Gastronomy

Chef and restaurateur Ben Shewry shares an intimate, searing and hopeful memoir meets manifesto that reframes the way we think about restaurants, cooking, hospitality, leadership and humanity.

Winemaking is as old as civilization itself. For thousands of years, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to its current status as a global industry, the history of wine has been directly related to major social, cultural, religious and economic changes....

Provence, 1970 is about a singular historic moment.....

As dawn breaks on the farm, Helen Rebanks makes a mug of tea, relishing the few minutes of quiet before the house stirs. Within the hour the sounds of her husband, James, and their four children will fill the kitchen....

The first definitive reference book to describe, region-by-region, how the great wines of Europe should taste....

Eating is an indispensable human activity. As a result, whether we realize it or not, the drive to obtain food has been a major catalyst across all of history....

"What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat....

This new collection by the acclaimed novelist - and, according to Salon, “the best wine writer in America” - is generous and far-reaching, deeply knowledgeable and often hilarious....

Get an unprecedented look inside the mind and kitchen of America’s top chef in this memoir and cookbook by Tom Colicchio, the multiple-James Beard and Emmy Award-winning chef, restaurateur, and television personality.

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"....

A heartbreakingly honest, endearing memoir of incredible weight loss by a young food blogger who battles body image issues and overcomes food addiction....

The author of Cod and The Basque History of the World takes an extraordinary look at an ordinary substance — salt, the only rock humans eat — and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning....

In Nourishing Diets best-selling author Sally Fallon Morell debunks diet myths to explore what our ancestors from around the globe really ate - and what we can learn from them to be healthy, fit, and better nourished, today....

From one of our most interesting literary figures, former editor of Granta and former fiction editor at The New Yorker, a sharp, funny, exuberant, close-up account of his headlong plunge into the life of a professional cook and "slave" to Mario Batali....

Today’s optimistic farm-to-table food culture has a dark secret: The local food movement has failed to change how we eat. It has also offered a false promise for the future of food....

An accessible and balanced account, Food Politics laid the groundwork for today's food revolution....

From an award-winning journalist and beer expert, a thoughtful and witty guide to understanding and enjoying beer....

Over the past three decades, Lew Bryson has been one of the most influential voices in whiskey. In Whiskey Master Class, Lew shares everything he's learned on his journey through the worlds of bourbon, Scotch, rye, Japanese whiskey, and more....

The heartwarming, funny and engaging memoir behind the best-selling, big-hearted and down-to-earth chefs, The Hairy Bikers. Written and read by the Hairy Bikers themselves....

Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst....

When you're cooking, you're a chemist! Every time you follow or modify a recipe you are experimenting with acids and bases, emulsions and suspensions, gels and foams....

In Cooked, Pollan discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements - fire, water, air, and earth - to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink....

Best-selling author Jeff Alworth takes serious beer aficionados on a behind-the-scenes tour of 26 major European and North American breweries....

Iliana Regan she digs even deeper to express the meaning and beauty we seek in the landscapes, and stories, that reveal the forces which inform, shape, and nurture our lives....

Buon appetito! Everyone loves Italian food. But how did the Italians come to eat so well? The answer lies amid the vibrant beauty of Italy's historic cities....