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May.28.2009
PAVE YOUR WAY TO ENLIGHTENMENT
Bet you thought the audience for Buddhism is fairly marginal, but have you heard? — one in eight Americans admit the influence of teachings of the Buddha as playing a positive role in their lives. This timeless path is one of the fastest growing today —...
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May.24.2009
Humorous memoir with essays about Paris culture and food from pastry chef David Lebovitz.
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May.21.2009
Food Wine Rome is a focused guidebook and traveler’s companion to the gastronomic history, culture and delights of contemporary Rome. Neighborhood listings breakdown into three categories: 1) ristoranti, trattorie, osterie; 2) gourmet food: salami makers, bakeries, cheesemongers, open markets; 3)...
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Mar.27.2009
Since 1993, readers have looked to Travelers' Tales for award-winning stories about the world, adventure, spirituality, and the transformative experiences that accompany life on the road. The Best Travel Writing 2008 is the fifth volume in the series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's...
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Feb.22.2009
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...
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Feb.17.2009
From Amazon:
(by Aleah Sato)
Christine Hamm's Transparent Dinner illustrates the psychological breaking down of the American daughter. Beginning at the dinner table, this daughter intuitively knows her fate, and is forced to come face-to-face with her incompetent (at best) and malevolent (at worst...
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Jan.06.2009
A memoir about growing up in a wacky, food-obsessed, multi-cultural family
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Nov.14.2008
An intoxicating novel about a woman who seduces an entire city with the exotic fare she creates in her home-run restaurant.
Best-selling cookbook author Carol Field turns her talent to fiction in Mangoes and Quince. A feast of the imagination, Mangoes and Quince tells the story of Miranda,...
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Nov.14.2008
In Nonna's Kitchen is a beautifully written collection of anecdotes, folk wisdom, priceless secrets, and recipes from the kitchens of matriarchs throughout the peninsula. As ordinary life in Italy becomes increasingly urban and Americanized, the nonne are the last generation to preserve the unique...
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