My Place at the Table: A Recipe for a Delicious Life in Paris
By: Alexander Lobrano
4.05
Format: 239 pages, Hardcover
In this debut memoir, a James Beard Award–winning writer, whose childhood idea of fine dining was H…
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1. Back of the House: The Secret Life of a Restaurant
By: Scott Haas
3.48
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Food writer and clinical psychologist Scott Haas wanted to know what went on inside the mind of a t… read more
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- food
- nonfiction
2. Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
By: Ruth Reichl
4.18
Format: None pages,
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- memoir
- cooking
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- food
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4. The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation
By: Mark Kurlansky
4.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
From Mark Kurlansky, the bestselling author of Cod, Salt, and Birdseye--the illuminating story of a… read more
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5. Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger
By: Nigel Slater
3.69
Format: 496 pages,
'My mother is scraping a piece of burned toast out of the kitchen window, a crease of annoyance acr… read more
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6. Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
By: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina
3.67
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A front-of-the-house Kitchen Confidential from a career maître d’hotel who manned the front of the … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- foodie
- cooking
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- food
"It never fails, the most awful human beings, the power hungry, those with the least personality, kindness, and humanity, are general managers in restaurants."-Michael Cecchi-Azzolina, Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
7. Jacqueline in Paris
By: Ann Mah
3.69
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Lost Vintage, a rare and dazzling portrait of Jacqueline Bouvier… read more
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- france
8. Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
By: Jamie Loftus
3.92
Format: 301 pages, Hardcover
Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique―comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw … read more
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- travel
- food
- nonfiction
- memoir
"WE NEED MORE WOMEN PRIESTS! a billboard declares a few miles outside of Buffalo, a new cursed addition to a folder in my Google Drive called 'feminism except not really."-Jamie Loftus, Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
9. Night Watch
By: Jayne Anne Phillips
3.79
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, re… read more
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10. North Woods
By: Daniel Mason
4.15
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more
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11. Absolution
By: Alice McDermott
3.81
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. In Saigon in 1963, two yo… read more
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12. The Paris Novel
By: Ruth Reichl
3.84
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Ruth Reichl takes readers on an adventure of food, art, and fashion in 1980s Par… read more
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- travel
- food
- france
"That is the most expensive spice in the world. It comes from the Valley of Flowers, where everyone's hands are red from separating the saffron from the blossoms. Each flower has just three strands, s…"-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
"The fat was bubbling in a pot on the stove. The potatoes went in, were snatched out, then plunged back in. They emerged crisp and golden; Richard sprinkled them with salt and piled them on a platter,…"-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
"The oysters arrived on a deep bed of ice. She had never eaten an oyster, and she stared down at the platter. A ruffle of black encircled each opalescent heart; she thought of orchids. Triangles of le…"-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
"A waiter set a small tart of caramelized pears before each of them and added a dab of licorice ice cream. Next came bananas topped with passion fruit and black pepper, little pirouettes of pleasure. …"-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
13. Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
By: Bill Buford
3.65
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
“You can almost taste the food in Bill Buford’s Dirt , an engrossing, beautifully written memoir a… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- travel
- foodie
- cookbooks
- cooking
- food
- france
- nonfiction
14. The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading
By: Dwight Garner
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Garner gathers a literary chorus to capture the joys of reading and eating in this comic, personal … read more
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- memoir
- cooking
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- food
"There's no verb for traveling while hopping from swimming pool to swimming pool. Perhaps "cheevering" would suffice."-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading
"A friend once told her that he had seen graffiti in a restaurant's men's room that read, "Gael Greene uses a thesaurus."-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading
15. Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
By: Bianca Bosker
4.16
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The author of Cork Dork takes readers on another fascinating, hilarious, and revelatory journey—thi… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"Art Lovers pitied me: They said I lacked "Visual literacy", which they swore was downright dangerous in a world so saturated with pictures."-Bianca Bosker, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
16. Jackie: Public, Private, Secret
By: J. Randy Taraborrelli
4.17
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author of Jackie, Janet & Lee comes a fresh and often startling loo… read more
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- nonfiction
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- memoir
17. Lies and Weddings
By: Kevin Kwan
3.82
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
A forbidden affair erupts dramatically amid a decadent Hawaiian wedding in this hilarious, sophisti… read more
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18. The French Ingredient: A Memoir
By: Jane Bertch
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The inspiring and delicious memoir of an American woman who had the gall to open a cooking school i… read more
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- memoir
- travel
- cooking
- biography memoir
- france
- nonfiction
- food
19. White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port
By: Kate Storey
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“Impeccably researched…captivating!” —Elin Hilderbrand * “A well-paced history.” — The New York Tim… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
20. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
By: Laurence Leamer
3.83
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scan… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
21. Shanghailanders
By: Juli Min
3.51
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling and ambitious debut novel that follows a cosmopolitan Shanghai household backward in tim… read more
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22. Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America
By: Mayukh Sen
3.65
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Who’s really behind America’s appetite for foods from around the globe? This group biography from a… read more
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- nonfiction
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23. Search
By: Michelle Huneven
3.87
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
A sharp and funny novel of a congregational search committee, told as a memoir with recipes Dana… read more
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- food
24. Small World
By: Laura Zigman
3.47
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
“[A] brave and heartfelt book of truths.”—New York Times Book Review (A Group Text Pick and Editors… read more
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"Yet no one is really alone; those who live no more echo still within our thoughts and words, and what they did is part of what we have become — Blessing of Memory, Mediations Before Kaddish"-Laura Zigman, Small World
25. Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays abou… read more
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- cookbooks
- food
- nonfiction
- memoir
26. My Place at the Table: A Recipe for a Delicious Life in Paris
By: Alexander Lobrano
4.05
Format: 239 pages, Hardcover
In this debut memoir, a James Beard Award–winning writer, whose childhood idea of fine dining was H… read more
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- memoir
- travel
- foodie
- cookbooks
- biography memoir
- cooking
- france
- nonfiction
- food
27. Putting the Rabbit in the Hat
By: Brian Cox
3.77
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY THE NEW YORKER The incredible rags-to-riches story of acclaimed actor… read more
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- nonfiction
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28. How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon
By: Lyn Slater
3.44
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A personal memoir in which Lyn Slater, known on Instagram as “Accidental Icon,” brings her characte… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
29. Mother Doll
By: Katya Apekina
3.78
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A kaleidoscopic novel about the shadow of trauma in Russian history that follows four generations o… read more
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30. Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More
By: Fatima Ali
4.50
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A young chef whose dreams were cut short savors every last minute as she explores food and adventur… read more
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- memoir
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- cooking
- nonfiction
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"There is nothing more empowering than knowing - no, believing - that all you really need is you."-Fatima Ali, Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More
"Instead of my bucket list book, this is the story of my abbreviated life, short but nonetheless possessing secret love, joy and pain, adventure and hard work, luck and its opposite"-Fatima Ali, Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More
"hen we think we have all the time in the world to live, we forget to indulge in the experiences of living. When that choice is yanked away from us, that's when we scramble to feel."-Fatima Ali, Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More
"I didn't think I was so special, but actually that was the key: If this ordinary Pakistani girl could pursue the thing she loved most - cooking - and could make it to the tippy-top and do what she lo…"-Fatima Ali, Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More
