Product Catalog

Food & Wine

Individual titles:

• Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris - New Yorker writer A.J. Liebling recalls his Parisian apprenticeship and the fine art of eating in this charming memoir.
• Cheese: A Connoissuer's Guide to the World's Best - Brings cheese lovers up to date and delves even deeper into the upper echelons of cheese, focusing on the 200 best varieties.
• Choice Cuts - The James Beard Award-winning author selects the finest food writing from ancient Roman times to the present day.
• Confessions of a French Baker: Breadmaking Secrets, Tips, and Recipes - In this charming guide to the pleasures of Provence, Mayle delivers a delightful meditation on the rich pleasures of the humble loaf.
• Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal - by Anthony Bourdrain
• Cooking with Shelburne Farms: Food and Stories from Vermont - In addition to the 100 recipes that feature ten basic Vermont ingredients, this book brings to life the beauty of the farm.
• Curry : A Tale of Cooks and Conquerers - A delectable history of Indian cuisine
• Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food - Examines the centuries of religious, political, and sociological events that effectively thrust Italian food into today's global limelight.
• The Devil's Picnic: Around the World in Pursuit of Forbidden Fruit - From Norwegian moonshine to tea laced with cocaine, the author investigates what thrills and terrifies travelers, and what would make someone travel thousands of miles and evade local authorities.
• Eating India: An Odyssey Into the Food and Culture of the Land of Spices - by Chitrita Banerji
• Eating Up Italy: Voyages On a Vespa
• Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties from Kansas City to Cuzco - Antic eating adventures, by a writer described as being "to food writing what Chaplin was to film acting."
• Food and Drink in Britain: From the Stone Age to the 19th Century - by C. Anne Wilson
• The Food and Life of Oaxaca: Traditional Recipes from Mexico's Heart - Well-known author and restaurateur Zarela Martinez unveils the bountiful cooking and rich culture of Oaxaca in 150 recipes.
• Food Lovers' Guide to Connecticut - Information about seasonal food festivals, farmers' markets, and notable eateries highlight the specialties of the state.
• The Food of Italy: A Journey for Food Lovers - An introduction to one of the world's great cuisines that looks both at the country and its traditions as well as the recipes
• Foods of Sicily and Sardinia and the Smaller Islands - A gloriously illustrated culinary tour through the islands of Southern Italy
• Eyewitness Companions French Cheese - Catalogues the wide varieties of cheeses found in France
• Great Women Chefs of Europe - 30 women at the forefront of the international culinary world bring us into their kitchens and share 70 signature recipes
• Harney and Sons Guide to Tea - by Michael Harney
• Heat - A richly evocative chronicle of his experience as "slave" to Mario Batali in his three-star restaurant
• Hungry Planet: What the World Eats - This photographic study of families from 24 countries reveals what people eat during the course of one week.
• Italian Cuisine: A Cultural History - A rich history of the ingredients, dishes, techniques, and social customs behind the Italian food we know and love today.
• Italy for the Gourmet Traveler - Discover Italian culinary treasures and pleasures
• Italy, the Romagnoli Way: A Culinary Journey - For travelers, food lovers and armchair dreamers.
• Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy - A travelogue written with an epicurean's delight in detail and a gourmand's appreciation for all things fine
• Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken - by Laura Schenone
• Made in Italy - Combines recipes and family stories with highlights of dishes from his celebrated restaurant, Locanda Locatelli.
• The Man Who Ate Everything - by Jeffrey Steingarten
• Man Who Ate the World - by Jay Raynor
• My Life in France - A delightful memoir of Julia's years in Paris, Marseille, and Provence
• Nasty Bits - by Anthony Bourdain
• On Rue Tatin: Living and Cooking in a French Town - A bestselling cookbook author and journalist tells the delicious story of her expatriate life, raising a family, renovating a convent, and savoring the culinary bounty of one of Normandy's most picturesque towns.
• A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France - This evocative and passionate memoir describes her life cooking and living in the South of France.
• Real American Food: A Culinary Tour of the United States - Defines the distinctive contributions of key regions to American cuisine.
• Remembrance of Things Paris: Sixty Years of Writing from Gourmet - Tantalizing glimpses of culinary life in the world capital of love and food.
• Romancing the Vine: Life, Love, and Transformation in the Vineyards of Barolo - Life in the Piedmonte district of Italy focusing on the cultivation and harvest of the region's celebrated Barolo wine
• Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper - by Fuschia Dunlop
• Six Thousand Years of Bread: Its Holy and Unholy History - Bread's role in politics, religion, technology, and beyond.
• Spice Route - Spans three millennia and circles the world to chronicle the history of the spice trade
• A Taste of Southern Italy: Delicious Recipes and a Dash of Culture - A collection of mouthwatering recipes from all over southern Italy, interwoven with anecdotes of travels and the culture of the region.
• Tea with Miss Rose - A glimpse into the life and times of a Beacon Hill icon who turned an afternoon tea into an art form.
• Tenth Muse: My Life in Food - by Judith Jones
• Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy - Frances Mayes opens the door on a new world when she buys and restores an abandoned villa in the Tuscan countryside.
• Venice and Food - What Venetians eat, the history of these foods, what makes these foods particularly 'Venetian'
• Vermont Cheese Book - A behind-the-scenes exploration of the landscape, people, and cheeses that put Vermont on the global epicurean map.
• The Vinegar of Spilamberto And Other Italian Adventures with Food, Places, and People - The author and her husband first lived in Italy in 1958, and here is the enchanting story of their experiences and return visits.
• A Vineyard in Tuscany: A Wine Lover's Dream - In this intimate and uproarious story, two daring New Yorkers convert an ancient, abandoned farm into a world-renowned winery.
• We Always Had Paris...and Provence: A Scrapbook of Our Life in France
• The World Is a Kitchen - A wealth of recipes and a resource and reference section for finding cooking schools, classes, and culinary vacations
• The Year of Eating Dangerously: A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes - A year-long odyssey in search of the worlds most thrilling, terrifying, and odd foods.