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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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The Reach of a Chef: Professional Cooks in the Age of Celebrity
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Michael Ruhlman
worldtravel04
, October 28, 2007
Fascinating insider look at the restaurant business and the rise of the celebrity chef phenomonen. It also doesn't hurt that Ruhlman has a knack for describing meals so well that you can almost smell and taste them yourself. Try reading this book at the same time as Anthony Bourdain's Nasty Bits. Ruhlman and Bourdain do some traveling together and it is interesting to read their different takes on the same meals.
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Ten Points
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Bill Strickland
worldtravel04
, August 10, 2007
Horrifying and Joyous. Beautiful and Sick. Bill Strickland takes you on a ride you won't soon forget. From his brilliant descriptions of life inside of a bike race to his tragic childhood and struggles to be the husband and father he seeks to be, Strickland's writing is fast-paced and heart-felt.
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Nasty Bits Collected Varietal Cuts Usable Trim Scraps & Bones
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Anthony Bourdain
worldtravel04
, July 24, 2007
Bourdain at his best...gritty, sarcastic, profane and one hundred percent in touch with the nasty bits of the restaurant and food industry. This is a great book for those of you who want to read the real Bourdain, not the cleaned up for television version seen on his No Reservations show.
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Tour De Life
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Saul Raisin
worldtravel04
, July 19, 2007
You don't have to be a cycling fan to get goosebumps over this true life heroic story. A MUST READ!!! for anyone struggling with a brain or spinal cord injury. Raisin is an inspiring story...with a prognosis of nearly zero chance at survival, his parents were asked to donate his organs following a racing accident during the Spring of 2006. Saul defied all predictions, survived surgery to remove part of his brain, learned how to walk and talk again, and began training 6 hours a day on a stationary bike. This book will come out just as Saul reenters the professional cycling peloton...competing in the USA National Championship race in the Fall of 2007!
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Reach Of A Chef Beyond Perfection
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Michael Ruhlman
worldtravel04
, July 19, 2007
I'm a bit jealous of Michael Ruhlman...a great writer, talented in the kitchen, and paid to hang out with and eat the food of some of the best chefs in the country. With mouth-watering prose and great attention to the detail of the food set before him, Ruhlman takes an interesting look at America's food revolution and the rise of celebrity chefs with the advent of the Food Network. He also returns to the Culinary Institute of America to see how their curriculum has evolved to reflect changing student demographics and cultural norms during the past decade. A good read for anyone interested in the professional world of cooking.
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Positively False The Real Story of How I Won the Tour de France
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Floyd Landis
worldtravel04
, July 11, 2007
What really happened during the 2006 Tour de France?!?! Follow Landis from his Mennonite upbringing, through riding for Lance Armstrong, fighting for the 2006 Yellow Jersey, and his current fight to clear his name from doping allegations. The book concludes with look into the science (or lack thereof in many cases) as well as the numerous laboratory errors and politics surrounding the Landis case.
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Zen Shorts
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Muth, Jon J.
worldtravel04
, July 05, 2007
Join Michael, Addy and Karl as they make friends with their new neighbor, Stillwater, the giant panda. Stillwater is a wise old bear who teaches his young friends with short meditations or ideas to ponder. A wonderful collection of short stories with beautiful watercolor or pen and ink illustrations. Children will enjoy the interesting pictures and parents will like the quiet wisdom this intelligent bear passes on.
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Maxs Words
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Kate Banks
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, July 05, 2007
Great story and fantastic artwork!!! Banks has made this such a fun book that the kids (or the kid in you) won't even know they're learning about sharing and the power of words.
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Ultramarathon Man Confessions of an All Night Runner
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Dean Karnazes
worldtravel04
, July 02, 2007
Does running a 300 mile relay race by yourself sound like fun? Or, how about having a large pizza, cherry cheesecake and thermos of coffee delivered to you at midnight while running down the shoulder of a highway? If so, then this is the book for you. One part inspiring, one part incredible Karnazes has taken ultra distance running to a level unreachable by any but the hardiest (or craziest?) and tells his story in a most entertaining way.
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Heat An Amateurs Adventures as Kitchen Slave Line Cook Pasta Maker & Apprentice to a Dante Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
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Bill Buford
worldtravel04
, June 27, 2007
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work in Babbo, ?Molto? Mario Batali?s three star restaurant? Buford enters the frantic, crude, macho world of a NY chef as Batali?s non-paid kitchen slave?learning first hand how large the gulf between an enthusiastic amateur and professional is. Part-culinary history, part-behind-the-scenes look at Mario?s Babbo, part-travelogue and entirely entertaining.
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Making of a Chef Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America
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Michael Ruhlman
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, June 18, 2007
A well-written account of Ruhlman's plunge into the Culinary Institute of America. A great behind-the-scenes look at the dedication it takes to become a great chef. Interesting people and a wonderfully detailed look at the educational process at the Culinary Institute. This is a book I have reread a couple of times.
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Long Way Gone Memoirs Of A Boy Soldier
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Ishmael Beah
worldtravel04
, June 06, 2007
An amazingly powerful story. It is difficult to comprehend what these children warriors have gone through...and almost impossible to believe the author has made it through his experiences, into college and on with the rest of his life with his sanity intact.
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