Culinary Biographies

A Life Uncorked

Hugh Johnson, the preeminent wine writer of our time, now brings to his fans around the world his first major new book in a decade: this stylish, intimate, and delightfully opinionated autobiographical tour through the world of wine. A Life Uncorked weaves Johnson’s wide-ranging ruminations, memories, and observations on his remarkable life together with information on every aspect …

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Wellth: How I Learned to Build a Life, Not a Résumé

In his first book, mindbodygreen founder Jason Wachob, redefines successful living and offers readers a new life currency to build on, one that is steeped in wellbeing…Wellth. “Many of us aren’t satisfied with just trying to accumulate the most money and toys. The good life is no longer just about the material—instead, it can be found in a lifestyle …

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Generation Chef: Risking It All for a New American Dream

Inside what life is really like for the new generation of professional cooks—a captivating tale of the make-or-break first year at a young chef’s new restaurant.   For many young people, being a chef is as compelling a dream as being a rock star or professional athlete. Skill and creativity in the kitchen are more profitable than ever …

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Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy

How did a child of immigrants, starting with no background in the hotel business, create the world’s most admired and successful hotel brand? And how has Four Seasons grown so dramatically, over nearly half a century, without losing its focus on exceptional quality and unparalleled service?Isadore Sharp answers these questions in his inspiring memoir. He started out in …

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Year of No Sugar: A Memoir

For fans of the New York Times bestseller I Quit Sugar or Katie Couric’s controversial food industry documentary Fed Up, A Year of No Sugar is a “delightfully readable account of how [one family] survived a yearlong sugar-free diet and lived to tell the tale…A funny, intelligent, and informative memoir.” ―Kirkus It’s dinnertime. Do you know where your …

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Modified: GMOs and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land, Our Future

A disquieting and meditative look at the issue that started the biggest food fight of our time–GMOs. From a journalist and mother who learned that genetically modified corn was the culprit behind what was making her and her child sick, a must-read book for anyone trying to parse the incendiary discussion about genetically modified foods.*One of Publishers Weekly’s …

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Notes on a Banana: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Manic Depression

The stunning and long-awaited memoir from the beloved founder of the James Beard Award-winning website Leite’s Culinaria—a candid, courageous, and at times laugh-out-loud funny story of family, food, mental illness, and sexual identity.Born into a family of Azorean immigrants, David Leite grew up in the 1960s in a devoutly Catholic, blue-collar, food-crazed Portuguese home in Fall River, Massachusetts. …

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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before

Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone BeforeTwo centuries after James Cook’s epic voyages of discovery, Tony Horwitz takes readers on a wild ride across hemispheres and centuries to recapture the Captain’s adventures and explore his embattled legacy in today’s Pacific. Horwitz, a Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of Confederates in the Attic, works as a sailor aboard a …

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Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases

An inside look at one of the nation’s most famous public hospitals, Cook County, as seen through the eyes of its longtime Director of Intensive Care, Dr. Cory Franklin. Readers will be riveted by stories of strange medical cases and unforgettable patients culled from his 30-year career in medicine that spanned the 1970s through the 1990s, including some …

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My Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story (with Recipes)

“The new Julie & Julia!. . .You’ll finish a chapter and find yourself in the kitchen.” –Marie Claire The Wednesday Chef (and author of Classic German Baking) finds her way home—a story of love, life, and the search for the perfect ragú   It takes courage to turn your life upside down, especially when everyone is telling …

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