Tad Gage
For millions of men and women, its the ultimate pleasure
From private parties to hip bars to posh gentlemens clubs, cigar smoking has become an eight billion dollar global pastime. But, like wine, a fine cigar requires dedicated study... (read more)
Beverly Mills
Plus plenty of homemade desserts that won't break the host, including Rocky Road Brownie Sundaes, Berkshire Blueberry Crisp and Sunset Key Lime Pies. Who's coming over next week?... (read more)
Theodore C. Bestor
"Bestor's vivid and meticulous study of Tokyo's seafood market is at once perhaps the best description we have of a modern, large-scale commodity bazaar, an important contribution to comparative economics, and a powerful analysis of the everyday workings... (read more)
Gordon Shepherd
Leading neuroscientist Gordon M. Shepherd embarks on a paradigm-shifting trip through the human brain flavor system, laying the foundations for a new scientific field: neurogastronomy. Challenging the belief that the sense of smell diminished during... (read more)
Peter Washington
From the selected works of such celebrated and beloved poets as W. H. Auden, Robert and Elizabeth Browning, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, and William Shakespeare, to anthologies on Jazz and Blues and Beat Poets, to collections on the... (read more)