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Reflections of a Wine Merchant

North Point Press
A leading importer of limited-production wines of character and quality takes us on an intimate tour through family-owned vineyards in France and Italy and...
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Mouth Wide Open
A Cook and His Appetite

North Point Press
Ever since his first book, Simple Cooking, and its acclaimed successors, Outlaw Cook, Serious Pig, and Pot on the Fire, John Thorne has been hailed as one of...
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Chocolate
A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light

North Point Press
The delectable journey into the world of chocolate--by the award-winning author of Olives Science, over recent years, has confirmed what chocolate lovers...
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The Accidental Connoisseur
An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World

North Point Press
What is taste? Is it individual or imposed on us from the outside? Why are so many of us so intimidated when presented with the wine list at a restaurant? ...
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Straight Up or On the Rocks
The Story of the American Cocktail

North Point Press
The cocktail is as old as the nation that invented it, yet until this entertaining and authoritative account, its story had never been fully told. William...
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Serve It Forth

North Point Press
In Serve It Forth, her first book, M. F. K. Fisher takes readers on an animated journey through culinary history, beginning with the honey-loving Greeks and...
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Serious Pig
An American Cook in Search of His Roots

North Point Press
In this collection of essays, John Thorne sets our to explore the origins of his identity as a cook, going “here” (the Maine coast, where...
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South Wind Through the Kitchen
The Best of Elizabeth David

North Point Press
An irresistible, charming, and inspired selection from the work of one of this century's great food writers. Like M.F.K. Fisher and Julia Child, Elizabeth...
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The Potato
How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World

North Point Press
The Potato tells the story of how a humble vegetable, once regarded as trash food, had as revolutionary an impact on Western history as the railroad or the...
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Simple Cooking

North Point Press
John Thorne's classic first collection is filled with straightforward eating, home cooking, vigorous opinions, and the gracefully intelligent writing that...
  

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How to Cook a Wolf

North Point Press
Written to inspire courage in those daunted by wartimes shortages, How to Cook a Wolf continues to rally cooks during times of plenty, reminding them that...
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Adventures on the Wine Route
A Wine Buyer’s Tour of France

North Point Press
Kermit Lynch’s recounting of his experiences on the wine route and in the wine cellars of France takes the reader through the Loire, Bordeaux, the...
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The Gastronomical Me

North Point Press
In 1929, a newly married M.F.K. Fisher said goodbye to a milquetoast American culinary upbringing and sailed with her husband to Dijon, where she tasted real...
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Oranges

Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks
A classic of reportage, Oranges was first conceived as a short magazine article about oranges and orange juice, but the author kept encountering so much...
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The Tummy Trilogy

Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks
In the 1970s, Calvin Trillin informed America that its most glorious food was not to be found at the pretentious restaurants he referred to generically as La...
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French Cooking in Ten Minutes
Adapting to the Rhythm of Modern Life (1930)

North Point Press
A beautiful reprint of Edouard de Pomiane’s classic collection of recipes for simply prepared meals is more useful now than ever before. Illustrated with...
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Consider the Oyster

North Point Press
M.F.K. Fisher, whom John Updike has called our "poet of the appetites," here pays tribute to that most delicate and enigmatic of foods---the oyster. As she...
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The Tuscan Year
Life and Food in an Italian Valley

North Point Press
The Tuscan Year recounts the daily life and food preparation of a family living on a farm in Tuscany. Elizabeth Romer chronicles each season’s activities...
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An Alphabet for Gourmets

North Point Press
In Alphabet for Gourmets, M.F.K. Fisher arranges a selection of her essays in a whimsical way that reveals the breadth and depth of her passion. From A for...