Olive Trees and Honey: A Treasury of Vegetarian Recipes from Jewish Communities Around the World
10 best books like Olive Trees and Honey: A Treasury of Vegetarian Recipes from Jewish Communities Around the World (Gil Marks): Wilder Girls, Women Talking, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Case Histories, The Last Train to London, How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking, Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House, The Friend, Nigella Christmas: Food, Family, Friends, Festivities, The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
| Author | Rory Power |
| ISBN | 0525645586 |
It's been eighteen months since the Raxter School for Girls was put under quarantine. Since the Tox hit and pulled Hetty's life out from under her.
It started slow. First the teachers died one by one. Then it began to infect the students, turning their bodies strange and foreign. Now, cut off...
| Author | Miriam Toews |
| ISBN | 1635572584 |
One evening, eight Mennonite women climb into a hay loft to conduct a secret meeting. For the past two years, each of these women, and more than a hundred other girls in their colony, has been repeatedly violated in the night by demons coming to punish them for their sins. Now that the women have learned...
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
| Author | P.D. James |
| ISBN | 0743219554 |
This book, which was first published in 1972, reads like it was written in 1947, if not earlier. It's very much in the tradition of English mysteries that were set in country houses in the years between the two world wars, and there's nothing in the book to suggest the time period in which it is supposed to...
| Author | Kate Atkinson |
| ISBN | 0316010707 |
The first book in Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie Mysteries series, called "The best mystery of the decade" by Stephen King, finds private investigator Jackson Brodie following three seemingly unconnected family mysteries in Edinburgh
Case one: A little girl goes missing in the night. Case...
The New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Exiles conjures her best novel yet, a pre-World War II-era story with the emotional resonance of Orphan Train and All the Light We Cannot See, centering on the Kindertransports that carried thousands of children out of Nazi-occupied Europe—and...
How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking
| Author | Nigella Lawson |
| ISBN | 0786886811 |
Nigella Lawson's How to Be a Domestic Goddess is about not only baking, but the enjoyment of being in the kitchen, taking sensuous pleasure in the entire process, and relishing the outcome. Nigella's deliciously reassuring and mouthwatering cookbook demonstrates that it's not terribly difficult...
Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House
| Author | Kathleen Grissom |
| ISBN | 1476748446 |
The latest New York Times bestseller from the author of the beloved book club favorite The Kitchen House is a heart racing story about a man’s treacherous journey through the twists and turns of the Underground Railroad on a mission to save the boy he swore to protect. Glory Over Everything is “gripping…breathless...
| Author | Sigrid Nunez |
| ISBN | 0735219451 |
A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog.
When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute...
Nigella Christmas: Food, Family, Friends, Festivities
| Author | Nigella Lawson |
| ISBN | 0307397742 |
Nigella Christmas comprises reliable, practical, easy-to-follow recipes and inspiring and reassuring advice, presented in a gorgeous package that will make this the ultimate gift to yourself, your family and friends.
Nigella Christmas will surely become an all-time perennial favourite,...
The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
In the fascinating story of the sustainable food revolution, an environmental journalist and professor asks the question: Is the future of food looking bleak--or better than ever?
"In The Fate of Food, Amanda Little takes us on a tour of the future. The journey is scary, exciting, and, ultimately,...
The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand to New York
| Author | Claudia Roden |
| ISBN | 0394532589 |
A monumental work - the story of the Jewish people told through the story of Jewish cooking - The Book of Jewish Food traces the development of both Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jewish communities and their cuisine over the centuries. The 800 magnificent recipes, many never before documented, represent...
| Author | Leon Uris |
| ISBN | 0060827882 |
Leon Uris’s beloved Irish classic, available in Avon mass market.
From the acclaimed author who enthralled the world with Exodus, Battle Cry, QB VII, Topaz, and other beloved classics of twentieth-century fiction comes a sweeping and powerful epic adventure that captures the "terrible...
Real Sweet: More Than 80 Crave-Worthy Treats Made with Natural Sugars
| Author | Shauna Sever |
| ISBN | 0062346016 |
Real Sweet offers every dessert lover the delicious sweetness they crave in simple and delicious recipes using natural sugars that pack in subtly amazing flavors that elevate treats of every kind (and help us avoid overprocessed, one-dimensional white sugar).
Here are simple lunchbox...
Picnics: And Other Outdoor Feasts
| Author | Claudia Roden |
| ISBN | 1904943179 |
Originally published in 1981, as Picnic this revised and expanded edition is a celebration of the tradition of preparing and savoring meals in the open. It reveals a world of simply prepared and delicious foods and stimulates the imagination with tales from far and near in Claudia Roden's elegant,...
Pure Vanilla: Irresistible Recipes and Essential Techniques
Who says vanilla isn’t sexy? Harvested from the pods of beautiful and exotic orchids, vanilla is a delicious flavor enjoyed by people all over the world. Pure Vanilla celebrates its unique taste with a stunning array of recipes, from cakes and cookies to custards and creams. Indulge in Glazed Vanilla...
The Isabel Dalhousie #1-3: The Sunday Philosophy Club / Friends, Lovers, Chocolate / The Right Attitude to Rain
| Author | Alexander McCall Smith |
| ISBN | 0345810074 |
The second flagship and bestselling series from the literary sensation Alexander McCall Smith, the Isabel Dalhousie series is enormously engaging, wonderfully witty and complete with local Edinburgh colour and flavour. The novels follow the intrepid and irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie—part-time...
| Author | Claudia Roden |
| ISBN | 0571109322 |
A solid overview which has been revised after 20 years by the author for the reader that wants a journey. The harder edge of coffee, the slavery, the crushing poverty, and the colonial attitude of the large coffee buyers are glossed over or ignored.
What book this could have been if a chapter on...
| Author | Leon Uris |
| ISBN | 0553248642 |
Leon Uris retums to the land of his acclaimed best-seller Exodus for an epic story of hate and love, vengeance and forgiveness and forgiveness. The Middle East is the powerful setting for this sweeping tale of a land where revenge is sacred and hatred noble. Where an Arab ruler tries...
