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Author
Language
English
Description
Before Gabrielle Hamilton opened her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, she spent twenty hard-living years trying to find purpose and meaning in her life. Blood, Bones & Butter follows an unconventional journey through the many kitchens Hamilton has inhabited through the years: the rural kitchen of her childhood, where her adored mother stood over the six-burner with an oily wooden spoon in hand; the kitchens of France, Greece, and Turkey, where...
Author
Publisher
Villard Books
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
290 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A wildly funny, irreverent tale of murder, mayhem, and the mob. When up-and-coming chef Tommy Pagana settles for a less than glamorous stint at his uncle's restaurant in Manhattan's Little Italy, he unwittingly finds himself a partner in big-time crime. And when the mob decides to use the kitchen for a murder, nothing Tommy learned in cooking school has prepared him for what happens next. With the FBI on one side and his eccentric wise guy superiors...
Author
Publisher
Absolute Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
288 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Women Chefs of New York is a colorful showcase of twenty-five leading female culinary talents in the restaurant capital of the world. In a fiercely competitive, male-dominated field, these women have risen to the top, and their stories--and their recipes--make it abundantly clear why. Food writer Nadia Arumugam braves the sharp knives and the sputtering pans of oil for intimate interviews, revealing the chefs' habits, quirks, food likes, and dislikes,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tracking his own strange and unexpected voyage from journeyman cook to globe-traveling professional eater and drinker, and even to fatherhood, Bourdain takes no prisoners as he dissects what he's seen, pausing along the way for a series of confessions, rants, investigations, and interrogations of some of the most controversial figures in food.
Author
Publisher
Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Pub. Date
c2013.
Physical Desc
224 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
In her first cookbook, Marie explores the intimate connection between New York City seasons and food. Part cooking, part New York, completely poetic and totally charming, 66 Square Feet is a year in the life of Marie's kitchen and terrace.
Author
Series
Publisher
45th Parallel Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone knows her story, but do you know the REAL history behind the story of Typhoid Mary? History has never been so juicy! Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. Considerate text includes tons of wild facts that will hold the readers' interest, allowing for successful mastery and comprehension. A table of contents, timeline, glossary...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
229 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"What happens when a person's reputation has been forever damaged? With archival photographs and text among other primary sources, this riveting biography of Mary Mallon by the Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Bartoletti looks beyond the tabloid scandal of Mary's controversial life. How she was treated by medical and legal officials reveals a lesser-known story of human and constitutional rights, entangled with the science of pathology...
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (79 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With more than 900 items on its menu, all made from scratch in a tiny kitchen humming with improvised Rube Goldberg-like contraptions, Shopsin's has long been a quirky gem of New York food culture. Follows Kenny Shopsin, his family and customers as the restaurant looks for a new place to go.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Enter the mind of Chef Gabrielle Hamilton in Season Four of the James Beard Award-winning show it brings you into the kitchen with Chef Gabrielle Hamilton, best-selling author of "Blood, bones, and butter," and owner of New York City's famed restaurant, Prune.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chef, writer, adventurer, provocateur: Anthony Bourdain lived his life unabashedly. Director Morgan Neville offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in his own voice and in the way he indelibly impacted the world around him.
14) Edmond
Publisher
Distributed by Vivendi Visual Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 82 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A fortune-tellers teasing rumination sends Edmond Burke lurching into New York City's hellish underworld. He becomes involved in a twisted game of sex, lies and murder with 3 young women.
15) Bella
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An international soccer star is on his way to sign a multimillion dollar contract when a series of events unfold that brings his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress, struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that she's unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned upside down-- until a simple gesture of kindness brings them both together, turning an ordinary day into an unforgettable experience....
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A moving and insightful collection of quotes, memories, and images celebrating the life of Anthony Bourdain. When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, the outpouring of love from his fans around the world was momentous. The tributes spoke to his legacy: That the world is much smaller than we imagine and people are more alike than they are different. As Bourdain once said, "If I'm an advocate of anything, it's to move...Walk in someone else's shoes...
Publisher
Distributed by Vivendi Visual Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A character driven piece tells the story of several New Yorkers - an oddball office shrink, a cluelessly competitive pastry chef, and a flirtatious security guard - reveal their eccentric private stories.
18) Dinner rush
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At New York's hottest restaurant, things are really heating up. Owner and bookie Louis Cropa lost a friend to a mob hit and now his chef's gambling problem has brought the unwelcome mobsters into their restaurant.
Author
Publisher
Rizzoli/City Harvest
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
223 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"One hundred of New York City's hottest chefs present ... an exclusive collection of delicious new recipes benefitting City Harvest, the ... food rescue organization that helps to feed more than 1.4 million hungry New Yorkers every year ... [This] takes readers into some of the city's most iconic dining rooms and luxe bars ... Florence Fabricant, the respected food journalist, has expertly adapted each recipe for the home cook and added insightful...
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A beautifully written memoir that follows one woman from her childhood in a dysfunctional Midwestern family to becoming a chef in New York City and finally her triumphant return home to reclaim and redeem Midwestern cooking. Amy Thielen, author of the James Beard Award-winning cookbook The New Midwestern Table, traces her journey from Park Rapids, Minnesota, to cooking professionally under some of New York City's finest chefs--including David Bouley,...
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