Man with a Pan

Culinary Adventures of Fathers Who Cook for Their Families

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January 9, 2012

A guy who ran a pie company finally discovers a love of baking.

Let Them Eat Shrimp

The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea

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December 5, 2011

Mangroves in trouble.

Odd Bits

How to Cook the Rest of the Animal

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October 18, 2011

A quick lesson on choosing and cooking marrow bones.

Forgotten Skills of Cooking

The Time-Honored Ways Are the Best

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September 20, 2011

How to buy and prepare fresh fish.

American Wasteland

How America Throws Away Nearly Half of its Food

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September 9, 2011

Do we throw away more food because we don’t make it ourselves?

In the Small Kitchen

100 Recipes from Our Year of Cooking in the Real World

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August 26, 2011

Tips for hosting a successful, stress-free brunch party.

Homemade Cheese

Recipes for 50 Cheeses from Artisan Cheesemakers

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July 21, 2011

You’ve got to start with good milk.

A Feast at the Beach

A French food memoir

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July 8, 2011

Recollections of one man’s childhood visits to Provence.

An Extravagant Hunger

The Passionate Years of M.F.K. Fisher

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June 6, 2011

A new book explores the life of one of America’s favorite food writers.

The Commonsense Kitchen

500 Recipes Plus Lessons for a Hand-Crafted Life

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May 6, 2011

Learning to cook.

Free For All

Fixing School Food in America

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March 24, 2011

Why school lunch should be free for all.

Cooking with Italian Grandmothers

Recipes and Stories from Tuscany to Sicily

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March 1, 2011

How a childhood experience led to a tour of Italy’s grandmothers.

52 Loaves

One Man’s Relentless Pursuit of Truth, Meaning, and a Perfect Crust

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January 20, 2011

Could it boil down to water quality?

Salted

A Manifesto on the World’s Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes

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December 13, 2010

The amazing global production of salt.

Good Meat

The Complete Guide to Sourcing and Cooking Sustainable Meat

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November 23, 2010

Sustainable, healthy meat.

Breaking Bread

Recipes and Stories From Immigrant Kitchens

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November 12, 2010

There’s nothing quiet about Nezi’s kitchen.

Twain’s Feast

Searching for America’s Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens

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October 22, 2010

A book inspired by a Mark Twain menu.

Salmon in the Trees

Life in Alaska’s Tongass Rain Forest

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September 17, 2010

In the Tongass, wild salmon is never boring.

Canning and Preserving

All You Need to Know to Make Jams, Jellies, Pickles, Chutneys, and More

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August 6, 2010

The basics of pressure canning.

The Butcher and The Vegetarian

One Woman’s Romp Through a World of Men, Meat, and Moral Crisis

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June 25, 2010

A hippie child discovers Martha.

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