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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)
Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, ...
Harper Perennial, 2008
Terrific book!
+ Engaging and Interesting
Barbara Kingsolver has struck a wonderful balance among educating readers about gardening, slow food, food science and telling a great tale of a family's adventure of local eating. The recipes are great, too!
What a revelation to learn that we have all been anesthetized by the large ...
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My Life in France
Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme
Anchor, 2007
My Love of Julia Child
+ Charming and Impressionistic
+ So good, I was sad to reach the last page.
+ Great Book - Opened my Eyes to Another Side of Julia
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The Story of Sushi: An Unlikely Saga of Raw Fish and Rice (P.S.)
Trevor Corson
Harper Perennial, 2008
Like Sushi....Not a book reader...you will like this book
+ Put Your Maki Where Your Mouth Is
+ Great book
This is a must read for any sushi lover. The book is very easy to read and is not dry. Warning! Reading this book will make you crave sushi :)
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Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)
Anthony Bourdain
Harper Perennial, 2007
A great read!
+ No Reservations... this book is GREAT!
+ The best
It's amazing where writing talent is found. I originally discovered Bourdain via his "Les Halles Cookbook" -- one of the funniest cookbooks I have ever read. And then slowly, I began to remember -- hadn't this same guy written an earlier book, much more scandalous?
Well, this is that earlier ...
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Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting ...
Bill Buford
Vintage, 2007
Apprentice of apprentices
+ You Need to Love the Kitchen
+ Outsider Looking In
+ banjo
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Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies
Laura Esquivel
Anchor, 1994
YUmmy!
+ An endearing little book
+ Quirky but fun all the same
+ Mystical, Erotic, and Delicious
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Skinny Bitch in the Kitch: Kick-Ass Recipes for Hungry Girls Who Want to Stop Cooking Crap (and Start Looking ...
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin
Running Press, 2007
Great Recipes
Not much left to eat but atleast now I'm more aware of what I'm eating:)
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The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite ...
Trevor Corson
Harper Perennial, 2005
Pass the Butter
+ Surprisingly Interesting
+ Just a common couple
+ Dad loved it!
+ A GREAT book about noble creatures of the deep
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Siren's Feast, An Edible Odyssey
Nancy Mehagian
Cielo Press, 2008
A Delectable Culinary Memoir
+ Without a Net!
+ Wow, I couldn't put the book down!
+ An astounding memoir about food and travel and incredible experiences
+ Siren's Feast, a Great Summer Read
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Elizabeth Gilbert
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
I loved this book
+ Absolute gem
+ I wouldn't have bought it for myself...but enjoyed it
+ I laughed and cried with Liz & you will too
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Michael Pollan
Penguin, 2007
Changed My World View
+ Eye-opener/mouth-closer
+ Enjoyed this book from cover to cover!
+ Very good book!
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Siren's Feast, An Edible Odyssey
Nancy Mehagian
Cielo Press, 2008
A Delectable Culinary Memoir
+ Without a Net!
+ Wow, I couldn't put the book down!
+ An astounding memoir about food and travel and incredible experiences
+ Siren's Feast, a Great Summer Read
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Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)
Anthony Bourdain
Harper Perennial, 2007
A great read!
+ No Reservations... this book is GREAT!
+ The best
It's amazing where writing talent is found. I originally discovered Bourdain via his "Les Halles Cookbook" -- one of the funniest cookbooks I have ever read. And then slowly, I began to remember -- hadn't this same guy written an earlier book, much more scandalous?
Well, this is that earlier ...
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My Life in France
Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme
Anchor, 2007
My Love of Julia Child
+ Charming and Impressionistic
+ So good, I was sad to reach the last page.
+ Great Book - Opened my Eyes to Another Side of Julia
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Michael Pollan
Penguin, 2007
Changed My World View
+ Eye-opener/mouth-closer
+ Enjoyed this book from cover to cover!
+ Very good book!
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