the Mongahela, and then back...

Culinary Tourism is the first book to consider food as both a destination and a means for tourism. The book's contributors examine the many intersections of food, culture and tourism in public and commercial contexts, in private and domestic settings,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825306921Author Irena ChalmersFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Beaufort BooksPublisher Beaufort BooksWeight(grams) 567g

Ask any self-respecting Louisianan who makes the best gumbo and the answer is universal: "Momma." The product of a melting pot of culinary influences, gumbo, in fact, reflects the diversity of the people who cooked it up: French aristocrats, West...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143125334Author Michael PollanFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393357745Author Fuchsia DunlopFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint W. W. Norton & CompanyPublisher W. W. Norton & CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018477Author Richard HoskingFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

Each year, the United States legally resettles tens of thousands of refugees who have fled their homelands. Refugees, unlike economic migrants, are forced to leave their countries of origin or are driven out by violence or persecution. As these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590565049Author Justin Van KleekFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,US

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415970921Author Denise GiganteFormat HardbackPage Count 344Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 567g

New York is hailed as one of the world's "food capitals" but the history of food-making in the city has been mostly lost. Since the establishment of the first Dutch brewery, the commerce and culture of food enriched New York and promoted its influence on...