The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion

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Best book of 2005, favorite book of the year...Slice the question any number of ways, but the book published last year that I'm most grateful for having read is The Year of Magical Thinking, a devastating affirmation of love and commitment, hope and...
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Cooking by Hand
by Paul Bertolli

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One of the most respected chefs in the country, Paul Bertolli earns glowing praise for the food at California’s renowned Oliveto restaurant. Now he shares his most personal thoughts about cooking in his long-awaited book, Cooking by Hand. In this...
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Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
by Ruth Reichl

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At an early age, Ruth Reichl discovered that "food could be a way of making sense of the world....If you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were." Her deliciously crafted memoir, Tender at the Bone, is the story of a life determined,...
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Knitting Sutra
by Susan Gordon Lydon

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"The purpose of meditation is to quiet the mind so that it can sink down into contemplation of its true nature. You cannot stop your mind by an act of will any more than you can stop the beating of your own heart. Some cultures describe mind as a drunken...
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Knitting Heaven and Earth: Healing the Heart with Craft
by Susan Gordon Lydon

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Susan Gordon Lydon’s groundbreaking book The Knitting Sutra offered a new way for knitters to look at their craft—as a healing and meditative endeavor instead of a granny hobby or an indulgent pastime. The first book without knitting patterns...
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Shuck Beans, Stack Cakes, & Honest Fried Chicken: The Heart & Soul of Southern Country


Chez Panisse Desserts
by Lindsey Remolif Shere


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The Baker's Dozen Cookbook: Become a Better Baker with 135 Foolproof Recipes and Tried-And-True Techniques
by Rick (edt) Rodgers

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Members of The Baker's Dozen--13 women and men for whom baking is an all-consuming passion--offer an essential resource of 125 foolproof recipes that shows how to create flawless, scrumptious favorites every time--from muffins and meringues to pound...
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The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen: Recipes for the Passionate Cook
by Paula Wolfert

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"What better for winter nights than a meal that has been leisurely prepared over the last couple of hours (or days!) and that is drenched with flavor, tender, and sumptuous. Wolfert's recipes are simple but lush, and provide rewards only found by food...
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Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table
by Ruth Reichl

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In 1978, when Comfort Me with Apples opens, the young woman we met in Tender
at the Bone is living in a Berkeley commune with her husband, soon
to find herself at the center of a revolution in the American food industry. She's
hardly settled into...
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