The Food Explorer: The TrueAdventures Of The Globe-Trotting Botanist WhoTransformed What America Eatsby Daniel Stone921 FAIRCHILDKale from Croatia, mangoes fromIndia, and hops from Bavaria.Peaches from China, avocados fromChile, and pomegranates from Malta.David Fairchild found foods to enrichAmerica.

Hungry: Eating, Road-Tripping,And Risking It All With TheGreatest Chef In The Worldby Jeff Gordinier920 GORHungry is a memoir, a travelogue, aportrait of a chef, and a chronicle ofthe moment when daredevil cookingbecame the most exciting andgroundbreaking form of artistry.

Amá: A Modern Tex-MexKitchenby Josef Centeno641.5979 CENAma finds inspiration from regionalMexican cuisine and beyond withinfluences from the American South,Germany, Poland, and Morocco tohelp you bring more diverse anddelicious flavors into your kitchen.

Nopalito: A Mexican Kitchenby Gonzalo González Guzmán641.5972 GUZNopalito provides a snapshot ofregional Mexican cuisine from theperspective of Gonzalo Guzman, headchef at San Francisco's popularrestaurant of the same name.

Madhur Jaffrey's InstantlyIndian Cookbookby Madhur Jaffrey641.5954 JAFWhile these dishes are quick and easy toprepare, they retain all the richcomplexity for which Jaffrey's food hasalways been known. This is the onlyIndian cookbook with recipes designedfor the Instant Pot you'll ever need.

Tex-Mex: Traditions, Innovations,And Comfort Foods From BothSides Of The Borderby Ford Fry641.5926 FRY Chef and restaurateur Ford Fry'sdefinitive book on Tex-Mex with craveablerecipes that are heavy on flavor and lighton fuss. Peppered throughout are jump-off-the-page photographs, helpfulingredient explainers, playful histories,and important cooking tips.

Milk!: A 10,000-Year FoodFracasby Mark Kurlansky637.109 KURProfoundly intertwined with humancivilization, milk has a compelling and asurprisingly global story to tell andhistorian Mark Kurlansky is the perfectperson to tell it.

Super Sushi Ramen Express:One Family's Journey ThroughThe Belly Of Japanby Michael Booth915.2135 BOOFood and travel writer Michael Boothtakes the culinary pulse ofcontemporary Japan, learningfascinating tips and recipes that fewwesterners have been privy to before.

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"Food is everything we are. It's an extension of nationalist

feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province,

your region, your tribe, your grandma. It's inseparable from

those from the get-go." -Anthony Bourdain

Eating Việt Nam: DispatchesFrom A Blue Plastic Tableby Graham Holliday641.3009597 HOLGraham didn't want to be just a touristin a foreign country...he was determinedto try to live in it. An ordinary guy wholiked trying interesting food, he movedto the capital city and embarked on aquest to find real Vietnamese food.

Double Cup Love: On The TrailOf Family, Food, And BrokenHearts In Chinaby Eddie Huang921 HUANGParallelling Eddie's journey to China,this starts off as a book about food,but widens into a powerful story aboutlove and family and what really makeus who we are.

On The Noodle Road: FromBeijing To Rome, WithLove And Pastaby Jen Lin-Liu641.822 LINA food writer travels the Silk Road,immersing herself in a moveable feastof foods and cultures and discoveringsome surprising truths aboutcommitment, independence, and love.

My Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story,With Recipesby Luisa Weiss921 WEISSThe story of how one thoroughlyconfused, kitchen-mad perfectionistbroke off her engagement to ahandsome New Yorker, quit her dreamjob, and found her way to a new life, anew man, and a new home in Berlin --one recipe at a time.

The World On A Plate: 40 Cuisines,100 Recipes, And The StoriesBehind Themby Mina Holland641.59 HOLEat your way around the world withoutleaving your home in thismouthwatering cultural history of 100classic dishes.

Culinaria Russia: A CelebrationOf Food And Traditionby Marion Trutter641.5947 CULRussia, and the former Russian Empire,offer a wealth of culinary delicacies thatare hardly known to us, a myriad offoods and flavors fed by the mostdiverse influences and cultures at theintersection of Orient and Occident.

The Whole Fromage:Adventures In The DelectableWorld Of French Cheeseby Kathe Lison637.350944 LISLison sets out to learn what makesFrench cheese so remarkable--whyFrance is the "Cheese Mother Ship," inthe words of one American expert.

Paris, My Sweet: A Year In TheCity Of Light (And Dark Chocolate)by Amy Thomas641.865 THOThomas explores how the search forhappiness can be as fleeting as a saltedcaramel souffle's rise, as intenselysatisfying as molten chocolate cake, andabout how the life you're meant to livedoesn't always taste like the one youenvisioned.

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"If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat

with him...the people who give you their food give you their heart."

-Cesar Chavez