Encyclopedia of Bad Taste

Roadfood

Roadfood by Jane and Michael Stern isa cross-country culinary guide that should be stashed in every food lover's glove compartment.--People magazine Now in its sixth edition, Roadfood has been called a bible for motorists seeking mouth-watering barbecue o

Two for the Road: Our Love Affair with American Food

Road trip! In this rollicking memoir, Jane and Michael Stern tell what it's like to eat everywhere across the U.S.A. Driving more than three million miles, eating twelve meals a day, they discover not only the pleasure of biscuits and gravy and cherry pie

500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late: and the Very Best Places to Eat Them

What are the all-time best dishes America has to offer, the ones you must taste before they vanish, so delicious they deserve to be a Holy Grail for travelers? Where’s the most vibrant Key lime pie in Florida? The most sensational chiles rellenos in New

Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century (California Studies in Food and Culture, 24)

Perfection Salad presents an entertaining and erudite social history of women and cooking at the turn of the twentieth century. With sly humor and lucid insight, Laura Shapiro uncovers our ancestors widespread obsession with food, and in doing so, tells u

Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself By Becoming an EMT

Five years ago Jane Stern was a walking encyclopedia of panic attacks, depression, and hypochondria. Her marriage of more than thirty years was suffering, and she was virtually immobilized by fear and anxiety. As the daughter of parents who both died befo

Adventures in Good Cooking

Kentucky native and national tastemaker Duncan Hines (1880--1959) published his first cookbook, Adventures in Good Cooking, in 1939 at the age of fifty-nine. This best-selling collection featured recipes from select restaurants across the country as well

Confessions of a Tarot Reader: Practical Advice From This Realm and Beyond

Lessons learned from the cards, and the incomparable Jane Stern