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Original Essays | April 29, 2013

Edward Lee: IMG How to Clarify Butter: A Writer's Tale



Chefs don't have time to write. While I was working on Smoke and Pickles, I was running a restaurant — a daily regimen of testing recipes,... Continue »
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Amy O, January 1, 2013

My favorite book of the year has it all. Told as a series of documents, it keeps you guessing as to where Bernadette has gone. Comic yet moving, it will stay with you long after you've turned the last page.
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Penelope (Vintage Contemporaries) by Rebecca Harrington
Penelope (Vintage Contemporaries)

Amy O, August 29, 2012

Just plain fun fall read about a young woman navigating her freshman year at Harvard.
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Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

Amy O, January 2, 2012

Fascinating book about memory and the world of memory champions.
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The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
The Sense of an Ending

Amy O, September 18, 2011

I love everything by Julian Barnes. Can't wait to read this!
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Amy O, January 24, 2011

This book was not only compelling but utterly fascinating as well. I never knew anything about immortal cells before reading this. What a page-turner!
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