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Bourdain, Anthony—Kitchen Confidential
New York chef Tony Bourdain gives away secrets of the trade in his wickedly funny, inspiring memoir and expos. "Kitchen Confidential" reveals what Bourdain calls "25 years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine."  Buy local at BookPeople!

Bauer, Douglas—Death By Pad Thai
Twenty nostalgic essays on the art of eating, cooking, and sharing over a table.

Bloom, Jonathan—American Wasteland
American Wasteland chronicles how we waste food from farm to fork and examines the impact of our squandering. with an upbeat tone, the book offers suggestions on how we—as a nation and as individuals—can trim our waste. A word of warning: it's a book that forces you to reconsider your approach to food. Because once you're looking for food waste, it's hard to miss.

Chaskey, Scott—This Common Ground: Seasons on an Organic Farm
Chaskey eloquently describes the satisfactions of this kind of farming: the exquisitely fresh vegetables, the heirloom varieties he has revived, and the beauty of the place. He also makes a strong case for rotating crops, using compost, and relying on experience rather than conventional wisdom.

Child, Julia—My Life in France
This delightful memoir of Julia's years in Paris, Marseille, and Provence opens with Paul and Julia--a tall, wide-eyed girl from Pasadena who can't cook and doesn't speak a word of French--disembarking in Le Havre, and ends with the launching of the two "Mastering" cookbooks and Julia winning the heart of America as "The French Chef." Buy local at BookPeople!

Chotzinoff, Robin—People with Dirty Hands
This eccentric, cross-country journey to discover why some people just have to make things grow simply rings with the singular voices of the people possessed. Chotzinoff captures the fervor of the all-encompassing passion that can drive a person to grow an eight-pound tomato.

Dawson, Carol & Carol Johnston—House of Plenty: The Rise, Fall, and Revival of Luby's Cafeterias
Who knew that the key to American success and salvation could be found on the cafeteria line? A morality tale that is both as compulsively readable as a mystery novel and as illuminating about the American psyche as anything published in recent years. Buy local at BookPeople!

Engelhardt, Elizabeth S.D.—Republic of Barbecue: Stories Beyond the Brisket
It's no overstatement to say that the state of Texas is a republic of barbecue. Whether it's brisket, sausage, ribs, or chicken, barbecue feeds friends while they catch up, soothes tensions at political events, fuels community festivals, sustains workers of all classes, celebrates brides and grooms, and even supports churches. Recognizing just how central barbecue is to Texas's cultural life, Elizabeth Engelhardt and a team of eleven graduate students from the University of Texas at Austin set out to discover and describe what barbecue has meant to Texans ever since they first smoked a beef brisket.

Fisher, MFK—The Art of Eating
This collection of Fisher's first five food-related books chronicle her life in Europe throughout the 1930s and 1940s, covering not only the delights of French cooking but the deprivations and substitutions of the war years. Buy local at BookPeople!

Fisher, MFK—Among Friends
In her memoir, Fisher describes her Episcopal girlhood in the Quaker town of Whittier, outside Los Angeles during World War I and shortly after. The Quaker community rejected the Kennedys, resulting in a mixture of social ostracism and family warmth Fisher gained from family outings to an undeveloped Laguna Beach in a pre-Hollywood and freeway-free California.

Fisher, MFK—Sister Age
This collection of short stories describe the art of aging and dying. The book got its name from an oil painting of a woman Fisher bought in Zurich in 1936.

Foose, Martha Hall—Screen Doors and Sweet Tea
Gifted chef and storyteller Martha Hall Foose invites you into her kitchen to share recipes that bring alive the landscape, people, and traditions that make Southern cuisine an American favorite. Was featured at the Texas Book Festival 2008.

Fried, Stephen—Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West
The legendary life and entrepreneurial vision of Fred Harvey helped shape American culture and history for three generations—from the 1880s all the way through World War II—and still influence our lives today in surprising and fascinating ways. Now award-winning journalist Stephen Fried re-creates the life of this unlikely American hero, the founding father of the nation’s service industry, whose remarkable family business civilized the West and introduced America to Americans.

Hesser, Amanda—Eat, Memory
New York Times Magazine food editor Amanda Hesser has showcased the food-inspired recollections of some of America's leading writers—playwrights, screenwriters, novelists, poets, journalists—in the magazine. Eat, Memory collects the twenty-six best stories and recipes to accompany them. Includes essays by Ann Patchett, Tom Perrotta, Gabrielle Hamilton, Billy Collins, and many more. Was featured at the Texas Book Festival 2008.  Buy local at BookPeople!

