Mise en Place—Memoir of a Girl Chef
By: Marisa Mangani
4.15
Format: 276 pages, Paperback
Global Book Award winner in Women's Biographies Royal Palm Book Gold Award for Memoir Marisa’s…
Want to Read $ 8.99"If I can do it, anyone can. Work at it: plow through the shit of life to get where you want to go if you have to. That's what we're here for, I think."-Marisa Mangani, Mise en Place—Memoir of a Girl Chef
"If I can do it, anyone can. Work at it: plow through the shit of life to get where you want to go if you have to. That's what we're here for, I think."-Marisa Mangani, Mise en Place—Memoir of a Girl Chef
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By: Kate Andersen Brower
3.81
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
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2. Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter
By: Phoebe Damrosch
3.68
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Kitchen Confidentialmeets Sex and the Cityin this delicious, behind-the-scenes memoir from the firs… read more
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3. 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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4. 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'
5. Running From The Mirror
By: Howard Shulman
4.45
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Just three days after he was born, Howard Shulman contracted an infection that devoured his nose, l… read more
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"Perhaps my story was never about my face but about the journey to arrive at a place of grace, which was far better than anything I could ever have imagined."-Howard Shulman, Running From The Mirror
6. 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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"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
7. Sipsworth
By: Simon Van Booy
4.26
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Over the course of a single week, a woman who is ready to die discovers an unexpected reason to liv… read more
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8. If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury
By: Geraldine DeRuiter
4.15
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the James Beard Award–winning blogger behind The Everywhereist come hilarious, searing essays … read more
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9. Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
By: Shannon Reed
3.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile and Thurber… read more
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10. A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
By: Edward Chisholm
4.05
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An evocative portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris as seen through the eyes of a young w… read more
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11. The Woman Who Ran Away from Everything
By: Fiona Gibson
3.98
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
Kate is sick of being taken for granted by her husband Vince. It’s bad enough that she allowed hers… read more
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12. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
By: George Stephanopoulos
4.45
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more
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13. The Fifth Avenue Apartment
By: Pamela M. Kelley
4.21
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
A fabulous Fifth Avenue apartment. The world of luxury real estate sales. A charismatic boss and an… read more
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14. The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue
By: Barbara O'Neal
4.09
Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition
Four women face the turning points of their lives in a warm and wise novel about choices and second… read more
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15. The Last Lifeboat
By: Hazel Gaynor
4.33
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
A Most Anticipated Book by Real Simple ∙ SheReads ∙ BookBub ∙ and more! Inspired by a remarkable… read more
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16. Two Women Walk into a Bar
By: Cheryl Strayed
4.06
Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition
Cheryl Strayed, the bestselling author of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things , finds humor and connecti… read more
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17. Holiday SOS: The life-saving adventures of a travelling doctor
By: Ben MacFarlane
4.48
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
Who are you going to call if it all goes wrong on holiday?Meet Doctor Ben MacFarlane. His job is to… read more
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18. Cruise Ship SOS: The Life-Saving Adventures of a Doctor at Sea
By: Ben MacFarlane
4.42
Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition
What happens to patients when it all goes wrong at sea? Say hello to Dr Ben MacFarlane. After spen… read more
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19. The Bordeaux Book Club
By: Gillian Harvey
4.03
Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition
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20. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
By: Griffin Dunne
4.19
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more
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"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
21. The Consequence of Anna
By: Kate Birkin
4.16
Format: 568 pages, Paperback
The Instant #1 BESTSELLER, reminiscent of The Thorn Birds, The Light Between Oceans, and Lady Chatt… read more
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22. A Very Private School: A Memoir
By: Charles Spencer
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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23. High Cotton: Memoir of a young woman growing up on a New Mexico cotton farm in the post Depression Era
By: Susan Reynaud Price
4.25
Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition
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24. Behind The Shoulder Pads
By: Joan Collins
3.88
Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition
'The stories, the gossip, the glamour! Discover it all and more' Woman & Home'[A] hugely engaging a… read more
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25. Lady Scandal
By: Laura Lee Guhrke
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Grumpy meets sunshine in this charming tale featuring a haughty businessman and the headstrong even… read more
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26. The Sky Was Falling: A Young Surgeon's Story of Bravery, Survival, and Hope
By: Cornelia Griggs
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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27. Mise en Place—Memoir of a Girl Chef
By: Marisa Mangani
4.15
Format: 276 pages, Paperback
Global Book Award winner in Women's Biographies Royal Palm Book Gold Award for Memoir Marisa’s… read more
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28. Nothing Good Happens After Midnight
By: Phillip Tomasso III
4.02
Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition
After two decades in the corporate world, author Phillip Tomasso found himself tossed into the real… read more
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29. Havoc
By: Deborah J. Ledford
4.43
Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition
In this tightly paced sequel to Redemption, Eva “Lightning Dance” Duran joins the Taos Pueblo triba… read more
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30. crewshiplife - Knights in Whites
By: Tobias Biddick
4.43
Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition
Knights in Whites is the final installment of the Number One Cruise Travel Bestselling crewshiplife… read more
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31. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
By: Ina Garten
4.60
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling co… read more
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