Cherries in Winter: My Family's Recipe for Hope in Hard Times
10 best books like Cherries in Winter: My Family's Recipe for Hope in Hard Times (Suzan Colon): American Pie: Slices of Life (and Pie) from America's Back Roads, The Possibility of Everything, Jenniemae & James: A Memoir in Black and White, Under the Table: Saucy Tales from Culinary School, American Terroir: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields, The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love, The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken: A Search for Food and Family, Kevin My Military Man, Death on the Barrens: A True Story of Courage and Tragedy in the Canadian Arctic, Cooking and Screaming: Finding My Own Recipe for Recovery
American Pie: Slices of Life (and Pie) from America's Back Roads
| Author | Pascale Le Draoulec |
| ISBN | 0060957328 |
Crossing class and color lines, and spanning the nation (Montana has its huckleberry, Pennsylvania its shoofly, and Mississippi its sweet potato), pie -- real, homemade pie -- has meaning for all of us. But in today's treadmill, take-out world -- our fast-food nation -- does pie still have a place?
As...
| Author | Hope Edelman |
| ISBN | 0345506502 |
From the bestselling author of Motherless Daughters, here is the real-life story of one woman's search for a cure to her family's escalating troubles, and the leap of faith that took her on a journey to an exotic place and a new state of mind.
In the autumn of 2000, Hope Edelman was a woman adrift,...
| Author | Brooke Newman |
| ISBN | 0307462994 |
James Newman was a brilliant mathematician, the man who introduced the mathematical concept “googol” and “googolplex” (aka “google” and “googleplex”) to the world, and a friend of Einstein’s. He was also a notorious philanderer with an insatiable appetite for women and fast...
| Author | Katherine Darling |
| ISBN | 1416565272 |
A deliciously entertaining memoir about one woman's adventures in the student kitchens of the legendary French Culinary Institute -- flavored with celebrity chefs, eccentric characters, and mouthwatering recipes
To anyone who has ever dreamed of life in a French kitchen, imagining...
American Terroir: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields
| Author | Rowan Jacobsen |
| ISBN | 1596916486 |
Why does honey from the tupelo-lined banks of the Apalachicola River have a kick of cinnamon unlike any other? Why is salmon from Alaska's Yukon River the richest in the world? Why does one underground cave in Greensboro, Vermont, produce many of the country's most intense cheeses? The answer is terroir...
The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love
| Author | Michelle Maisto |
| ISBN | 0812979192 |
“On our first date, Rich ordered a chocolate soufflé at the beginning of the meal, noting an asterisk on the menu warning diners of the wait involved. At the time, I imagined he did it partly to impress me, which it did, though today I know well that he’s simply the type of man who knows better than to...
The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken: A Search for Food and Family
| Author | Laura Schenone |
| ISBN | 0393061469 |
James Beard Award-winning author Laura Schenone undertakes a quest to retrieve her great grandmother's ravioli recipe, reuniting with relatives as she goes. In lyrical prose and delicious recipes, Schenone takes the reader on an unforgettable journey from the grit of New Jersey's industrial wastelands...
| Author | Shane Kaelle |
| ISBN | 0984290494 |
..might have been entitled 'Kevin Military Man'. What then? The 1970's. The 21st Century. Military Romance. But much more. Intriguing. Complicated. They say that for each one of us on this planet that there are potentially 30,000 people with whom we might find a partner in life. But what about the concept...
Death on the Barrens: A True Story of Courage and Tragedy in the Canadian Arctic
| Author | George James Grinnell |
| ISBN | 1556438826 |
Set in the remote arctic region of Northern Canada, this book takes readers on a harrowing canoe voyage that results in tragedy, redemption, and, ultimately, transformation. George Grinnell was one of six young men who set off on the 1955 expedition led by experienced wilderness canoeist Art Moffatt....
Cooking and Screaming: Finding My Own Recipe for Recovery
| Author | Adrienne Kane |
| ISBN | 1416587977 |
An inspiring, recipe-filled memoir about loss, recovery, and finding oneself through food and cooking.
"I rose from my wheelchair slowly, using the arms of the seat to steady myself; I managed to lift my weighty limbs and limp the three steps to the counter. Stirring left-handed, I did not...
The Butcher and the Vegetarian: One Woman's Romp Through a World of Men, Meat, and Moral Crisis
| Author | Tara Austen Weaver |
| ISBN | 1605299960 |
Growing up in a family that kept jars of bean sprouts on its windowsill before such things were desirable or hip, Tara Austen Weaver never thought she'd stray from vegetarianism. But as an adult, she found herself in poor health, and, having tried cures of every kind, a doctor finally ordered her to eat...
Almost a Family: A Memoir
| Author | John Darnton |
| ISBN | 0307266176 |
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and best-selling author: a beautifully crafted memoir of his lifelong chase after his father’s shadow.
