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IRON GATE OF JACK + CHARLIE'S "21"

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: JACK KRIENDLER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, Inc.:

Seller ID: IM424950

ISBN: 11-99-08605-3

Binding: HC w/DJ

Condition: GOOD Condition

Memorial for JOHN CARL KRIENDLER, Co-owner of "21", landmark NYC restaurant. [THE IRON GATE OF JACK + CHARLIE'S "21" Thru which is presented a vivid portrayal of a unique institution..by a distinguished group of authors, artists and celebrities.] Issued on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of "21", in memory of John Carl Kriendler for the benefit of the New York Heart Association.
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DRIVE-THRU DREAMS: A Journey Through the Heart of

By: ADAM CHANDLER

Price: $14.00

Publisher: FLATIRON BOOKS (mps):

Seller ID: IM517031

ISBN: 1250090725

Binding: HC w/DJ

Condition: VERY Good Condition

Most any honest person can own up to harboring at least one fast-food guilty pleasure. In Drive-Thru Dreams, Adam Chandler explores the inseparable link between fast food and American life for the past century. The dark underbelly of the industry's largest players has long been scrutinized and gutted, characterized as impersonal, greedy, corporate, and worse. But, in unexpected ways, fast food is also deeply personal and emblematic of a larger than life image of America.

With wit and nuance, Chandler reveals the complexities of this industry through heartfelt anecdotes and fas...
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PLENTY: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of

By: ALISA SMITH

Price: $12.00

Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE:

Seller ID: IM64870

ISBN: 030734732X

Binding: HC w/DJ

Condition: VERY Good Condition

Like many great adventures, the 100-mile diet began with a memorable feast. Stranded in their off-the-grid summer cottage in the Canadian wilderness with unexpected guests, Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon turned to the land around them. They caught a trout, picked mushrooms, and mulled apples from an abandoned orchard with rose hips in wine. The meal was truly satisfying; every ingredient had a story, a direct line they could trace from the soil to their forks. The experience raised a question: Was it possible to eat this way in their everyday lives?
Back in the city, they began to research...
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COOKING FOR MR. LATTE : A FOOD LOVER'S C

By: AMANDA HESSER

Price: $7.50

Publisher: W.W. NORTON & COMPANY, INC.:

Seller ID: IM120155

ISBN: 0393325598

Binding: PB Trade

Condition: GOOD Condition

At each stage of her courtship--from her first date with "Mr. Latte" (a near-disaster) to her first uneasy dinner at his parents' home, from intimate suppers in her Upper West Side apartment to his first attempt at cooking for her--Amanda supplies menus for the meals they share: more than one hundred well-balanced and well-seasoned recipes that will leave you satisfied yet wanting more.

With warmth and honesty, Amanda shares her feasts and foibles, triumphs and near-misses, tense encounters and good times in the kitchen and beyond. Her humorous, sensuous tale leads us date by ...
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DINING OUT

By: ANDREW DORNENBURG

Price: $12.00

Publisher: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC.(trade):

Seller ID: IM167510

ISBN: 047129277X

Binding: PB Trade

Condition: GOOD Condition

This book is the first of its kind to examine what defines fine food in America and it introduces us to many individuals who shape our views about food. Using other successful Dornenburg/Page books as a model, the authors once again base their analysis on interviews with chefs, restaurateurs and critics. This insider's guide to the process of restaurant reviewing will excite anyone with a serious interest in food. It also features top sites on the Internet that provide restaurant reviews. 'If I were a restaurateur, I would expect all my staff to read this book. As a restaurant critic, I found ...
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POPPED CULTURE : A SOCIAL HISTORY OF POP

By: ANDREW F. SMITH

Price: $8.50

Publisher: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION PRESS:

Seller ID: IM361863

ISBN: 1560989211

Binding: PB Trade

Condition: GOOD Condition

A culinary history of popcorn in America. Andrew F. Smith investigates the flavourful myths surrounding the curious kernel's introduction, the reasons behind popcorn's unflagging popularity, and its ever-increasing success through a fortuitous association with new technologies, such as radio, movies and microwaves.
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WAKE UP AND COOK : KITCHEN BUDDHISM IN W

By: CAROLE (E TONKINSON

Price: $7.00

Publisher: BERKLEY PUBLISHING GROUP:

Seller ID: IM371400

ISBN: 1573225754

Binding: PB Trade

Condition: GOOD Condition

A gorgeous, zen cookbook that celebrates balance, meditation, and everyday beauty.

