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I CAN READ IT ALL BY MYSELF Beginner Books
Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss
Format: Easy Reader Genre: Modern FantasySummary: In this story Sam-I-am tries to convince a cynic that green eggs and ham are a delicious meal. Sam-I-am attempts to serve the dish in a variety of places in hopes that it will be enjoyed. The cynic finally agrees to try them only if Sam-I-am will leave him alone. To his surprise he likes the dish and claims that he would eat them... (more)
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Under the Tuscan Sun
At Home in Italy
by Frances Mayes
Frances Mayes--widely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writer--opens the door to a wondrous new world when she buys and restores an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. In sensuous and evocative language, she brings the reader along as she discovers the beauty and simplicity of life in Italy. An accomplished cook and food writer, Mayes also creates dozens of delicious seasonal recipes... (more)
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Barefoot Contessa: Family Style
Easy Ideas and Recipes That Make Everyone Feel Like Family
by Ina Garten
Ina Garten, who shared her gift for casual entertaining in the bestselling Barefoot Contessa Cookbook and Barefoot Contessa Parties! , is back with her most enticing recipes yet—a collection of her favorite dishes for everyday cooking. In Barefoot Contessa Family Style , Ina explains that sharing our lives and tables with those we love is too essential to be saved just for special occasions—and it’s easy to do... (more)
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Enemy Pie
by Derek Munson
It was the perfect summer. That is, until Jeremy Ross moved into the house down the street and became neighborhood enemy number one. Luckily Dad had a surefire way to get rid of enemies: Enemy Pie. But part of the secret recipe is spending an entire day playing with the enemy! In this funny yet endearing story, one little boy learns an effective recipes for turning your best enemy into your best friend. ... (more)
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Thunder Cake
by Patricia Polacco
Grandma consoles her frightened granddaughter by telling her that the dark clouds of the impending storm are nothing more than the ingredients for a Thunder Cake. Reprint. AB. SLJ. "
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Sweet Potato Queens: Book 3
The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook and Financial Planner
by Jill Conner Browne
They’re wild, beloved, and all-around fabulous, but with the Sweet Potato Queens, there’re just never enough good times—or enough good eats. Well, now all fabulous women everywhere can have their own mountains of royal fun and food, because bestselling author and Boss Queen Jill Conner Browne is revealing her big-ass top secret recipes—and the events that inspired them—in The Sweet Potato Queens’ Big-Ass Cookbook... (more)
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Dinner at Magritte's
by Michael Garland
Colorful paintings inspired by Magritte complement the story of a young boys's escape from boredom to the house of his neighbors, Rene+a7 Magritte and his wife, and the world they share with Salvador Dali+a7 and other artists.
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One Sunny Day
by Yuichi Kimura
The tale of two unlikely friends that's delighted a million readers, young and old!
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The Relatives Came
by Cynthia Rylant, Stephen Gammell
In a rainbow-colored station wagon that smelled like a real car, the relatives came. When they arrived, they hugged and hugged from the kitchen to the front room. All summer they tended the garden and ate up all the strawberries and melons. They plucked banjos and strummed guitars. When they finally had to leave, they were sad, but not for long. They all knew they would be together next summer.
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Puttin' on the Grits: A Guide to Southern Entertaining
by Deborah Ford
The New York Times bestseller and SEBA Award winner explains: Entertaining in the South is about making everyone feel welcome and want to be around you. From the heartfelt love in Grandma’s dumplings at a family gathering to the stomping good fun at a hoedown, Puttin’ on the Grits teaches us how to be a gracious, warm,and entertaining host—the Southern way. Whether you’re organizing the pot luck... (more)
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Milking the Moon: A Southerner's Story of Life on This Planet
by Eugene Walter
This sumptuous oral biography of Eugene Walter, the best-known man you’ve never heard of, is an eyewitness history of the heart of the last century—enlivened with personal glimpses of luminaries from William Faulkner and Martha Graham to Judy Garland and Leontyne Price—and a pitch-perfect addition to the Southern literary tradition that has critics cheering. In his 76 years, Eugene Walter ate of “the ripened heart... (more)
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Astrid & Veronika
by Linda Olsson
With extraordinary emotional power, Linda Olsson's stunningly well-crafted debut novel recounts the unusual and unexpected friendship that develops between two women. Veronika, a young writer, rents a house in a small Swedish village as she tries to come to terms with a recent tragedy while also finishing a novel. Her arrival is silently observed by Astrid, an older, reclusive neighbor who slowly becomes a... (more)
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The Party Girl Cookbook
by Nina Lesowitz, Lara Morris Starr
The Party Girls' number-one rule is "have fun - especially if you're the hostess!" With that in mind, two party experts have created a cookbook and party planner that makes everything quick, easy, inexpensive, and most of all, fun. No deep-frying at the last minute or stuffing miniature mushrooms for hours on end. The 24 themed ftes in this book each includes ideas for invitations, party favors, decorations,... (more)
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Pearl's Kitchen: An Extraordinary Cookbook
by Pearl Bailey
Nearly 100 recipes from "soul food" to Chinese food, including Pearl's favorites, as well as special recipes from her celebrated friends, fill the pages of this unique cookbook. Laced with practical advice on the care and feeding of friends and family, Pearl's Kitchen is truly an extraordinary experience.
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The Story Goes On
by Aileen Fisher
In this exquisitely illustrated picture book, one of America's foremost poets for young people describes the ongoing cycle of life. A seed sprouts and is quickly devoured by a bug. Then a bright green frog appears and makes a meal of the bug. And the story goes on...from bug to snake to hawk to hunter...until a seed begins to sprout. This wonderful poem deftly deals with a sensitive subject and is inventively... (more)
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Minnie's Diner: A Multiplying Menu
by Dayle Ann Dodds
Rhyming tale of five boys and their father who forget about their chores on the farm to enjoy Minnie's good cooking, each requesting double what the previous one ordered.
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The Magic Dreidels
A Hanukkah Story
by Eric A. Kimmel, Katya Krenina
When an old lady swindles him out of his magic dreidels, Jacob tries to get them back in time for the family's Hanukkah celebration.
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Wolves
by Emily Gravett
WOLVES What do wolves really like to eat? It isn't little girls in red hoods. Rabbits shouldn't believe what they read in fairy tales,but this book has the facts. (This book follows the National Carroticulum.)
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Roadfood: Revised Edition
by Jane Stern, Michael Stern
Roadfood by Jane and Michael Stern is “a cross-country culinary guide that should be stashed in every food lover’s glove compartment.”—People magazine Now in its sixth edition, Roadfood has been called “a bible for motorists seeking mouth-watering barbecue or homemade pie” by USA Today . This indispensable guide is bigger and better than ever, covering nearly 600 of the country’s best local eateries from... (more)
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Medium Raw
A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
by Anthony Bourdain
In the ten years since his classic Kitchen Confidential first alerted us to the idiosyncrasies and lurking perils of eating out, from Monday fish to the breadbasket conspiracy,much has changed for the subculture of chefs and cooks. Medium Raw explores these changes, moving back and forth from the author's bad old days to the present.

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