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The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen, A Cookbook Full of Foraged and Forgotten Foods by Matt Lee and Ted Lee

On April 19, 2013, in Book Reviews, Cooking, Food & Wine, Nonfiction, by Editor

Through 100 recipes, 75 full-color photographs, and numerous personal stories, The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen gives readers the most intimate portrayal yet of the cuisine of this exciting Southern city, one that will resonate with food lovers wherever they live. And for visitors to Charleston, indispensible walking and driving tours related to recipes in the book bring this food town to life like never before.

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan

On April 16, 2013, in Book Reviews, Cooking, Food & Wine, Nonfiction, by Editor

In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he 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.

Fever: A Fictional Portrait of Typhoid Mary, Irish Immigrant by Mary Beth Keane

On March 23, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Historical Novel, by Editor

Bringing early-twentieth-century New York alive—the neighborhoods, the bars, the park carved out of upper Manhattan, the boat traffic, the mansions and sweatshops and emerging skyscrapers—Fever is an ambitious retelling of a forgotten life. In the imagination of Mary Beth Keane, Mary Mallon becomes a fiercely compelling, dramatic, vexing, sympathetic, uncompromising, and unforgettable heroine.

Russ & Daughters: Reflections and Recipes from the House That Herring Built by Mark Russ Federman

On March 1, 2013, in Book Reviews, Cooking, Food & Wine, by Editor

Filled with delightful anecdotes about how a ferociously hardworking family turned a passion for selling perfectly smoked and pickled fish into an institution with a devoted national clientele, Mark Russ Federman’s reminiscences combine a heartwarming and triumphant immigrant saga with a panoramic history of twentieth-century New York, a meditation on the creation and selling of gourmet food by a family that has mastered this art, and an enchanting behind-the-scenes look at four generations of people who are just a little bit crazy on the subject of fish.

Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir With A Provocative Point of View by Eddie Huang

On January 25, 2013, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Editor

Funny, raw, and moving, and told in an irrepressibly alive and original voice, Fresh Off the Boat recasts the immigrant’s story for the twenty-first century. It’s a story of food, family, and the forging of a new notion of what it means to be American.

The Inspired Vegan: Seasonal Ingredients, Creative Recipes, Mouthwatering Menus by Bryant Terry

On January 2, 2013, in Book Reviews, Cooking, Food & Wine, Nonfiction, by Editor

From the author of Vegan Soul Kitchen: ingredients that inspire, unique recipes, and menus for everyday feasts. Marking his 10-year anniversary working to create a healthy, just, and sustainable food system, Bryant Terry offers more than just a collection of recipes. In the spirit of jazz jam sessions and hip hop ciphers, The Inspired Vegan presents a collage of food, storytelling, music, and art.

It’s Not You, It’s Brie: Unwrapping America’s Unique Culture of Cheese by Kirstin Jackson

On November 29, 2012, in Book Reviews, Cooking, Food & Wine, Nonfiction, Social Studies, by Editor

There’s more to American cheese than tangerine orange or white bricks. In It’s Not You, It’s Brie, cheese expert Kirstin Jackson tells the whole cheese story. Through fifty American cheese profiles, she takes us “backstage” into underground caves, into funky scents and traditions that link today’s cheese makers to American history.

Thanksgiving: How to Cook It Well by Sam Sifton

On November 18, 2012, in Book Reviews, Cooking, Food & Wine, Home & Garden, Nonfiction, by Editor

From one of America’s finest food writers, the former restaurant critic for The New York Times, comes a definitive, timeless guide to Thanksgiving dinner—preparing it, surviving it, and pulling it off in style. With simple, fool-proof recipes for classic Thanksgiving staples, as well as new takes on old standbys, this book will show you that the fourth Thursday of November does not have to be a day of kitchen stress and family drama, of dry stuffing and sad, cratered pies.

Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson

On November 17, 2012, in Book Reviews, Cooking, Food & Wine, History, Nonfiction, by Editor

Blending history, science, and anthropology, Wilson reveals how our culinary tools and tricks came to be, and how their influence has shaped modern food culture. The story of how we have tamed fire and ice and wielded whisks, spoons, and graters, all for the sake of putting food in our mouths, Consider the Fork is truly a book to savor.

The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman

On November 2, 2012, in Book Reviews, Cooking, Food & Wine, Home & Garden, Nonfiction, by Editor

The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook is all about approachable, uncompromised home cooking. Here you’ll find better uses for your favorite vegetables: asparagus blanketing a pizza; ratatouille dressing up a sandwich; cauliflower masquerading as pesto. These are recipes you’ll bookmark and use so often they become your own, recipes you’ll slip to a friend who wants to impress her new in-laws, and recipes with simple ingredients that yield amazing results in a minimum amount of time.