Bestsellers
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Unreasonable Hospitality
- The Remarkable Power of Giving People More than They Expect
- By: Will Guidara
- Narrated by: Will Guidara
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,769
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Performance4,309
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Story4,309
The must-read New York Times bestseller that's redefining hospitality and inspiring readers in every industry. - Featured in FX's The Bear and Showtime's Billions - JP Morgan NextList Pick Will Guidara was twenty-six when he took the helm of Eleven Madison Park, a struggling two-star brasserie...
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A Stratification What it Means to Be of Service
- By Amazon Customer on 10-31-22
By: Will Guidara
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Kitchen Confidential
- Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
- By: Anthony Bourdain, Irvine Welsh - introduction
- Narrated by: Anthony Bourdain, Irvine Welsh
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38,035
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Performance31,786
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Story31,619
Includes a new introduction written and read by Irvine Welsh 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...
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Kitchen Confidential
- By Holly on 02-20-03
By: Anthony Bourdain, and others
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Be Ready When the Luck Happens
- A Memoir
- By: Ina Garten
- Narrated by: Ina Garten
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,662
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Performance5,379
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Story5,379
In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table. Here, for the first time, Ina Garten...
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Interesting enough
- By Dayna C on 12-08-24
By: Ina Garten
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What Could Possibly Go Right?
- The Essential Journey to Scale an Enduring Culture
- By: Danny Meyer
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
Restaurateur, entrepreneur, and New York Times bestselling author Danny Meyer reveals the secrets of his widely admired leadership philosophy and the tools he uses to build an energized, cohesive, and motivated culture. In 2006, Danny Meyer owned eleven restaurants, was nurturing a single...
By: Danny Meyer
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Setting the Table
- The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
- By: Danny Meyer
- Narrated by: Danny Meyer
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Abridged
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Overall2,261
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Performance1,890
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Story1,888
The bestselling business book from award-winning restauranteur Danny Meyer, of Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, and Shake Shack Seventy-five percent of all new restaurant ventures fail, and of those that do stick around, only a few become icons. Danny Meyer started Union Square Cafe when he...
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ABRIDGED VERSION!?
- By Gregg Strader on 02-19-18
By: Danny Meyer
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A Cook's Tour
- Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines
- By: Anthony Bourdain
- Narrated by: Anthony Bourdain
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Abridged
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Overall25
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Performance23
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Story23
Read by the author and available digitally for the first time From the star of No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain's New York Times-bestselling chronicle of travelling the world in search the globe's greatest culinary adventures "Bourdain shows himself to be one of the country's best food writers...
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Outstanding Anthony!
- By Holyn on 03-30-26
By: Anthony Bourdain
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Unreasonable Hospitality
- The Remarkable Power of Giving People More than They Expect
- By: Will Guidara
- Narrated by: Will Guidara
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,769
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Performance4,309
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Story4,309
The must-read New York Times bestseller that's redefining hospitality and inspiring readers in every industry. - Featured in FX's The Bear and Showtime's Billions - JP Morgan NextList Pick Will Guidara was twenty-six when he took the helm of Eleven Madison Park, a struggling two-star brasserie...
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A Stratification What it Means to Be of Service
- By Amazon Customer on 10-31-22
By: Will Guidara
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Kitchen Confidential
- Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
- By: Anthony Bourdain, Irvine Welsh - introduction
- Narrated by: Anthony Bourdain, Irvine Welsh
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38,035
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Performance31,786
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Story31,619
Includes a new introduction written and read by Irvine Welsh 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...
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Kitchen Confidential
- By Holly on 02-20-03
By: Anthony Bourdain, and others
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Be Ready When the Luck Happens
- A Memoir
- By: Ina Garten
- Narrated by: Ina Garten
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,662
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Performance5,379
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Story5,379
In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table. Here, for the first time, Ina Garten...
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Interesting enough
- By Dayna C on 12-08-24
By: Ina Garten
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What Could Possibly Go Right?