John was eleven months old when his father, Barney Darnton—a war correspondent for The New York Times—was killed in World War II,...
| Author | Stanley Tucci |
| ISBN | 1451661258 |
The Tucci Family brings wine pairings, updated recipes, gorgeous photography, and family memories to a new generation of Italian food lovers.
There is some truth to the old adage “Most of the world eats to live, but Italians live to eat.”
What is it about a good Italian supper that...
| Author | Margaret Yardley Potter |
| ISBN | 1936365898 |
While unpacking boxes of old family books recently, Elizabeth Gilbert rediscovered a dusty, yellowed hardcover called At Home on the Range, originally written by her great-grandmother, Margaret Yardley Potter. Having only been peripherally aware of the volume, Gilbert dug in with some curiosity,...
| Author | Kate Moses |
| ISBN | 0385342985 |
From the author of the internationally acclaimed Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath comes a funny, touching memoir of a crummy—and crumby—childhood.
Growing up in the 1960s and ’70s, Kate Moses was surrounded by sugar: Twinkies in the basement freezer, honey on the fried chicken,...
Dusty Waters: A Ghost Story
Dusty Waters is a ghost story, a family saga, the history of a haunted house, and a biography of a folksinger. Dusty's friend, Katharine, has volunteered to help her write the official biography, but there is one piece of her life that will not be part of the biography, she can see ghosts; Dusty's ancestral...
Give It Up!: My Year of Learning to Live Better with Less
| Author | Mary Carlomagno |
| ISBN | 0060789808 |
“Refreshing, inspiring, and honest….One book I’m not going to be ‘giving up’ anytime soon.”
—Nicole Williams, author of Earn What You’re Worth
Give It Up! is author Mary Carlomagno’s inspiring chronicle of her 365 days spent learning to live better with less—when...
The Reindeer Keeper: Believe Again...
| Author | Barbara Briggs Ward |
| ISBN | 1604944439 |
Abbey senses something special about the little man tending to the reindeer who, along with a century-old farmhouse, a barn full of animals, and fields abounding in woods and pasture, was a gift to Abbey from a stranger. Abbey and her husband, Steve, move in just before the holidays. They have been together...
| Author | Barbara Corrado Pope |
A young woman is found murdered ...and the clues to her death point to her spurned lover, Paul Cezanne. In this richly atmospheric novel, a mysterious young woman named Solange Vernet arrives in Aix-en-Provence with her lover, a Darwinian scholar named Charles Westbury, and a year later is found strangled...
| Author | K.L. Brady |
| ISBN | 1451613709 |
"Charisse Tyson's got it all going on . . ."
She's a savvy, successful real-estate agent with a quick wit, a low tolerance for BS, a gorgeous size-14 body, and a thirst for top shelf vodka. Despite her dream house, luxury car, and appetite for life's best--like fine dining and hot men--she seems to...
What We Eat When We Eat Alone: Stories and 100 Recipes
| Author | Deborah Madison |
| ISBN | 1423604962 |
Renowned vegetarian cookbook auhor Deborah Madison set out to learn what people chew on when there isn't anyone else around. The responses are surprising--and we aren't just talking take-out or leftovers. This is food-gone-wild in its most elemental form.
In a conversational tone, "What...
A Thousand Days of Wonder: A Scientist's Chronicle of His Daughter's Developing Mind
| Author | Charles Fernyhough |
| ISBN | 1583333479 |
A father's intimate look at his daughter's developing mind from birth to age three.
Unlike any other time in our lives, we remember almost nothing from our first three years. As infants, not only are we like the proverbial blank slate, but our memories are like Teflon: nothing sticks. In this...
Act Like a Gentleman, Think Like a Woman: A Woman's Response to Steve Harvey's Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
| Author | Maria Bustillos |
| ISBN | 0615305237 |
Writing in response to Steve Harvey's 'Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man,' author Maria Bustillos reveals the secrets of women in order that men, too, can get what they want from women--which is to get them into bed. An absurdist meditation on the battle of the sexes--and required reading for would-be...
Scandinavian Comfort Food: Embracing the Art of Hygge
| Author | Trine Hahnemann |
| ISBN | 1849498598 |
The Scandinavians excel at comfort— family, friends, a good atmosphere, long meals, relaxation, and an emphasis on the simple pleasures. They even have a word for this kind of coziness that comes with spending quality time in hearth and home when the days are short: "hygge". Trine Hahnemann is the...
Bake Until Bubbly: The Ultimate Casserole Cookbook
| Author | Clifford A. Wright |
| ISBN | 0471754471 |
Bake until Bubbly"Everybody who grew up on tuna noodle casserole or macaroni and cheese remembers that bubbling dish brought to the table with its top dappled golden brown, piping hot and inviting. My passion for casseroles was born from memories of my childhood and my mother's lasagna, thick and rich...
