Food Literature

Regentada por el antiguo detective Nagare Kamogawa y su hija Koishi, y disimulada entre las populosas calles de Kioto, se halla la taberna Kamogawa, un pequeño local donde se puede comer maravillosamente bien... y reencontrar el plato que ha marcado nuestras vidas.

Every wine has a story. In this collection of elegantly written essays from the past 30 years, updated with a new introduction and endnotes, renowned author Gerald Asher informs wine enthusiasts with insightful, engrossing accounts of wines from Europe and America that offer just as much for those who simply enjoy vivid evocations of people and places. Asher puts wine in its context by taking the reader on a series of discursive journeys that start with the carafe at his elbow.

What if your kitchen cabinets were bare? No food. Could you steal from the church to feed your family? When Missy, the pastor’s wife, discovers missing food from the church’s food pantry, she asks Holly to help find out who did it so the church can help them. For Holly, it brings back memories, times she’d rather forget, of when her mother was drinking and using, leaving her to fend for herself, often with little or no food. Missy had helped her then, and this was a way to repay her, but can Holly find who did it time to help?

Food porn can be addictive, but is it worth murder? When her food photographer is murdered, the police ask Cassie's husband, ex-Mafia man, Al, to help. Al’s ways of solving murder doesn't always follow police procedurals. Murder and Food Porn is cozy mystery that leaves you with a smile on your face! As always, there are plenty of dogs, mouth-watering food, and recipes. This is the eighth book in the popular Northwest Cozy Mystery Series by two-time USA Today best-selling author Dianne Harman.

Meow Meow and Squeak have a sleepover, but when they wake up in the morning there’s nothing for breakfast! What can they cook? And what if everyone wants some? This book starts off with a big problem, and Meow Meow and Squeak have to work together to solve it. Talk to your child about how they find a solution and bring all their friends together to celebrate...just...being together.

In life’s kitbag of essentials food and drink are right at the top. Their variety and ways to consume are a wonder, both of nature’s offerings and human creativity. For our classic poets ranging from Ancient Romans to Elinor Wylie and Rainer Maria Rilke, their recipes for verse using the simple ingredients of words and imagination are a wonderful and enduring example of their craft and art applied to the one thing mankind looks forward to each and every day.

家常菜是什么味道？是呼朋唤友时的觥筹交错，是合家欢聚时的围桌而坐，是洗尽铅华后的平淡随心。在酸甜苦辣的记忆片段里，总有一道菜会让你想起某个人，勾起某段回忆……家常菜是什麼味道？是呼朋喚友時的觥籌交錯，是合家歡聚時的圍桌而坐，是洗盡鉛華後的平淡隨心。在酸甜苦辣的記憶片段裡，總有一道菜會讓你想起某個人，勾起某段回憶……

“Tell me where you eat, what you eat, and at what time you eat, and I will tell you who you are.” This is the motto of Anka Muhlstein’s erudite and witty audiobook about the ways food and the art of the table feature in Honore de Balzac’s The Human Comedy.

Our purpose is to introduce young listeners to a vibrant world of language while enhancing their vocabulary with SAT-level words. Through engaging stories, this book endeavors to familiarize children with advanced vocabulary, offering synonyms and easy-to-follow pronunciations.

The Bon-Appetempting Pizza Bake-Off has the small town of Branson, Georgia, buzzing—not least its organizer, Southern Style's food critic and blogger Tiffany Austin. But right before the finals one of the celebrity judges falls ill, and to Tiffany's horror, the magazine replaces him with none other than handsome TV star and restaurateur Bartholomew Driscoll. She's convinced he's only accepted the job to get revenge. She fully expects Driscoll will find a way to ruin the contest—but she definitely doesn't expect to trip over his dead body backstage!

There is no denying that food and sex go hand in hand, and never has this been more apparent than with Chuck Tingle’s sizzling erotic collection Sentient Lesbian Food Gets Me Off. Collected within are the most mouthwatering tales of erotic food and drink that you will ever indulge in.

这是一个青年对大自然的崇拜和敬意，这是对生命的渴求和激情，这是对纯洁爱情的讴歌，更是对中年岁月的深思……這是一個青年對大自然的崇拜和敬意，這是對生命的渴求和激情，這是對純潔愛情的謳歌，更是對中年歲月的深思……

It felt like a summer where nothing fun or interesting would ever happen, but one day would change everything for a group of best friends. In an average, 'normal' neighbourhood, there was an old, dark store that no one ever talked about, a store that had been closed for years and forgotten. But behind the walls of this old store, something mysterious awaited them, something that would change their lives forever. Join Walter, Dylan, Juanita and Eric as they take a chance and enter: Mr. Rufus's Expired Foods (and Time Travel) Store.

Get ready for a super sparkly adventure all the way to Taiwan with Elwis and Chen! This year, they're celebrating the vibrant and noisy Chinese New Year with Chen’s wonderful family. The air is filled with bright decorations, delicious smells of traditional food, and the warmth of Chen’s dad giving Elwis the biggest, warmest welcome hug. Together, they’ll share special New Year dishes, laugh with Chen's brothers, sisters, uncles, aunties, and cousins, and enjoy the joy of lucky red envelopes filled with surprises!

columnist who regularly contributes to The Nation and The Village Voice, Patricia J. Williams is also a professor of law at Columbia University and the recipient of a MacArthur “genius” award. In Open House, she shares her unique views on modern American culture and tells stories of her remarkable life. Her voice is powerful, provocative, and utterly charming.

Food critic and blogger Tiffany Austin has the best job in the world: she gets to eat for a living. At least, she hopes she has a job. Her trial period at Southern Style magazine is up—and rumors are swirling that management is making a choice between Tiffany and a rival columnist: the ambitious Jenny Lee Plumm. Former chef Tiffany knows she has a battle on her hands…but she didn't realize it was to the death!

Since its earliest days, The New Yorker has been a tastemaker: literally. As the home of A. J. Liebling, Joseph Wechsberg, and M. F. K. Fisher, who practically invented American food writing, the magazine established a tradition that is carried forward today by irrepressible literary gastronomes, including Calvin Trillin, Bill Buford, Adam Gopnik, Jane Kramer, and Anthony Bourdain. Now, in this indispensable collection, The New Yorker dishes up a feast of delicious writing on food and drink.

Hayley Snow looks forward to reviewing For Goodness Sake, a new floating restaurant that promises a fresh take on Japanese delicacies like flambéed grouper with locally sourced seaweed. But nearby land-based restaurateurs would rather see their buoyant competition sink.

It may be Christmastime, but thoughts of peace on earth, goodwill toward men don’t seem to extend to the restaurant biz. Hayley has been assigned to interview Edel Waugh, chef/owner of Key West’s hottest new restaurant. But off the record, Edel reveals someone’s sabotaging her kitchen and asks Hayley to investigate.

For better or worse, Hayley has agreed to bake over 200 cupcakes for her friend Connie’s wedding while still meeting her writing deadlines. The last thing she needs is family drama. But her parents come barreling down on the island like a category 3 hurricane, and on their first night in town her stepbrother, Roby, disappears into the spring-break party scene in Key West.