Summary: " From a spectrum of talented authors, a collection of essays on food, and its entwinement with our emotions and our lives. Of all the essentials for survival: oxygen, water, sleep, and food, only food is a vast treasure trove of memory and of sensory experience. Food is a portal to culture, to times past, to disgust, to comfort, to love: no matter one's feelings about a particular dish, they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 MYWitherspoon, Reese
Summary: Academy Award-winning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her world, where she infuses the southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with contemporary flair and charm. Reese Witherspoon's grandmother Dorothea always said that a combination of beauty and strength made southern women "whiskey in a teacup." We may be delicate and ornamental on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B WHITHERSPOON WHILebovitz, David.
Summary: "A collection of stories and 100 sweet and savory French-inspired recipes from Chez Panisse pastry chef turned popular food blogger David Lebovitz, reflecting the way modern Parisians eat today and featuring lush photography taken around Paris and in David's Parisian kitchen. French cooking has come a long way since the days of Escoffier. The culinary culture of France has changed and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5944 LEBGeha, Joseph
Summary: "Immigrant children first speak the language of their mothers, and in Toledo, Ohio's Little Syria neighborhood where I grew up, the first place you'd go to find your mother would be the kitchen. There, my mom took special pride in the traditional Syro-Lebanese food she cooked. Kitchen Arabic is a compilation both of her recipes and of the family stories that came with them. It is as much a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Georgia Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 GEHEl-Haddad, Laila M.
Summary: This new edition of an award-winning cookbook shares with readers the little-known but distinctive cuisine of the Gaza region of Palestine, presenting 130 recipes collected by the authors from Gaza. Cooks will find great, kitchen-tested recipes for spicy stews, piquant dips, fragrantly flavored fish dishes, and honey-drenched desserts. They will also be entranced by the hundreds of beautiful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Just World Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5929 EL-HSummary: "After a decade living in the United States, [filmmaker Asori] Soto returns to his homeland of Cuba to search for the missing flavors of his childhood--a journey to discover culinary traditions long thought lost due to the hardship that Cuba survived after the collapse of the Soviet Union."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CUBMcEntire, Reba
Summary: In Not That Fancy, GRAMMY-award winning singer and actress Reba McEntire shares life lessons, behind-the-scenes stories and photos, and her favorite comfort food recipes to inspire you to enjoy the simple things in life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Celebrate 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCENTIRE, REBA MCEMorin, Frédéric
Summary: Looking for a way out of the numbing, post-apocalyptic restaurant Hell of pretentiousness and mediocrity that threatens to engulf us all? Morin, McMillan and Erickson provide a refreshingly unpretentious collection of new recipes, some taken directly from the menus of their Montreal restaurants, others from summers spent on Laurentian lakes and Sunday dinners at home. Also included are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.592114 MORStone, Raisa
Summary: Compared to erotic games in the village bath & shoplifting live turkeys in your bloomers, immigrant life is beyond boring. So Baba (Grandma) is brewing up Old Country customs in her kitchen. She'll teach you to make delicious Ukrainian dishes the traditional & The Lazy Way, sabotage frenemies with garlic, & utter chilling Slavic curses such as, "May you be kicked by a duck!" Between tales...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dear Companion Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59477 STOBrown, Heston
Summary: Ukrainian food is really one of a kind. The perfect combination of the ingredients results into an inviting aroma, and more importantly, a delicious taste – that is a known fact. Therefore, it is really no surprise that you are seeking a good Ukrainian cookbook out. You are in luck because this book is exactly what you need. This book features some of the best recipes to come out of Ukraine....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heston Brown 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59477 BRORollins, Kent.
Summary: "Irresistible recipes from pantry ingredients by an authentic cowboy and TV veteran Whether he's beating Bobby Flay at chicken-fried steak on the Food Network, catering for a barbecue, bar mitzvah, or wedding, or cooking for cowboys in the middle of nowhere, Kent Rollins makes comfort food that satisfies. This gifted cook, TV contestant, and storyteller takes us into his frontier world with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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Summary: "Feeding Women of the Bible cookbook features a short compelling narrative of 20 female biblical heroines from the Hebrew bible, paired with two healthy plant-based kosher pareve recipes inspired by the character's experience. You learn about these extraordinary women through: their stories: a concise summary of the female biblical character's narrative; verses: key quotations from the Hebrew...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Publishing Company 2019
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Summary: The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook presents over 100 recipes that showcase the cookery and customs of the Crawley household-from upstairs dinner party centerpieces to downstairs puddings and pies-and bring an authentic slice of Downton Abbey to modern kitchens and Downton fans. Whether adapted from original recipes of the period, replicated as seen or alluded to on screen, or typical of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weldon Owen 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5942 GRADi Palo, Lou
Summary: "The ultimate guide to the finest foods of Italy from the oldest, most celebrated Italian market in New York City. In the heart of New York City's Little Italy sits Di Palo's, a family-owned food shop that has been the treasure of the neighborhood for more than a century. The four generations of Di Palos who have run this Italian specialty market have made it their mission to bring customers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5945 DIPDuguid, Naomi.
Summary: Shares information on the culture of Burma and contains Burmese recipes, including hearty pork and vegetable soup, peanut and rice porridge, and fried rice with shallots.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59591 DUGEighmey, Rae Katherine.
Summary: "Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen is a culinary biography unlike any before. The very assertion of the title--that Abraham Lincoln cooked--is fascinating and true. It's an insight into the everyday life of one of our nation's favorite and most esteemed presidents and a way to experience flavors and textures of the past. Eighmey solves riddles such as what type of barbecue could be served to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5973 EIGRodgers, Rick
Summary: The authors present recipes from and trivia about life in the United States in the 1960s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5973 RODGunnar Karl Gíslason
Summary: Hygge (loosely translated as "coziness") is centered around the idea of inviting comforting elements into day-to-day routines while creating warmth, community, and intimacy. The hygge life does more than just explain this philosophy, it teaches you how to apply hygge to all aspects of life throughout the year, from elevating your morning with perfectly brewed coffee to impromptu gatherings with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 GUNSheen, Barbara.
Summary: Discusses the role of food in Icelandic culture and common ingredients found in the country's cuisine, and includes recipes for traditional desserts, main courses, and appetizers
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Press/Gale Cengage Learning 2011
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Summary: The Edwardian age was the golden age of etiquette and gentility, in which the taking of tea was rather like a ceremonial masquerade. At this time, it was not uncommon for ladies to change up to five times a day, and one of these outfits would have been a tea dress. Tea was the only time the mistress of the house would serve her guests; the china used, the manservant who answered the door and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food StrakerBarrymore, Drew
Summary: "Drew Barrymore has always done things in her own unique way--including how she cooks, lives, and finds happiness at home. In her first lifestyle and cookbook, Drew shares recipes, stories from her life, and personal photos that show how she lives a healthy, delicious, and joyful life through her own rebellious brand of homemaking"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 BARKimball, Christopher
Summary: "The Milk Street team solves the problem of making dinner, starting with what you have on hand in the kitchen. Focusing on two dozen key kitchen ingredients such as couscous, tomato paste, canned beans, lentils, breadcrumbs or yogurt, the 225 featured recipes will demonstrate the endless possibilities that can be fashioned from just the ingredients you already have at home"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voracious, Little, Brown and Company 2022