Jamison, Cheryl and Bill—Around the World in 80 Dinners: The Ultimate Culinary Adventure
Cheryl and Bill cashed in 440,000 frequent-flyer miles, packed 5 little bags with more books than clothes, and circled the globe on a 3-month culinary odyssey. This is their story, an entertaining travel narrative with a soupçon of recipes. To be featured at the Texas Book Festival 2008.  Buy local at BookPeople!

Kamp, David—The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation
Kamp 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."

Kingsolver, Barbara—Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Novelist Kingsolver recounts a year spent eating home-grown food and, if not that, local. Accomplished gardeners, the Kingsolver clan grow a large garden in southern Appalachia and spend summers "putting food by," as the classic kitchen title goes. They make pickles, chutney and mozzarella; they jar tomatoes, braid garlic and stuff turkey sausage. Nine-year-old Lily runs a heritage poultry business, selling eggs and meat. What they don't raise (lamb, beef, apples) comes from local farms. Come winter, they feast on root crops and canned goods, menus slouching toward asparagus. Along the way, the Kingsolver family, having given up industrial meat years before, abandons its vegetarian ways and discovers the pleasures of conscientious carnivory.  Buy local at BookPeople!

Kingsolver, Barbara—Prodigal Summer
Set in Appalachia, Kingsolver's very pastoral novel tells the stories of three women who live close to the land. A wildlife biologist studying coyotes is fascinated by a young man with a passion for hunting. An intellectually inclined farmer's wife finds she must stand up for what she believes in. And two elderly country people battle about everything from religion to pesticides, and make startling changes in their lives.  Buy local at BookPeople!

Mehagain, Nancy—Siren's Feast
Set against the backdrop of the turbulent 60's and early 70's, this delicious memoir tells the tale of a rebellious daughter who foregoes the safety and security of suburban American life and sets off on an adventure that leads her to some of the remote outposts of the world. The constant that remains with her is a passion for food and cooking-the remembered flavors of home, her Armenian traditions, and lives long forgotten. It contains over 40 mouth-watering recipes, representing well-tested originals as well as old family recipes.

Murrin, Orlando—A Table in the Tarn: Living, Eating and Cooking in Rural France
An intimate account of how the author painstakingly transformed the simple 19th-century Manoir de Raynaudes into a gourmet bed-and-breakfast in southwestern France. Beautifully written and photographed, this cookbook and food memoir includes more than 80 recipes for the Anglo-French dishes that have brought the Manoir acclaim, along with tales of the extraordinary people and gorgeous countryside of the unspoiled Tarn Valley.

Ozeki, Ruth L.—My Year of Meats
In this feisty, terrifying, and ultimately heartwarming novel, two women--one in America, one in Japan--take on the beef industry, hoping to expose the dangers of hormone use in cattle farming.

Reichl, Ruth—Comfort Me With Apples: More Adventures at the Table
The second volume of Ruth Reichl's autobiography takes her into adulthood, and chronicles her romantic life as well as her evolution into a food critic. It includes accounts of the memorable food that accompanied memorable moments in her life, including her days in a Berkeley commune, her second husband's favorite chocolate cake, and a trip to China with her father.

Reichl, Ruth—Garlic & Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
Reichl focuses on her life as a food critic, dishing up a feast of fabulous meals enjoyed during her tenure at The New York Times. As a critic, Reichl was determined to review the "true" nature of each restaurant she visited, so she often dined incognito--each chapter of her book highlights a new disguise, a different restaurant (including the original reviews from the Times), and a fresh culinary adventure.

Reichl, Ruth—Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
A memoir of growing up eating and cooking. Born in Manhattan, raised in Connecticut, Reichl had an upper-class upbringing that included trips to Paris, then became a commune-dweller after graduating from college. This chronicle, which includes recipes, ends in the 1970s.  Buy local at BookPeople!

LOCAL Ross, M. Jane—Kitchen Table Stories
A delightful collection of food stories and poems by members of the non-profit Story Circle Network, each story and poem accompanied by the beloved recipe that's behind the tale. Kitchen Table Stories celebrates our stories and the important part that food and cooking has in all our lives.

Ryder, Tracey and Carole Topalian—Edible: A Celebration of Local Foods
Discover the joys of local foods, from the experts at Edible Communities. A gorgeous full-color celebration of America's local food heroes and traditions, Edible is a must-have for anyone interested in the local food movement, environmental issues, or just a great meal. The book profiles local food artisans who are making a difference and provides 80 seasonal specialty recipes that incorporate the very best local foods from every region of the United States. Buy local at BookPeople!

LOCAL Sharpe, Patricia—Confessions of A Skinny Bitch
Food editor of Texas Monthly, Patricia Sharpe, dishes out the skinny on her work and her figure.