When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote "Don't Eat Before You Read This" in The New Yorker, he spared no one's appetite, revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door. In Kitchen Confidential, he expanded the appetizer into a deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet that lays out his twenty-five years of sex, drugs, and haute cuisine.
From his first oyster in Gironda to the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop Rockefeller Center, from the restaurants...

Fully entitled "The Innocents Abroad, or the New Pilgrims' Progress," Twain's colorful travelogue is a compilation of the newspaper articles he wrote while on a cruise to Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land with other American tourists in 1867. His account frequently uses humor to describe the people and places he visits, although this becomes highly satiric at times as Twain becomes frustrated with European profiteering, a pointless historical anecdote...

"A poignant and transporting cross-cultural love story set against the lush backdrop of the Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hour"--

Offering the reader more than the excitement of travels and adventures in 1977 Europe and the Middle East, Barry Hampshire's engaging memoir examines the formative moments that helped him to mature and to design his life, from the inside out bringing him spiritual joy. ~ Marianne McBride, a companion on life's highway. In 1977, I drove 5,500-miles from England through Europe and the Middle East. Today, that journey would be too dangerous due to civil...

Known for his quirky attitude and quirkier entrées, Bob Blumer has been shaking up the food world for almost two decades. In this beautiful highly designed eBook for the Kobo Vox, Bob delivers the ultimate collection of his favourite kitchen creations (including many new recipes) along with practical kitchen references for chefs of every skill level. Not sure what wine to pair with your meal? Uncertain of the best way to stock your shelves? Wavering...

Water and Wilderness... Robinson's irreverent humor gets a workout in Missouri's back country. ...Beauty and Danger. John Robinson is back on his second tour for the road trip reader. This book comes on the heels of his amazing and humorous first book, "A Road Trip Into America's Hidden Heart - Traveling the Back Roads, Backwoods and Back Yards." In addition to having his car, Erafnus as a character in the book, John introduces the reader to a new...

"Valerie Bertinelli shares an inspiring blueprint that offers women in midlife support and hope. She shares personal stories that many women will relate to from her past decade: hitting her fifties, taking care of her dying mother, the evolving relationship with her husband, a career change, her relationship with food, and the battle to believe in herself as she is"--

A humorous and horrifying look into the actualities of B&B ownership, To B&B or Not to B&B, De-romanticizing the Dream describes Sue Marko's experiences hosting the public in her magical lodge in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. What begins as a dream quickly turns into a train-wreck. Get ready, to laugh at, the ridiculous and be, rendered completely, speechless by Sue's outrageous experiences. And, prepare to learn a few great tips and tricks of the...

"In a touching and funny memoir, a James Beard Award-winning writer whose childhood idea of fine dining was Howard Johnson's tells how he became one of Paris's most influential restaurant critics"--

Patti Ernst has created a book of present-day parables. Through personal stories, she shares the lessons she has learned along her way to serenity, lessons that can help us lead the life we were, meant to live. It may help us to see with new eyes, expand our awareness, and inspire us with an example of what one woman did, starting at age fifty, to reinvent herself. By taking time out and quieting the mind, it becomes possible to recognize and claim...