- The Essential Journey to Scale an Enduring Culture
- By: Danny Meyer
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
Restaurateur, entrepreneur, and New York Times bestselling author Danny Meyer reveals the secrets of his widely admired leadership philosophy and the tools he uses to build an energized, cohesive, and motivated culture. In 2006, Danny Meyer owned eleven restaurants, was nurturing a single...
By: Danny Meyer
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Setting the Table
- The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
- By: Danny Meyer
- Narrated by: Danny Meyer
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Abridged
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Overall2,261
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Performance1,890
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Story1,888
The bestselling business book from award-winning restauranteur Danny Meyer, of Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, and Shake Shack Seventy-five percent of all new restaurant ventures fail, and of those that do stick around, only a few become icons. Danny Meyer started Union Square Cafe when he...
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ABRIDGED VERSION!?
- By Gregg Strader on 02-19-18
By: Danny Meyer
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A Cook's Tour
- Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines
- By: Anthony Bourdain
- Narrated by: Anthony Bourdain
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Abridged
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Overall25
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Performance23
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Story23
Read by the author and available digitally for the first time From the star of No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain's New York Times-bestselling chronicle of travelling the world in search the globe's greatest culinary adventures "Bourdain shows himself to be one of the country's best food writers...
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Outstanding Anthony!
- By Holyn on 03-30-26
By: Anthony Bourdain
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I Regret Almost Everything
- By: Keith McNally
- Narrated by: Richard E. Grant
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall497
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Performance468
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Story468
New York Times Bestseller The entertaining, irreverent, and surprisingly moving memoir by the visionary restaurateur behind such iconic New York institutions as Balthazar and Pastis. A memoir by the legendary proprietor of Balthazar, Pastis, Minetta Tavern, and Morandi, taking us from his gritty...
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Ever Surprising McNally
- By Carolyn on 06-29-25
By: Keith McNally
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Medium Raw
- A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
- By: Anthony Bourdain
- Narrated by: Anthony Bourdain
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11,604
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Performance9,766
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Story9,705
Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV’s Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, “A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who...
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Surprisingly tender.
- By Sparkly on 10-09-12
By: Anthony Bourdain
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Taste
- My Life Through Food
- By: Stanley Tucci
- Narrated by: Stanley Tucci
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,820
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Performance4,249
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Story4,213
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a Notable Book of the Year by NPR and The Washington Post From award-winning actor and food obsessiveStanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen. Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every...
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Should include a pdf of recipes
- By Jen Griffin on 10-23-21
By: Stanley Tucci
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The Devil in the Kitchen
- Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef
- By: Marco Pierre White, James Steen
- Narrated by: Timothy Bentinck
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall1,516
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Performance1,323
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Story1,320
In The Devil in the Kitchen, White tells the story behind his ascent from working-class roots to culinary greatness, leaving no dish unserved....
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A chef / restaurateur must.
- By Brandon on 07-18-16
By: Marco Pierre White, and others
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The Bottomless Cup
- A Memoir of Secrets, Restaurants, and Forgiveness
- By: Kevin Boehm
- Narrated by: Kevin Boehm
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance39
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Story39
An eye-opening, entertaining, and unflinchingly honest memoir that flows like The Tender Bar meets The Bear
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Interesting Insider Story of the Making of a Life in Hospitality
- By West Coast Traveler on 03-19-26
By: Kevin Boehm
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World Travel
- An Irreverent Guide
- By: Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever
- Narrated by: Laurie Woolever, Shep Gordon, Christopher Bourdain, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall436
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Performance364
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Story363
A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to...
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Poor man’s version of Lonely Planet guidebooks
- By KC on 04-23-21
By: Anthony Bourdain, and others
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Why I Cook
- By: Tom Colicchio
- Narrated by: Will Damron, Tom Colicchio
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall43
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Performance40
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Story40
Tom Colicchio cooked his first recipe at 13 years old—a stuffed eggplant from an issue of Cuisine magazine that he picked up out of boredom—and it changed his life. Listeners are in for a treat as the talented Will Damron (who has read over 700 audiobooks) delivers an immersive account of...
