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In The Seasoned Life, Ayesha Curry will share 100 of her favorite recipes and invite readers into the home she has made with her two daughters and her husband Stephen Curry. Ayesha knows firsthand what it is like to be a busy mom and wife, and she knows that for her family, time in the kitchen and around the table is where that balance begins. This book has something for everybody. The simple, delicious recipes include Cast Iron Biscuits, Smoked...

"Weaving together memories, recipes, and wild tales of years spent in the kitchen, the acclaimed author of Happy All the Time delivers a beloved cookbook manifesto on the joys of sharing food and entertaining. • With a foreword by Ruth Reichl. “As much memoir as cookbook and as much about eating as cooking.” —The New York Times Book Review From the humble hotplate of her one-room apartment to the crowded kitchens of bustling parties, Colwin...

"In First Bite, acclaimed food historian Bee Wilson delves deep into the latest research from food psychologists, neuroscientists, and nutritionists to reveal that our food habits are shaped by family and culture, memory and gender, hunger and love. We do not come into the world with an innate sense of taste or nutrition as omnivores, we have to learn how and what to eat, how sweet is too sweet and what food will give us the most energy for the coming...

Shares recipes influenced by island life, including spicy breakfast quesadillas, blackened chili dogs, jerk chicken, and island rum cake.

Chef and author Anthony Bourdain travels the world sampling local foods and culture.

"As creator of the WNYC podcast The Sporkful and host of the Cooking Channel web series You're Eating It Wrong, Dan Pashman is obsessed with doing just that. Eat More Better weaves science and humor into a definitive, illustrated guidebook for anyone who loves food. But this book isn't for foodies. It's for eaters. In the bestselling tradition of Alton Brown's Good Eats and M.F.K. Fisher's The Art of Eating, Pashman analyzes everyday foods in extraordinary...

Jamie Oliver hits the road for a culinary expedition through the world's cultures and cuisines. Traveling across Europe and North Africa, Oliver discovers as much about the people as the food. From truffle and boar hunting in the French Pyrenees to spear fishing off an island near Athens, Oliver attempts to uncover the freshest, most authentic dishes such as the street food of Marrakesh, herring in Sweden, and sweet prawns in Venice.