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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

by Anthony Bourdain

When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote "Don't Eat Before You Read This" in The New Yorker, he spared no one's appetite, revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door.In Kitchen Confidential, he expanded that appetizer into a deliciously funny, delectable shocking banquet that lays out his 25 years of sex, drugs, and haute cuisine. From his first oyster in the Gironde to the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop... (more)

Liquor: A Novel

by Poppy Z. Brite

New Orleans natives Rickey and G-man are lifetime friends and down-and-out line cooks desperate to make a quick buck. When Rickey concocts the idea of opening a restaurant in their alcohol-loving hometown where every dish packs a spirited punch, they know they’re on their way to the bank. With some wheeling and dealing, a slew of great recipes, and a few lucky breaks, Rickey and G-man are soon on their way to... (more)

My Life in France

by Alex Prud'homme, Julia Child

In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child’s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found ‘her true calling.’ From the moment the ship docked in Le Havre in the fall of 1948 and Julia watched the well-muscled stevedores unloading the cargo to the first perfectly soigné meal that she and her husband, Paul, savored in Rouen en route to Paris, where he was to work for the... (more)

Prime: A Novel

by Poppy Z. Brite

Two years after the opening of Liquor, New Orleans chefs Rickey and G-man are immersed in the life of their restaurant, enjoying a loyal cast of diners, and cooking great booze-laced food. All’s well until a bad review in a local paper not-so-subtly hints that their “silent” backer, celebrity chef Lenny Duveteaux, has ulterior motives. When Lenny is accused of serious criminal activity by eccentric D.A. Placide... (more)

Soul Kitchen: A Novel

by Poppy Z. Brite

If you can't stand the heat...Get the hell out of New Orleans! Liquor has become one of the hottest restaurants in town, thanks in part to chefs Rickey and G-man’s wildly creative, booze-laced food. At the tail end of a busy Mardi Gras, Milford Goodman walks into their kitchen—he’s spent the last ten years in Angola Prison for murdering his boss, a wealthy New Orleans restaurateur, but has recently been... (more)

Feast: A History of Grand Eating

by Roy C. Strong

Sharing a grand meal has always been a complex social event. Feasts have been used to celebrate significant occasions, to parade rank and hierarchy, and to flatter and influence people. There has always been a theatrical element to the feast as well-from the nude dancers who entertained dinner guests in ancient Greece to the restrained rigors of the Victorian dinner party. Sir Roy Strong examines this cultural... (more)

DUC*K

by Poppy Z. Brite

The ghosts of pre-Katrina New Orleans haunt Brite's latest culinary caper (after Soul Kitchen ) in the form of great meals, good times and the carefree spirit that gave the Big Easy its nickname. Hardscrabble chef John Rickey and his lover, G-Man Stubbs, are still cooking up a storm at their restaurant, Liquor, and struggling to survive daily adventures in kitchen dysfunction reminiscent of Anthony Bourdain's ... (more)

A Cook's Tour

by Anthony Bourdain

The only thing "gonzo gastronome" and internationally bestselling author Anthony Bourdain loves as much as cooking is traveling. Inspired by the question, "What would be the perfect meal?," Tony sets out on a quest for his culinary holy grail, and in the process turns the notion of "perfection" inside out. From California to Cambodia, A Cooks' Tour chronicles the unpredictable adventures of America's boldest and... (more)

Diet for a Small Planet

by Frances Moore Lappe, Marika Hahn

With the new emphasis on environmentalism in teh 1990's, Lappe stresses how her philosophy remains valid, and how food remains the central issue through which to understand world politics.

Guide du vin

by Bettane /Desseauve

Guide DES Vins De France 2002

Votre sante par la dietetique et l'alimentation saine: Guide pratique d'application immediate avec 194 recettes pour mieux vous porter (Collection Psycho-soma)

Votre sante par la dietetique et l'alimentation saine: Guide pratique d'application immediate avec 194 recettes pour mieux vous porter (Collection Psycho-soma)

by Andre?. Passebecq

Text: French

Les meilleurs accords gourmands avec le vin rouge

Les meilleurs accords gourmands avec le vin rouge

by Evelyne Malnic, Odile Pontillo

Formages, Les - Larousse Saveurs

by Larousse Bilingual Dictionaries

Cooking the West African Way: Revised and Expanded to Include New Low-Fat and Vegetarian Recipes (Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks)

Cooking the West African Way: Revised and Expanded to Include New Low-Fat and Vegetarian Recipes (Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks)

by Bertha Vining Montgomery

Grade 5-8-These revisions feature low-fat and vegetarian recipes along with a new format and colorful close-up photos. Holiday includes fascinating information on celebrations and a wide range of dishes from more than a dozen countries. West African, which incorporates some of the material found in Cooking the African Way (Lerner, 1988), begins with a discussion of the land and people of Africa, an... (more)

120 recettes comme à la maison

by Guy Savoy, Laurent Solivérès, Jean-Jacques Descamps

Indian Flavor: Curry Leaves, Cumin Seeds, and the Spice of Healthy Cooking

Indian Flavor: Curry Leaves, Cumin Seeds, and the Spice of Healthy Cooking

by Jeeti Gandhi

All the sumptuous flavor without all the fat. Indian cuisine is appreciated the world over but many of the delicious traditional dishes, although pleasing to the palate, are full of saturated fat. This book makes a special effort to avoid the use of unhealthy ingredients such as ghee, cream, and butter by using them more sparingly or by substituting with healthier alternatives. But there is no compromise on... (more)

"Cosmopolitan" Perfect Pasta

by Richard Ehrlich

Playing For Pizza: A Novel

by John Grisham

Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game against Denver, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game. With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. Overnight, he became a national laughingstock and, of course, was immediately cut by... (more)

Beyond the Great Wall

Recipes and Travels in the Other China

by Jeffrey Alford

WINNER OF THE 2009 JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL COOKBOOK AWARD WINNER OF THE 2009 IACP BEST INTERNATIONAL COOKBOOK AWARD A bold and eye-opening new cookbook with magnificent photos and unforgettable stories. In the West, when we think about food in China, what usually comes to mind are the signature dishes of Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai. But beyond the urbanized eastern third of China lie the high open... (more)

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by Anthony Bourdain

by Poppy Z. Brite

by Alex Prud'homme, Julia Child

by Poppy Z. Brite

by Poppy Z. Brite

by Roy C. Strong

by Poppy Z. Brite

by Anthony Bourdain

by Frances Moore Lappe, Marika Hahn

by Bettane /Desseauve

by Andre?. Passebecq

by Evelyne Malnic, Odile Pontillo

by Larousse Bilingual Dictionaries

by Bertha Vining Montgomery

by Guy Savoy, Laurent Solivérès, Jean-Jacques Descamps

by Jeeti Gandhi

by Richard Ehrlich

by John Grisham

Recipes and Travels in the Other China

by Jeffrey Alford