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The International Edible Book Festival is an annual event usually held on or around April 1, which is also known as Edible Book Day. The global event has been celebrated since 2000 in various parts of the world, where "edible books" are created, displayed, and small events are held. The creations are photographed and then consumed. The event was initiated by Judith A. Hoffberg and Béatrice Coron in 2000 to to commemorate the birthday of French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755–1826), noted for his book Physiologie du goût, a witty meditation on food. Chatham University has been celebrating this fun international event since 2012 as a collaboration between the JKM Library and Food Studies program.

99 Bottles: A Black Sheep's Guide to Life-Changing Wines by André Mack; Kelly Alexander (Text by); Rob DeBorde (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781419734571
A highly opinionated, vibrantly illustrated wine guide from one of the country's most celebrated--and unorthodox--sommeliers and winemakers In this entertaining, informative, and thoroughly unconventional wine guide, award-winning sommelier, winemaker, and wine educator Andre Mack presents readers with the 99 bottles that have most impacted his life. Instead of just pairing wines with foods, Mack pairs practical information with personal stories, offering up recommendations alongside reflections on being one of the only African-Americans to ever work at the top level of the American wine industry.
Biting Through the Skin by Nina Mukerjee Furstenau
ISBN: 9781609381851
Biting through the Skin offers a first-generation immigrant's perspective on growing up in America's heartland.
Ed. F. Kruse of Blue Bell Creameries by Dorothy McLeod MacInerney; Crocker Ryan (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781623493639
This biography of ice cream entrepreneur Ed. F. Kruse (1928-2015) looks back on a life devoted to family, community, and building one of the most successful businesses in Texas.
Edna Lewis: At the Table with an American Original by Sara B. Franklin (Editor)
ISBN: 9781469638553
Edna Lewis (1916-2006) wrote some of America's most resonant, lyrical, and significant cookbooks, including the now classic The Taste of Country Cooking. Lewis cooked and wrote as a means to explore her memories of childhood on a farm in Freetown, Virginia, a community first founded by black families freed from slavery.. After living many years in New York City, where she became a chef and a political activist, she returned to the South and continued to write. Her reputation as a trailblazer in the revival of regional cooking and as a progenitor of the farm-to-table movement continues to grow.
Good Seeds: A Menominee Indian Food Memoir by Thomas Pecore Weso
ISBN: 9780870207716
In this food memoir, named for the manoomin or wild rice that also gives the Menominee tribe its name, tribal member Thomas Pecore Weso takes readers on a cook's journey through Wisconsin's northern woods. He connects each food--beaver, trout, blackberry, wild rice, maple sugar, partridge--with colorful individuals who taught him Indigenous values. He remembers foods served at the Menominee fair and the excitement of "sugar bush," maple sugar gatherings that included dances as well as hard work.
Made with Love : The Meals On Wheels Family Cookbook by Enid Borden; Martha Stewart (Contribution by); Kurt Warner (Contribution by); B. Smith (Contribution by); Maya Angelou (Contribution by); Mario Batali (Contribution by); Barbara Bush (Contribution by); Judi Dench (Contribution by); Helen Mirren (Contribution by); Joan Rivers (Contribution by); Cokie Roberts (Contribution by); Al Roker (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9781936661985
Celebrating the importance of family, Made With Love: The Meals On Wheels Family Cookbook includes recipes from the tables of well-known actors, chefs, writers, and other celebrities along with personal stories about their favorite family meals.
Obsessed: The Cultural Critic’s Life in the Kitchen by Elisabeth Bronfen
ISBN: 9781978803633
In this unique culinary memoir and cookbook, renowned cultural critic Elisabeth Bronfen tells of her lifelong love affair with cooking and demonstrates what she has learned about creating delicious home meals. As she shares a lifetime of knowledge acquired in the kitchen, Bronfen hopes to empower both novice and experienced home chefs to improvise, giving them hints on how to tweak her recipes to their own tastes. As Bronfen serves up her personal stories and her culinary wisdom, reading Obsessed is like sitting down to a home-cooked meal with a clever friend.
One for My Baby by Tom Smith
ISBN: 9780720620160
The book introduces us to Sinatra's life and art seen from an unconventional point of view: Ol' Blue Eyes' prodigious appetite for alcohol. Drinking was an integral part of his character, his lifestyle and (by extension) his creative output. This book also functions as a practical cocktail manual, containing more than 30 detailed recipes for preparing and presenting fancy drinks he was known to enjoy himself; as well as providing information on some of Sinatra's own personal drinking lore and some of the traditions he followed or inspired.
Where I Come From: Life Lessons From a Latino Chef by Aaron Sanchez
ISBN: 9781419738029
In this memoir, Sanchez delves into his formative years with remarkable candor, injecting his story with adrenaline and revealing how he fell in love with cooking and started a career in the fast-paced culinary world. Sanchez shares the invaluable lessons he learned from his upbringing and his training--both inside and outside the kitchen--and offers an intimate look into the chaotic and untraditional life of a professional chef and television personality.
Zany Eats with Andrew Zimmern by Jill C. Wheeler
ISBN: 9781624038228
This title examines the remarkable life of reality television personality Andrew Zimmern. Readers will learn about Zimmern's family background, childhood, education, and his journey out of addiction to television stardom on the Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, Bizarre Foods America, and Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre World. Informative sidebars, a helpful timeline, a glossary, and an index supplement the rare photos and easy-to-read text showcased in this inspiring biography.