Essays & Narratives
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Derek Jarman’s Garden: 30th Anniversary Edition
$30.00 Add to cartFrom artist and activist Derek Jaman, a visual and narrative exploration of his singular, paradisiacal garden, set in a most inhospitable place.
Derek Jarman, a passionate gardener from childhood, co- Author: Jarman, Derek
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 148
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1643265350
- Language: English
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Dog Love Stories: The Canines Who Changed Me
$17.99 Read morePerfect for dog lovers and fans of pet-centered memoirs like Julie Barton’s Dog Medicine, this heartfelt narrative captures the profound companionship humans share with dogs–and the ways these animal… [more below]
- Author: Eagle, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1647428521
- Language: English
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Hunger Like a Thirst: From Food Stamps to Fine Dining, a Restaurant Critic Finds Her Place at the Table
$28.99 Add to cartA witty and lively memoir from food writer and New York Times contributor Besha Rodell, (formerly) one of the world’s last anonymous restaurant critics
When Besha Rodell moved from Australia to the Un- Author: Rodell, Besha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1250807123
- Language: English
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Setting a Place for Us: Recipes and Stories of Displacement, Resilience, and Community from Eight Countries Impacted by War
$37.99 Add to cartAn enthralling, intimate collection of essays and over 75 recipes exploring the history of eight countries to understand the impact of geopolitical conflict and its outcomes on cuisine and food system… [more below]
- Author: Hassan, Hawa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1984860976
- Language: English
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from My Dog: 101 Stories about Our Best Friends
$16.99 Add to cartWe learn so much from our canine companions, and along the way they keep us company, provide unconditional love, and share in the ups and downs of our lives.
What do we learn from our dogs? Everything- Author: Newmark, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1611591198
- Language: English
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The Cheese Biscuit Queen, Kiss My Aspic!: Southern Recipes, Saucy Stories, and More Rambunctious Behavior
$27.99 Add to cartThe Cheese Biscuit Queen returns with signature sass, spirited stories, and 80 new recipes
Mary Martha Greene is back and serving up generous portions of fabulous Southern cooking and lively storytelli
- Author: Greene, Mary Martha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1643365304
- Language: English
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Love Letter to a Garden
$20.00 Add to cartFrom an award-winning artist, designer, and the host of the podcast Design Matters, this book tells the visual story of falling in love with gardening–and the philosophies that work conjures.
Debbie- Author: Millman, Debbie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1643264982
- Language: English
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The Cook and the Gardener: Recipes and Writings from France
$35.00 Add to cartThe ancient link between the gardener and the cook is at the heart of this remarkably evocative cookbook, in which Amanda Hesser tells the story of a year she spent as a cook in a seventeenth-century
- Author: Hesser, Amanda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1324105410
- Language: English
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Vietnamese Food and Food Culture: A Life-Changing Journey Through the Street Foods, Regional Cooking Styles and Local Ingredients of Vietnam
$24.99 Add to cart“A portal to an authentic culinary experience. Spiced with proverbs, cultural insights, fascinating facts, and gorgeous photography, the book is as much a coffee table showpiece as a working cookbook … [more below]
- Author: Kennedy, Paul B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0804857415
- Language: English
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Mostly French: Recipes from a Kitchen in Provence (a Cookbook)
$40.00 Add to cartFrom the young American woman who bought Julia Child’s home in the South of France sight-unseen, Mostly French is a love letter to the food and place; it is lushly photographed, filled with more than… [more below]
- Author: Held, Makenna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1982199563
- Language: English
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The Journal of Agent Gina Ginger Knickers, Phase Two: Indoctrination & Control
$15.99 Add to cartBuilding on the first volume of her journal of daily reports, Gina, an agent of Planet Cat, establishes her position in the Deane household, sharing the insights she has gained. She exercises superior
- Series: Gina Ginger Knickers
- Author: Deane, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: July 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1738581225
- Language: English
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The Journal of Agent Gina Ginger Knickers, Phase One: Advent & Subjugation
$13.99 Add to cartGina Ginger Knickers is a secret agent of Planet Cat, sent to Earth on a mission to bring joy and laughter to all hoomins, as well as to spy on them, of course. This is the first volume of a collectio
- Author: Deane, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1738581209
- Language: English
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The New Filipino Kitchen: Stories and Recipes from Around the Globe
$28.00 Add to cart“An engrossing, page-turner of a cookbook.” –Brian McGinn, Emmy-nominated director and executive producer, Chef’s Table
You may not realize that Filipino Americans are the second-largest Asian Americ- Author: Chio-Lauri, Jacqueline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: September 18 2018
- ISBN10: 157284258X
- Language: English
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Omelette and a Glass of Wine
$16.95 Add to cartContains delightful explorations of food and cooking, among which are the collection’s namesake essay and many other gems; with black-and-white photographs and illustrations.
- Series: Cook’s Classic Library
- Author: David, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: March 23 2010
- ISBN10: 1599218607
- Language: English
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Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
$19.00 Read moreMichael Pollan, the bestselling author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Food Rules, How to Change Your Mind, and This is Your Mind on Plants explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen in… [more below]
- Author: Pollan, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 29 2014
- ISBN10: 0143125338
- Language: English
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Soil and Spirit: Cultivation and Kinship in the Web of Life
$26.00 Read moreAs a farmer with decades spent working in fields, Scott Chaskey has been shaped by daily attention to the earth. A leader in the international Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement, he has co… [more below]
- Author: Chaskey, Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1571311971
- Language: English
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On Flowers: Lessons from an Accidental Florist
$35.00 Add to cartNamed a Best Gift Book of the Year by InStyle, Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens, and the Wall Street Journal
“If coffee tables could make . . . wish lists, this book] would certainly be on them.”- Author: Merrick, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1579658121
- Language: English
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Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew
$28.99 Read more“Twitty makes the case that Blackness and Judaism coexist in beautiful harmony, and this is manifested in the foods and traditions from both cultures that Black Jews incorporate into their daily lives
- Author: Twitty, Michael W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 0062891758
- Language: English
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Bedside Companion for Food Lovers: An Anthology of Food Delights for Every Night of the Year
$29.95 Read moreA mouthwatering anthology of food in literature, encompassing fiction and non-fiction, prose and poetry, and even a smattering of recipes, with one piquant extract for every night of the year.
This ab- Author: Hunter, Jane McMorland
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1849947961
- Language: English
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My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories [A Cookbook]
$35.00 Add to cartA collection of stories and 100 sweet and savory French-inspired recipes from popular food blogger David Lebovitz, reflecting the way Parisians eat today and featuring lush photography taken around Pa… [more below]
- Author: Lebovitz, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 08 2014
- ISBN10: 1607742675
- Language: English
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