Niles Public Library District

Essays

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly	by Anthony Bourdain
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen	by Julie Powell
Toast: The Story of a Boy’s Hunger	by Nigel Slater
Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America	by Steve Almond
Heat: An Amateur’s Adventure as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany	by Bill Buford
Diet for a Small Planet	by Frances Moore Lappe
Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals	by Michael Pollan
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal	by Eric Schlosser
Feast: Food to Celebrate Life	by Nigella Lawson
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle	by Barbara Kingsolver
United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation	by David Kamp
Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress	by Debra Ginsberg
Salt: A World History	by Mark Kurlansky
Candy and Me: A Love Story	by Hilary Liftin
Garlic and Sapphires	by Ruth Reichl
Comfort Me With Apples: More Adventures at the Table	by Ruth Reichl
Tender at the Bone	by Ruth Reichl
Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America	by Michael Ruhlman
Cookoff: Recipe Fever in America	by Amy Sutherland
Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter	by The Waiter