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The New Food Lover’s Companion

51PEo5FDrHL. SL160 The New Food Lovers Companion

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The brand-new fourth edition of this widely praised reference guide has been updated with new information for everyone, including lovers of ethnic foods and health food aficionados. The authors have added many all-new entries on exotic produce and other unusual ingredients. An earlier edition of The New Food Lover’s Companion was hailed by Bon App©tit magazine as “one of the best reference books we’ve seen, a must for every cook’s library.” This new … More >>

The New Food Lover’s Companion

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Posted by admin on December 1st, 2009
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Holiday Grind

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There’s nothing cozier than a winter evening in Greenwich Village. Streetlights shimmer through icy flakes, cafés glow with welcoming warmth, and a layer of snow dusts historic townhouses like powdered sugar on holiday confections. Murder has no place in such a pretty picture, until now… Coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi has grown very fond of Alfred Glockner, the part-time comic and genuinely jolly charity Santa who’s been using her Village Blend as a place to war… More >>

Holiday Grind

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Posted by admin on November 26th, 2009
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On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

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Harold McGee’s On Food and Cooking is a kitchen classic. Hailed by Time magazine as “a minor masterpiece” when it first appeared in 1984, On Food and Cooking is the bible to which food lovers and professional chefs worldwide turn for an understanding of where our foods come from, what exactly they’re made of, and how cooking transforms them into something new and delicious. Now, for its twentieth anniversary, Harold McGee has prepared a new, fully revised and up… More >>

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

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Posted by admin on November 19th, 2009
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Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About It

51%2B47QyV07L. SL160 Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer And What You Can Do About It

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Food, Inc. is guaranteed to shake up our perceptions of what we eat. This powerful documentary deconstructing the corporate food industry in America was hailed by Entertainment Weekly as “more than a terrific movie—it’s an important movie.” Aided by expert commentators such as Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser, the film poses questions such as: Where has my food come from, and who has processed it? What are the giant agribusinesses and what stake do they hav… More >>

Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About It

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Posted by admin on November 17th, 2009
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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The gates of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory are opening at last . . . and only five children will be allowed inside.Amazon.com Review
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, along with Roald Dahl’s other tales for younger readers, make him a true star of children’s literature. Dahl seems to know just how far to go with his oddball fantasies; in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, for example, nasty Vi… More >>

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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Posted by admin on November 14th, 2009
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In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto

41gMl1amRUL. SL160 In Defense of Food: An Eaters Manifesto

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The companion volume to The New York Times bestseller The Omnivore’s Dilemma

Michael Pollan’s lastbook , The Omnivore’s Dilemma, launched a national conversation about the American way of eating; now In Defense of Food shows us how to change it, one meal at a time. Pollan proposes a new answer to the question of what we should eat that comes down to seven simple but liberating words: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. Pollan’s bracing and eloquent man… More >>

In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto

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