Essays & Narratives

From the author of the Fortnum & Mason Debut Food Book of 2019, Summer's Lease looks at the cooking techniques we use instead of heat which, in letting us step away from the stove, lend themselves perfectly to summer eating: breaking, salting, souring...

Jeffrey Steingarten is to food writing what Bill Bryson is to travel writing. Whether he is hymning the joys of the perfect chip, discussing the taste of beef produced from Japanese cows which are massaged daily and fed on sake, or telling us the...

The story behind life in a world-renown Michelin-starred restaurant.Tom Sellers is a luminary of the British culinary scene. His Restaurant Story opened its doors in April 2013; its innovative literary-inspired menu, taking diners on 'a personal journey...

A Library Journal Best Cookbook of the YearIACP Award Finalist "SHUK shouts 'Cook me!" from every vibrant page." -Boston Globe "Fascinating. . . . This energetic and exciting volume serves as an edifying deep dive into Israeli food market culture and...

2019 James Beard Award FinalistNamed a Best Cookbook of the Year by The New Yorker, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times Book Review, Houston Chronicle, Food52, PopSugar, and more To eat-and cook-like a Filipino involves...

In this delightful, full-color tour of France, England, and Italy, YouTube star Katie Quinn shares the stories and science behind everyone's fermented favorites-bread, cheese, and wine-along with classic recipes. Delicious staples of a great meal,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for IACP Crystal Whisk Award (International) 2015 and IACP Crystal Whisk Award (Literary Food Writing) 2015. Short-listed for James Beard Foundation Book Awards...

Knowledge Is Power Part cookbook. Part manifesto. Created with big Bronx energy, Black Power Kitchen combines 75 mostly plant-based, layered-with-flavor recipes with immersive storytelling, diverse voices, and striking images and photographs that...

Guild of Food Writer's Awards, Highly Commended in 'First Book' category (2022)Tools For Food explores the history of 250 of our most-loved and intriguing kitchen items and how they've changed the way we live. From 12th century Mongolian fire pots, to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783038690375Author Andie PilotFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Bergli Books LtdPublisher Bergli Books Ltd

'Nobody goes to restaurants for nutritional reasons. They go for experience, and what price a really top experience?'What price indeed? Fearlessly, and with huge wit and knowledge and verve, award-winning food writer Jay Rayner has searched the world for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941815311Author KinfolkFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint KinfolkPublisher Simon & Schuster

Now with a new epilogue, the UK's most influential food and drink journalist shoots a few sacred cows of food culture. Buying 'locally' does no good. Farmers' markets are merely a lifestyle choice. And 'organic' is little more than a marketing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906462031Author Agnes JekyllFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Persephone Books LtdPublisher Persephone Books LtdWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of IACP Cookbook Award 2012 and James Beard Cookbook Award - Beverage Category.Book InformationISBN 9781580083591Author Brad Thomas ParsonsFormat HardbackPage Count...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984859761Author Illyanna MaisonetFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984859075Author Reem AssilFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

'Charming, important . . . a journey of discovery' TelegraphOver the course of a year, Robert Penn learns how to plant, harvest, thresh and mill his own wheat, in order to bake bread for his family. In returning to this pre-industrial practice, he tells...

'One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.' - Virginia Woolf.The definition of 'healthy eating' has been chewed up, spat out and re-digested enough times to make Joe Public give up and seek out their nearest branch of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for IACP Crystal Whisk Award (Children/Youth & Family) 2013.Book InformationISBN 9780062080905Author Jenny RosenstrachFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint...

Keith Floyd's exuberant personality, as much as his cooking skills, has made him a favourite both as bestselling author and as television presenter. But here, for the first time, he tells his own story - and it is full of surprises. The...

In this new, expanded edition of Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails-issued for the 100th Anniversary of National Prohibition-historian, expert, and drink aficionado Ted Haigh, aka Dr. Cocktail vastly widens his examination of 1920-1933, the...

From Tudor oyster pedlars and Victorian pie and mash shops, to the supper clubs and street food scene flourishing today, Britain's capital has always been a tantalising draw for those who live to eat. In Made in London, Londoner Leah Hyslop offers a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767928892Author David LebovitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

A provocative collection of food's most distinctive female voices and subjects Women on Food unites the radical, diverging female voices of the food industry in this urgent collection of essays, interviews, questionnaires, illustrations, quotes,...

Supper for one? Whether you're a career girl, bedsitter or bachelor, this vintage 1950s cookery gem introduced by Bee Wilson is 'wonderful ... funny and full of charm' (India Knight) with 'lots of ideas worth nicking' (Rachel Cooke).The Career Woman (who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607747796Author Gary ReganFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 448gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Discover the culinary heart of Northern Portugal through the stories, food, and history of Bolhao. Bolhao Market's century-old walls are crumbling as its vendors and visitors wait for the restoration that will return it to its former glory. Though the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607743521Author Tadashi OnoFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 890gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Sunday Telegraph's FIVE BEST BOOKS FOR FOODIES this Christmas - 'a must read... packed full of nostalgic food memories, weaving in family, friendship and love.' "Are you hungry darling, shall I make you an omelette?"My mother's omelettes are slightly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156033749Author Jen Lin-LiuFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Harvest PublicationsPublisher Harvest PublicationsWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941815199Author KinfolkFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint KinfolkPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 623g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of IACP Crystal Whisk Award (Jane Grigson) 2004.Book InformationISBN 9780609608937Author Paul BertolliFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House USA...

Winner, 2019 IACP Award for Best Book of the Year in Food MattersNamed one of the Best Food Books of the Year by The New Yorker, Smithsonian, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, and moreMAD Dispatches: Furthering Our Ideas About Food Good food is the common...

"An engrossing, page-turner of a cookbook." -Brian McGinn, Emmy-nominated director and executive producer, Chef's TableYou may not realize that Filipino Americans are the second-largest Asian American group living in the United States, especially when...

Naomi Duguid, who's taken food lovers to many corners of the globe, now invites readers and cooks on a very different journey--a deep dive into the miracle of salt and its essential role in preserving, fermenting, and transforming food. Learn age-old...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451495693Author Ryan JacobsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439166505Author Anna BadkhenFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 212mm * 139mm * 28mm

A delicious anthology of classic food writing to satisfy every palate, this gorgeous book will delight food lovers everywhere.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning pocket size classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts...

A collection of the year’s top food writing, selected by prolific food writer and author of How to Cook Everything Mark Bittman.Food writer Mark Bittman selects the best twenty articles published in 2022 that celebrate the many innovative, comforting,...