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84 books

The Way to Cook by Julia Child

The Way to Cook

Julia Child

528 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0ocean_cactus's review
nonfiction cookbook food and drink informative inspiring slow-paced
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford

Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany

Bill Buford

318 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0ocean_cactus's review
nonfiction memoir adventurous fast-paced
A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg

A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table

Molly Wizenberg

320 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0ocean_cactus's review
nonfiction memoir lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced
Super Natural Cooking: Five Delicious Ways to Incorporate Whole and Natural Foods into Your Cooking by Heidi Swanson

Super Natural Cooking: Five Delicious Ways to Incorporate Whole and Natural Foods into Your Cooking

Heidi Swanson

208 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0ocean_cactus's review
nonfiction informative medium-paced
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

Guy Delisle

192 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0ocean_cactus's review
nonfiction graphic novel memoir travel informative reflective medium-paced
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl

Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

Ruth Reichl

304 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0ocean_cactus's review
nonfiction food and drink memoir funny lighthearted medium-paced
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Jamie Ford

301 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0ocean_cactus's review
fiction historical romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel

The Clan of the Cave Bear

Earth's Children #1

Jean M. Auel

494 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0ocean_cactus's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional slow-paced
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson

Snow Falling on Cedars

David Guterson

463 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0ocean_cactus's review
fiction historical mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced
Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan

Exit Wounds

Rutu Modan

183 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0ocean_cactus's review
fiction comics emotional reflective medium-paced