From ancient teachings to the words of celebrated masters and contemporary cooks, this collection of commentaries, blessings, meditations, and recipes is a call to recognize everyday activities as opportunities to awaken--to transform each moment of life, in the kitchen and out, into a moment of enlightenment.
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CRAIG CLAIBORNE'S A FEAST MADE FOR LAUGH

By: CRAIG CLAIBORNE

Price: $6.00

Publisher: HARCOURT BRACE/COLLEGE DEPT:

Seller ID: IM2870

ISBN: 0030640075

Binding: PB Trade

Condition: FAIR Underlining/Highlighting

FEARLESS INTERNATIONAL FOODIE CONQUERS P

By: DAVID D'APRIX

Price: $5.50

Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE:

Seller ID: IM194577

ISBN: 0609806572

Binding: PB Trade

Condition: GOOD Condition

Are you a fearless foodie"? "Do you know the difference between a soba noodle and an udon noodle? Does your collection of spices include holy basil, lemon grass, kaffir leaf, and galanga? If so, then you are definitely a Fearless Foodie. And if not, then become one.
Dig in and enjoy the hottest trends in dining--Japanese, Thai, Korean, Vietnamese, as well as cuisines of Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos, and Cambodia. Etiquette tips help save the diner from embarrassing experiences such as asking for chopsticks in a Thai restaurant. And lots of culture notes explain the significance of Korean kim ...
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UNITED STATES OF ARUGULA: How We Became a Gourmet

By: DAVID KAMP

Price: $10.00

Publisher: BANTAM DOUBLEDAY DELL:

Seller ID: IM495100

ISBN: 0767915798

Binding: HC w/DJ

Condition: VERY Good Condition

Kamp, a writer and editor for GQ and Vanity Fair, chronicles the amazing transformation from the overcooked vegetables and scary gelatin salads of yore to the current heyday of free-range chickens, extra-virgin olive oil, Whole Foods, Starbucks, and that breed of human known as the foodie.
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IF YOU CAN STAND THE HEAT

By: DAWN DAVIS

Price: $8.50

Publisher: PENGUIN:

Seller ID: IM38836

ISBN: 0140281584

Binding: PB Large

Condition: GOOD Condition

Chefs and restaurateurs are today's most glamorized professions. But for every person who starts their own eatery, thousands more merely dream about it. Whether you are seriously considering making a career out of your passion for the kitchen or you're an armchair foodie, If You Can Stand the Heat is essential reading. This informative and dishy insider's collection of interviews with some of the country's leading chefs and food professionals shows what it takes to make it in the world of food, and helps answer such questions as: What are the first steps in opening up a restaurant? What can I ...
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FOOD AND WINE OF FRANCE

By: EDWARD BEHR

Price: $14.00

Publisher: PENGUIN:

Seller ID: IM471316

ISBN: 1594204527

Binding: HC w/DJ

Condition: VERY Good Condition

One of Christopher Kimball's Six Favorite Books About Food

A beautiful and deeply researched investigation into French cuisine, from the founding editor of The Art of Eating and author of 50 Foods.