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Good story short on details, padded with recipes
- By S. Mahon on 12-13-24
By: Tom Colicchio
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What I Ate in One Year
- (and related thoughts)
- By: Stanley Tucci
- Narrated by: Stanley Tucci
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall558
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Performance506
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Story506
From Stanley Tucci, award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author, a deliciously unique memoir chronicling a year’s worth of meals. “Sharing food is one of the purest human acts.” Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci’s life: from stracciatella soup served in...
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Boring. Don't bother.
- By Heather Flynn on 10-17-24
By: Stanley Tucci
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Yes, Chef
- A Memoir
- By: Marcus Samuelsson
- Narrated by: Marcus Samuelsson
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,991
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Performance1,743
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Story1,736
JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY VOGUE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “One of the great culinary stories of our time.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook walks...
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A fun and inspiring civics lesson
- By loix on 06-27-12
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In the Weeds
- Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain
- By: Tom Vitale
- Narrated by: Tom Vitale
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall901
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Performance767
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Story766
Anthony Bourdain's long time director and producer takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the insanity of filming television in some of the most volatile places in the world, and what it was like to work with a legend. "The most complete picture yet of Bourdain's complex and conflicted...
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Even more than I expected
- By DA1234 on 11-25-21
By: Tom Vitale
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Enough Already
- Learning to Love the Way I Am Today
- By: Valerie Bertinelli
- Narrated by: Valerie Bertinelli
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,504
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Performance2,216
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Story2,197
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Beloved actress, Food Network personality, and New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli reflects on life at sixty and beyond. Behind the curtain of her happy on-screen persona, Valerie Bertinelli’s life has been no easy ride, especially when it comes...
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Added politics opinion not relevant to story. Wish I could get credit for. Did not chose this for a political opinion.
- By jaci o on 01-18-22
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Mastering the Art of French Eating
- Lessons in Food and Love from a Year in Paris
- By: Ann Mah
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall178
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Performance162
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Story163
The memoir of a young diplomat’s wife who must reinvent her dream of living in Paris—one dish at a time When journalist Ann Mah’s diplomat husband is given a three-year assignment in Paris, Ann is overjoyed. A lifelong foodie and Francophile, she immediately begins plotting gastronomic...
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Enough with the Whining
- By Bohemian on 11-20-13
By: Ann Mah
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Cork Dork
- A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste
- By: Bianca Bosker
- Narrated by: Bianca Bosker
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,657
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Performance1,493
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Story1,486
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' PICK “Thrilling . . . [told] with gonzo élan . . . When the sommelier and blogger Madeline Puckette writes that this book is the Kitchen Confidential of the wine world, she’s not wrong, though Bill Buford’s Heat is probably a...
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Interesting but not educational
- By Blake Brasher on 10-14-17
By: Bianca Bosker
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Being Old...and learning to love it!
- By: Prue Leith
- Narrated by: Prue Leith
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance13
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Story13
SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, MARCH 2026 'I devoured it.' - NIGELLA LAWSON 'Few people have aged so gracefully and enterprisingly as Prue. How she's done it is a revelation, full of humour and practical advice.' - DELIA SMITH 'Oh my days, this book is an absolute JOY! It is like sitting down with...
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Not what I was expecting...
- By KT on 03-19-26
By: Prue Leith
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Food: A Love Story
- By: Jim Gaffigan
- Narrated by: Jim Gaffigan
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,121
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Performance3,617
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Story3,603
Comedian Jim Gaffigan reveals his most intimate food memories, opinions, and fantasies that will keep you laughing all the way to the refrigerator. “What are my qualifications to write this book? None really. So why should you read it? Here’s why: I’m a little fat. If a thin guy were to...
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Haven't We Heard All of This Before?
- By Joel on 11-19-14
By: Jim Gaffigan
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Blood, Bones & Butter
- The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
- By: Gabrielle Hamilton
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Hamilton
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,562
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Performance1,242
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Story1,244
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Miami Herald Newsday The Huffington Post Financial Times GQ Slate Men’s Journal Washington Examiner Publishers Weekly Kirkus Reviews National...
