Loftus, Jamie
Summary: "Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique-comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw Dog, will take you on a cross-country road trip in the summer of 2021, and reveal what the creation, culture, and class influence of hot dogs says about America now. Hot dogs. Poor people created them. Rich people found a way to charge fifteen dollars for them. They're high culture, they're low...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 LOFBreland, Claudia C.
Summary: "In 1922, Dorothy Kraker set up a simple white roadside stand on Crystal Lake and began selling farm-sized pies made with tart cherries picked from the family orchard. A century later, The Cherry Hut has become a nationally acclaimed full-service restaurant, famous for its cherry pies, jams, ice cream, homemade sandwiches, and much more. This 100th anniversary book includes historic photos,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4632 BREFieri, Guy.
Summary: Guy Fieri strikes again, giving you a road map to road food that's earned its culinary citizenship in "Flavortown." Join Guy on a cross-country noshing parade, mapping out the best places you've never heard of--more than fifty establishments off the beaten path. Filled with Guy's hilarious voice and rampant enthusiasm for these hidden culinary gems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow/Harper Collins 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 647.9573 FIEMachajewski, Sarah.
Summary: Young people who love to cook for friends and family and explore new ingredients and flavors in the kitchen may find that a career in the food industry is the perfect fit. The author presents a variety of exciting careers in which one can cook or eat for a living: cook, personal chef, caterer, and food photographer or stylist are just a few delectable choices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 331 MACSnyder, Lynsi
Summary: "When Lynsi Snyder's grandparents founded In-N-Out Burger in 1948, they built it with a passion for quality and service that Lynsi embraced at a young age. After starting as a store associate at age seventeen, she then worked in other departments, gaining first-hand experience with almost every aspect of the family business until she became president in 2010. She has led the company through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 647.95794 SNYCrapanzano, Aleksandra
Summary: Once known for its watery potatoes, stringy mutton, and grayed vegetables, London is now considered to be the most vibrant city on the global food map. The London Cookbook reflects the contemporary energy and culinary rebirth of this lively, hip, sophisticated, and very international city. It is a love letter to the city and an insider's guide to its most delicious haunts, as well as a highly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5941 CRAFreedman, Paul
Summary: Combining a historian’s rigor with a foodie ’s palate, Ten Restaurants That Changed America reveals how the history of our restaurants reflects nothing less than the history of America itself. Whether charting the rise of our love affair with Chinese food through San Francisco’s fabled The Mandarin, evoking the richness of Italian food through Mamma Leone’s, or chronicling the rise and fall of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 FREShopsin, Tamara
Summary: "'Arbitrary Stupid Goal is a completely riveting world--when I looked up from its pages regular life seemed boring and safe and modern like one big iPhone. This book captures not just a lost New York but a whole lost way of life'--Miranda July; In Arbitrary Stupid Goal, Tamara Shopsin takes the reader on a pointillist time-travel trip to the Greenwich Village of her bohemian 1970s childhood, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD/Farrar Straus & Giroux 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHOPSIN, TAMARA SHOSpurlock, Morgan
Summary: Can man live on fast food alone? Morgan Spurlock tried to do just that. For thirty days, he ate nothing but three "squares" a day from McDonald's as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on American health. The resulting documentary film, Super Size Me, won him resounding applause and a worldwide release that broke box-office records. Audiences were captivated by his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 SPUMagnaghi, Russell M.
Summary: "Michigan's Upper Peninsula is a veritable cornucopia of delicious dishes. Over the centuries, the shared food knowledge and passion Native Americans and immigrant of all kinds produced the region's iconic foods and beloved restaurants. Mackinac Island remains the epicenter for fine food. Here one can dine on freshly caught trout and whitefish at the Grand Hotel before tracking down the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Palate, a division of The History Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 647.957 MAGYee, Lisa
Summary: "Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC YEEBrandon, Pam
Summary: A holistic look at the California resort's culinary past, present, and future--all organically woven around diverse recipes from the Disney Chefs and fit for home chefs of varying skill levels. Some of the best vacation moments happen during a great meal, and this collection of official Disneyland recipes and stories from across the decades presents a holistic look at the culinary past,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Editions 2023
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Summary: Today's food-lovers often travel the globe to enjoy the food of acclaimed chefs. Yet the tradition of seeking out unforgettable dining experiences goes back centuries, and this gorgeous book reveals the closely held secrets behind the world's most iconic recipes - dishes that put restaurants on the map, from 19th century fine dining and popular classics, to today's most innovative kitchens,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 642.509 MUHNadler, Ben
Summary: "A graphic history of the Jewish delicatessen, what can be found behind deli counters, and the stories and culture surrounding the food"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5676 NADCarlson, Craig
Summary: "The heartwarming story of how one hungry American with a hankering for pancakes founded the first American-style diner in Paris"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARLSON, CRAIG CARChatelain, Marcia
Summary: "From civil rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America. Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald's have long symbolized capitalism's villainous effects on our nation's most vulnerable communities. But how did fast food...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.7 CHALee, Jennifer 8.
Summary: "A woman's search for the world's greatest Chinese restaurant proves that egg rolls are as American as apple pie"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5951 LEEClark, Marian
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Publisher / Publication Date: Council Oak Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 CLANickel, Sandra
Summary: "A picture book biography of Ignacio (Nacho) Anaya, a waiter at the Victory Club in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, and the events surrounding the creation, in 1940, of the globally-popular tortilla chip, cheese, and jalapeño pepper snack that bears his name-nachos"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ANAWarshaw, Hope S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Small Steps Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 WARNorton, James R.
Summary: "From the founders of the popular food website Heavy Table comes Lake Superior Flavors, a celebration of food culture around the shores of the greatest of the Great Lakes. Author James Norton and photographer Becca Dilley take readers on a culinary tour around Lake Superior, hitting high-traffic tourist spots and cultural institutions as well as off-the-beaten-path discoveries" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5 NORSinatra, Stephen T.
Contents: The 80/20 rule -- Why regular diets fail -- The secrets of easy weight-loss success -- The fast-food diet restaurant-by-restaurant guide -- Smart sit-down dining -- The fast food diet at the mall -- The six-week fast-food diet -- Fast food at home -- The fast-food diet for kids -- The fast-food diet vitamins and supplements -- The fast-food diet for business travelers -- The fast- food diet for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.25 SINAli, Monica
Summary: In this story of the rich and fascinating London subculture of chefs and kitchen denizens, Gabriel Lightfoot, executive chef at the once-splendid Imperial Hotel, is trying to run a tight kitchen but his integrity--to say nothing of his sanity--is under constant challenge from the competing demands of an exuberant multinational staff, a gimlet-eyed hotel management, business partners with whom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALIGaudry, François-Régis.
Summary: A joyful, comprehensive, energetically illustrated love letter to the culinary treasure that is Paris, from the bestselling author of Let's Eat France!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 2023