In THE FOOD AND WINE OF FRANCE, the influential food writer Edward Behr investigates French cuisine and what it means, in encounters from Champagne to Provence. He tells the stories of French artisans and chefs who continue to work at the highest level. Many people in and out of France have noted for a long time the slow retreat of French cuisine, concerned that i...
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MIRIAM'S KITCHEN : A MEMOIR

By: ELIZABETH EHRLICH

Price: $7.00

Publisher: PENGUIN:

Seller ID: IM38648

ISBN: 014026759X

Binding: PB Trade

Condition: GOOD Condition

Like many Jewish Americans, Elizabeth Ehrlich was ambivalent about her background. She identified with Jewish cultural attitudes, but not with the institutions; she had fond memories of her Jewish grandmothers, but she found their religious practices irrelevant to her life. It wasn't until she entered the kitchen--and world--of her mother-in-law, Miriam, a Holocaust survivor, that Ehrlich began to understand the importance of preserving the traditions of the past. As Ehrlich looks on, Miriam methodically and lovingly prepares countless kosher meals while relating the often painful stori...
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FAST FOOD NATION : THE DARK SIDE OF THE

By: ERIC SCHLOSSER

Price: $7.50

Publisher: HARPER COLLINS TRADE DIVISION:

Seller ID: IM483715

ISBN: 0060838582

Binding: PB Trade

Condition: VERY Good Condition

In hisNew York Times bestseller, National Magazine Award-winning journalist Eric Schlosser charts the fast food industry's enormous impact on our health, landscape, economy, politics and culture as he transforms the way America thinks about what it eats.
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PLEASURES OF EATING : REFLECTIONS ON FOO

By: ERIN CONLEY

Price: $3.50

Publisher: BARNES & NOBLE:

Seller ID: IM239725

ISBN: 0760740623

Binding: HC w/DJ

Condition: GOOD Condition

INSATIABLE : TALES FROM A LIFE OF DELICI

By: GAEL GREENE

Price: $10.00

Publisher: WARNER BOOKS:

Seller ID: IM149734

ISBN: 0446576999

Binding: HC w/DJ

Condition: GOOD Condition

Food and sex and half a century reveling in both is the subject of acclaimed restaurant critic Gael Greene's compulsively readable account of the restaurants she has loved and hated, the dishes she's savoured, and the great chefs she has known (intimately and otherwise).
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New Kitchen Science: A Guide to Knowing the H

By: HOWARD HILLMAN

Price: $9.50

Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN:

Seller ID: IM521698

ISBN: 061824963X

Binding: PB Trade

Condition: GOOD Condition

CAVIAR

By: INGA SAFFRON

Price: $8.00

Publisher: CROWN PUBLISHING GROUP:

Seller ID: IM250932

ISBN: 0767906233

Binding: HC w/DJ

Condition: GOOD Condition

CAVIAR : THE STRANGE HISTORY AND UNCERTA

By: INGA SAFFRON

Price: $7.00

Publisher: BROADWAY BOOKS (RH):

Seller ID: IM506078

ISBN: 0767906241

Binding: PB Trade

Condition: GOOD Condition

Traces the history of the popular luxury gourmet delicacy, its odyssey from humble peasant food to culinary extravagance, the complex industry it spawned, and the consequences of marketing such a rare commodity. Reprint.
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COOKSOURCE : AN INDISPENSABLE GUIDE TO T

By: ISABELLE TOURNEAU

Price: $7.00

Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE:

Seller ID: IM113030

ISBN: 0385410921

Binding: PB Trade

Condition: GOOD Condition

JUST FOOD

By: JAMES E. McWILLIAMS

Price: $7.50

Publisher: LITTLE BROWN AND COMPANY:

Seller ID: IM81813

ISBN: 0316033758

Binding: PB Trade

Condition: GOOD Condition

We suffer today from food anxiety, bombarded as we are with confusing messages about how to eat an ethical diet. Should we eat locally? Is organic really better for the environment? Can genetically modified foods be good for you?

JUST FOOD does for fresh food what Fast Food Nation (Houghton Mifflin, 2001) did for fast food, challenging conventional views, and cutting through layers of myth and misinformation. For instance, an imported tomato is more energy-efficient than a local greenhouse-grown tomato. And farm-raised freshwater fish may soon be the most sustainable source o...
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