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A Little Prickly--But Yummy
- By Mel on 03-11-12
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Always Carry Salt
- A Memoir of Preserving Language and Culture
- By: Samantha Ellis
- Narrated by: Samantha Ellis
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
A life–affirming memoir about resilience and repair—and the healing power of our ancestor's music, stories, and recipes. Samantha’s mother tongue is dying out. The daughter of Iraqi Jewish refugees, Samantha grew up surrounded by the noisy, vivid, hot sounds of Judeo–Iraqi Arabic. A...
By: Samantha Ellis
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Your Table Is Ready
- Tales of a New York City Maître D'
- By: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina
- Narrated by: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,234
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Performance1,135
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Story1,130
"Trained in acting and a lifer in the restaurant business, Michael Cecchi-Azzolina doles out opinions in the tone of an authentic New Yorker. He narrates with a good pace and rhythm. The inner workings of the restaurant world as revealed are exhilarating but often sordid and salacious....this is...
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Accurately crass and heart felt
- By Amazon Customer on 01-10-23
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The Apprentice
- My Life in the Kitchen
- By: Jacques Pépin
- Narrated by: Jacques Pépin, Michel Chevalier
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall234
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Performance197
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Story195
In this captivating memoir, the man whom Julia Child has called "the best chef in America" tells the story of his rise from a frightened apprentice in an exacting Old World kitchen to an Emmy Award<en>winning superstar who taught millions of Americans how to cook and shaped the nation's...
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Jacques Pépin never has disappointed
- By Peter on 10-03-20
By: Jacques Pépin
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Love & Whiskey
- By: Fawn Weaver
- Narrated by: Fawn Weaver
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Abridged
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Overall347
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Performance326
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Story326
Love & Whiskey is the true story of Jack Daniel, Nearest Green, the man, and Uncle Nearest, the whiskey company Fawn Weaver founded to honor and amplify Green's legacy.
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Just WOW…
- By Anonymous on 10-11-24
By: Fawn Weaver
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32 Yolks
- From My Mother's Table to Working the Line
- By: Eric Ripert, Veronica Chambers
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,058
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Performance927
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Story920
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Hailed by Anthony Bourdain as “heartbreaking, horrifying, poignant, and inspiring,” 32 Yolks is the brave and affecting coming-of-age story about the making of a French chef, from the culinary icon behind the renowned New York City restaurant Le Bernardin. NAMED...
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Every aspiring cook needs to read this
- By PatrickV on 07-01-16
By: Eric Ripert, and others
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Save Me the Plums
- My Gourmet Memoir
- By: Ruth Reichl
- Narrated by: Ruth Reichl
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,538
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Performance1,349
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Story1,348
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A delicious insider account of the gritty, glamorous world of food culture.”—Vanity Fair In this “poignant and hilarious” (The New York Times Book Review) memoir, trailblazing food writer and beloved restaurant critic Ruth Reichl chronicles her...
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Great book, shame there wasn't a recipe PDF
- By Kathleen on 05-14-19
By: Ruth Reichl
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The Heart-Shaped Tin
- Love, Loss, and Kitchen Objects
- By: Bee Wilson
- Narrated by: Bee Wilson
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance11
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Story11
One August day, months after her marriage ended, a heart-shaped baking tin fell at Bee Wilson’s feet: the same one she had used to bake her wedding cake. This discovery struck a wave of emotions that propelled her search for others who have attached personal properties to objects in their kitchens.
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This validates all the things I save because it’s about the memories
- By Alice Nelson on 01-26-26
By: Bee Wilson
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Finding Freedom
- A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch
- By: Erin French
- Narrated by: Erin French
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,435
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Performance1,294
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Story1,287
"[Erin French's] memoir treats listeners to a smooth ride through an anything-but-smooth life. French's engrossing narration delivers polished consistency, and her gentle tone ushers listeners through her story. She speaks with passion and grace, creating a compelling narrative--with plenty of...
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Ramblings of a narcissist
- By Ellen Satterthwaite-Phillips on 06-21-21
By: Erin French