Chefs, Drugs and Rock & Roll: How Food Lovers, Free Spirits, Misfits and Wanderers Created a New American Profession
By: Andrew Friedman
3.63
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An all-access history of the evolution of the American restaurant chef Chefs, Drugs and Rock & R…
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1. The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South
By: Michael W. Twitty
3.86
Format: 480 pages, ebook
Southern food is integral to the American culinary tradition, yet the question of who "owns" it is … read more
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"I picked cotton so you could pick up a book."-Michael W. Twitty, The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South
2. The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness and the Making of a Great Chef
By: Marco Pierre White , James Steen
3.97
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
What do Mario Batali and Gordon Ramsay have in common? They survived tours of duty in the kitchen … read more
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"If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you."-Marco Pierre White, The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness and the Making of a Great Chef
3. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
By: Peter Biskind
4.12
Format: None pages,
This down-and-dirty romp through Hollywood in the 1970s introduces the young filmmakers--Coppola, S… read more
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4. Yes, Chef
By: Marcus Samuelsson
3.00
Format: 126 pages, Hardcover
It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook walks to his gran… read more
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5. The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
By: Dan Barber
3.32
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Barber explores the evolution of American food from the 'first plate,' or industrially-produced, me… read more
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6. Start the Fire: How I Began A Food Revolution In America
By: Jeremiah Tower
4.31
Format: 517 pages,
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7. Adolf Hitler
By: John Toland
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian John Toland's classic, definitive biography of Adolf Hitler remain… read more
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8. Lit
By: Mary Karr
3.44
Format: 216 pages,
Litfollows Mary Karr's descent into the inferno of alcoholism and madness--and her astonishing resu… read more
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9. Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
By: Gabrielle Hamilton
4.00
Format: 274 pages,
Before Gabrielle Hamilton opened her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, she spent twenty hard-liv… read more
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10. Death Troopers
By: Joe Schreiber
3.81
Format: None pages, Paperback
When the Imperial prison barge Purge-temporary home to five hundred of the galaxy's most ruthless k… read more
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11. The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection
By: Michael Ruhlman
3.86
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
In his second in-depth foray into the world of professional cooking, Michael Ruhlman journeys into … read more
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12. 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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"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'
13. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
By: Ed Zwick
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more
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"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
14. 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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"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
15. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
By: Naomi Klein
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more
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"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
16. First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)
By: Craig Johnson
4.37
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
Following the events of The Longmire Defense, we return to find Walt and our familiar cast of chara… read more
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17. Eat a Peach
By: David Chang
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In 2004, David Chang opened a noodle restaurant named Momofuku in Manhattan's East Village, not exp… read more
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"NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING, SO DO WHAT YOU WANT."-David Chang, Eat a Peach
"Just know that this is as honest and true a story as I can offer."-David Chang, Eat a Peach
"In other words, we may not be able to reject our fortune or fate, but we can reject how we approach it."-David Chang, Eat a Peach
"I was going to either fail or thrive, and I was going to do it in full view of everyone I respected and resented."-David Chang, Eat a Peach
18. In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain
By: Tom Vitale
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
**Nominated for the 2022 BookTube Prize in Nonfiction** Anthony Bourdain's long time director and … read more
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19. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
By: Bill Maher
4.27
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more
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20. Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door-Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy
By: Christopher Mims
4.02
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In Arriving Today, Christopher Mims goes deep, far, and wide to uncover how a single product, from … read more
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21. Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last
By: Wright Thompson
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestseller! “A warm and loving reflection that, like good bourbon, will stand… read more
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"What became clear in Michigan was that Julian and Sissy have become the fully realized version of themselves through success. That's actually rare. I profile famous and successful athletes for a livi…"-Wright Thompson, Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last
22. Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine
By: Edward Lee
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
There is a new American culinary landscape developing around us, and it’s one that chef Edward Lee … read more
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"This is where I disagree with food critics whose mission is to judge only what is on the plate. The story such critics tell is about THEM, THEIR preferences, THEIR expectations, not the chef's. What …"-Edward Lee, Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine
"I ask the ladies what we lose with each generation. They seem to agree: usually language goes first, then memories of relatives and grandparents, then traditions, then longing for home, then a sense …"-Edward Lee, Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine
23. Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork
By: Reeves Wiedeman
4.09
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The inside story of WeWork and its CEO, Adam Neumann, which tells the remarkable saga of one of the… read more
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24. Dr. No
By: Percival Everett
3.71
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
A sly, madcap novel about supervillains and nothing, really, from an American novelist whose star k… read more
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"You sound like a physicist," she said. "There's no need to be insulting."-Percival Everett, Dr. No
"When you step on the gas, do it gently, softly, slowly. Okay? All right, let's try it again. Gently. Treat it like you would a woman." "I would never step on a woman."-Percival Everett, Dr. No
"And like my BIPDIP husband, it's never been out of the state, not even to Boston." "BIPDIP?" "Born in Providence, died in Providence. We actually honeymooned in Newport. I hate him so much."-Percival Everett, Dr. No
"Now here he was, tailored iron-gray suit, thin maroon tie, a maroon handkerchief peeking out from his breast pocket. His oxblood wing tips gleamed. He looked like a supervillain or, worse, an upper-c…"-Percival Everett, Dr. No
25. Hungry: Eating, Road-Tripping, and Risking It All with the Greatest Chef in the World
By: Jeff Gordinier
3.74
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Hungry is a book about not only the hunger for food, but for risk, for reinvention, for creative br… read more
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26. The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel
By: Julie Satow
3.79
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
Journalist Julie Satow's thrilling, unforgettable history of how one illustrious hotel has defined … read more
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27. Dolphin Junction: Stories
By: Mick Herron
4.02
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
Now, for the first time, Mick Herron’s short fiction has been collected into one volume. In Dolphin… read more
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28. Cooking alla Giudia: A Celebration of the Jewish Food of Italy
By: Benedetta Jasmine Guetta
4.31
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Cooking alla Giudia is the ultimate tribute to the wonderfully rich, yet still largely unknown, cul… read more
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29. Chefs, Drugs and Rock & Roll: How Food Lovers, Free Spirits, Misfits and Wanderers Created a New American Profession
By: Andrew Friedman
3.63
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An all-access history of the evolution of the American restaurant chef Chefs, Drugs and Rock & R… read more
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30. Unvarnished: A Gimlet-eyed Look at Life Behind the Bar
By: Eric Alperin
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A Kitchen Confidential for the cocktail profession, Unvarnished is a fly-on-the-wall narrative peek… read more
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31. Burn the Ice: The American Culinary Revolution and Its End
By: Kevin Alexander
3.83
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
James Beard Award-winning food journalist Kevin Alexander traces an exhilarating golden age in Amer… read more
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