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caroline-m-grant's picture
Oct.23.2012
The oysters they ate together the first night in their new city. The chicken Milanese she learned to cook after weight-loss surgery. The cassoulet that both anchors and rebuilds their crumbling marriage.  From the $6 peach to boxed macaroni and cheese, food is never just about what we eat. It...
christopher-garlington's picture
May.04.2011
When the Beat Cop pauses from taking a bite out of crime, he takes a bite out of donuts, polish sausage, fried chicken, enchiladas, and omelettes... Lake Claremont Press's 2004 award-winner, The Streets & San Man's Guide to Chicago Eats, delivered tongue-in-cheek style and food-in-mouth...
lincoln-park's picture
May.01.2011
Just who ARE those people who pre-heat their lives to 350¡and stew for hours just to enter baking contests?   Have you ever wondered what REALLY happens at one of those things?   LiNCOLN PARK fans, rejoice! This time, she’s got us smack in the middle of a national bake-off – where the contestants...
benjamin-dancer's picture
May.06.2010
The Problem with America Today is an excerpt from Benjamin's novel Fidelity.
susan-schott-karr's picture
Jan.29.2010
Food for Thought  explores the origins of origins of a number of foods including pasta, cheese, peanuts, popcorn, potatoes, and chocolate. This book is used exclusively in the classroom to motivate young readers to find reading interesting, and it is intended specifically for children reading at a...
jm-cornwell's picture
Jan.24.2010
Chauffeur. Chef. Referee. Confidante. Provider. As a single mother, you balance these roles and dozens more every day-so take a break with A Cup of Comfort for Single Mothers. In this empowering and bittersweet collection, you will meet single mothers who have created an unbreakable bond with...
judy-jackson's picture
Jan.20.2010
It is 1944. Anna Grant inherits a strange legacy from her mother, Dina: a treasure retrieved from a disaster in the Middle East, and a pile of yellowing notebooks.  The handwritten pages hint at a world of elegant Victorian tables and lavish balls. Yet behind the apparent calm in the family lies a...
ed-creager's picture
Dec.31.2009
This is an easy-to-use terminology guidebook that is presented in a convenient paperback format. The book contains over 950 college-level terms relating to human nutrition, along with their definitions.  The book also includes a complete index and table of contents. Although this is college-level...
kenji-c-liu's picture
Jul.29.2009
kate-harding's picture
Jul.07.2009
In our appearance-obsessed society, eating is about much more than hunger and sustenance. Food inspires pleasure and anxiety, shame and obsession. We are constantly judged on how we look, so we’ve come to judge ourselves (and others) on what and how we eat. These evocative essays, from some of the...