We have a new batch of books and we can’t wait to cook through them all. Read on to see which authors are local, and don’t miss the limited number of autographed copies!
Repertoire
JESSICA BATTILANA
Home cooks don’t need dozens of cookbooks or hundreds of recipes. They just need one good book, with about 75 trustworthy, versatile, and above all, delicious recipes that can stand alone or be mixed-and-matched into extraordinary meals. From the author of the Repertoire column in the San Francisco Chronicle.
LOCAL AUTHOR + AUTOGRAPHED COPY
Other Avenues are Possible
SHANTA NIMBARK SACHAROFF
Other Avenues Are Possible offers a vivid account of the dramatic rise and fall of the San Francisco People’s Food System of the 1970s. Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff’s book captures the excitement of a growing radical social movement along with the struggles, heartbreaking defeats, and eventual resurgence of today’s thriving network of Bay Area cooperatives.
LOCAL AUTHOR + AUTOGRAPHED COPY
Zingerman’s Bakehouse
AMY EMBERLING + FRANK CAROLLO
Michigan’s renowned artisanal bakery, Zingerman’s Bakehouse in Ann Arbor celebrates their 25th anniversary with the must-have baking book for bakers of all skill levels. Famous for their chewy-sweet brownies and gingersnaps, sour cream coffee cake, and fragrant loaves of Jewish rye, challah, and sourdough, it’s no wonder Zingerman’s is a cultural and culinary institution.
Natural Wine
ISABELLE LEGERON
Wine-making has become ever-more unnatural, from the use of blanket crop-spraying in vineyards, to the over-use of sulfites and additives in the cellar, but luckily there is another way. Master of Wine Isabelle Legeron campaigns for natural wine around the world, and reveals why the finest, most authentic wines are those made naturally.
Small Victories
JULIA TURSHEN
From Julia Turshen, author of Feed the Resistance. Demystify the process of truly great home cooking with more than a hundred recipes called out as “small victories.” In the funny, encouraging headnotes, Julia shares lessons learned through a lifetime of cooking thousands of meals.
Cooking Together
SHANTA NIMBARK SACHAROFF
In addition to recipes from her native India, Shanta talks about the basics of cooking, planning well-balanced vegetarian meals, and the importance of cooking and eating together with friends and family. From San Francisco author and a longtime member of the worker collective at Other Avenues Co-op in the Sunset District.
LOCAL AUTHOR + AUTOGRAPHED COPY
