Cooking Audiobooks | Non-Fiction

Throughout Maya Angelou's life, from her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas, to her world travels as a bestselling writer, good food has played a central role. Preparing and enjoying homemade meals provides a sense of purpose and calm, accomplishment and connection. Now in Hallelujah! The Welcome Table, Angelou shares memories pithy and poignant-and the recipes that helped to make them both indelible and irreplaceable. Angelou tells us about the time she was expelled from school for being afraid to speak-and her mother baked a delicious maple cake to brighten her spirits. She gives us her recipe for short ribs along with a story about a job she had as a cook at a Creole restaurant (never mind that she didn't know how to cook and had no idea what Creole food might entail). There was the time in London when she attended a wretched dinner party full of wretched people; but all wasn't lost-she did experience her initial taste of a savory onion tart. She recounts her very first night in her new home in Sonoma, California, when she invited M. F. K. Fisher over for cassoulet, and the evening Deca Mitford roasted a chicken when she was beyond tipsy-and created Chicken Drunkard Style. And then there was the hearty brunch Angelou made for a homesick Southerner, a meal that earned her both a job offer and a prophetic compliment: "If you can write half as good as you can cook, you are going to be famous." Maya Angelou is renowned in her wide and generous circle of friends as a marvelous chef. Her kitchen is a social center. From fried meat pies, chicken livers, and beef Wellington to caramel cake, bread pudding, and chocolate éclairs, the one hundred-plus recipes included here are all tried and true, and come from Angelou's heart and her home. Hallelujah! The Welcome Table is a stunning collaboration between the two things Angelou loves best: writing and cooking.

Maya Angelou (Author), Maya Angelou (Narrator)

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Hidden Kitchens: Stories and More from NPR's The Kitchen Sisters

Food is our common ground, a universal experience. -James Beard The saga of the Chili Queens of San Antonio, NASCAR kitchens tucked away in the crew pits at race tracks, the story of an unexpected kitchen-the George Foreman Grill-these stories and more from Hidden Kitchens, the popular and highly acclaimed radio series on NPR's morning edition, is now being released on a 3 CD set based on the new book Hidden Kitchens: Stories, Recipes & More from NPR's The Kitchen Sisters. Produced by the Peabody Award winning radio team, The Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva, (creators of NPR's Lost & Found Sound and The Sonic Memorial Project) with Jay Allison, Hidden Kitchens explores the world of street corner cooking, kitchen traditions and visionaries, and how communities come together through food. These stories of secret, underground, unofficial and off the radar kitchens come alive in these sound rich stories full of an array of voices, music, and archival audio that capture a strong sense of place and time-stories that travel the country chronicling kitchen cultures past and present. Hundreds of listeners called the NPR Hidden Kitchens Hotline with intriguing messages and hot tips about underground kitchens at nuclear test sites, secret civil rights kitchen, family recipes and more. Many of these funny, passionate and poignant messages are featured on this beautifully crafted, richly layered audio edition.

Davia Nelson, Nikki Silva (Author), Frances McDormand (Narrator)

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Ranking Rieslings from the Finger Lakes: Vine Talk Episode 102

Stylish, trend-setting, and bold, VINE TALK's host Stanley Tucci invites a panel of celebrity friends to join him for engaging conversation and blind taste-tests from different selections of world famous wineries each week. Regardless of personal expertise, all can enjoy the intriguing dialogue from each diverse panel.

Vine Talk (Author), Alfred Portale, Harolyn Blackwell, Nathan Lane, Stanley Tucci (Narrator)

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What Einstein Kept Under His Hat: Secrets of Science in the Kitchen

In the sequel to the bestselling What Einstein Told His Cook, Robert L. Wolke continues his investigations into the science behind our foods and debunks culinary misconceptions with reliable, commonsense logic. Have you ever wondered why onions make us cry? Do you believe bananas contain more calories as they ripen and get sweeter? This sequel to the bestselling What Einstein Told His Cook continues Robert L. Wolke's investigations into the science behind our foods. In response to ongoing questions from readers of his nationally syndicated Washington Post column, "Food 101," Wolke debunks misconceptions with reliable, commonsense logic. And for exceptionally inquisitive cooks and scientists, he offers "Sidebar Science" features, which dig more deeply into the chemical processes that underlie food and cooking. Above all, What Einstein Kept Under His Hat provides indispensable information that will make listeners better shoppers, cooks, and eaters.

Marlene Parrish, Robert L. Wolke (Author), Sean Runnette (Narrator)

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What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained

Do you wish you understood the science of food but don't want to plow through dry, technical books? In What Einstein Told His Cook, University of Pittsburgh chemistry professor emeritus Robert L. Wolke provides reliable and witty explanations for your most burning food questions. Why is red meat red? How do they decaffeinate coffee? Do you wish you understood the science of food but don't want to plow through dry, technical books? In What Einstein Told His Cook, University of Pittsburgh chemistry professor emeritus and award-winning Washington Post food columnist Robert L. Wolke provides reliable and witty explanations for your most burning food questions, while debunking misconceptions and helping you interpret confusing advertising and labeling. A finalist for both the James Beard Foundation and IACP Awards for best food reference, What Einstein Told His Cook engages cooks and chemists alike.

Robert L. Wolke (Author), Sean Runnette (Narrator)

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The Way to a Woman's Heart

Celebrated chef Mike Stevenson's cookbook uses the universal language of food to draw in women and men from all walks of life to the Table of Love & Relationships. With the adour of amazing food recipes and enticing relationship treats and wisdom nuggets,A Way to a Woman's Heartis a must-read for every woman who toils in the kitchen, eager to feed a suitor who can navigate the way to her heart. Men who need a romantic compass in and out of the kitchen will applaud its wisdom and secret recipes for food and gestures of love from the depths of a woman's soul pantry. A Way to a Woman's Heartis a new age cornucopia of culinary delights, entreating photos, and passionate excerpts from women of varied backgrounds, life experiences, and perspectives on relationships. We invite you to sit and dine with the hearts of women around the country.

Chuck Snyder (Author), Chuck Snyder (Narrator)

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Basking in Bordeaux from the Left Bank

Vine Talk (Author), Marcus Samuelsson, Michael Shannon, Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci, Warren Leight (Narrator)

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Dethroning the King: The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch, an American Icon

How did InBev, a Belgian company controlled by Brazilians, take over one of America's most beloved brands after barely a whimper of a fight? Timing, and some unexpected help from powerful members of the Busch dynasty, the very family that had run the company for more than a century. In Dethroning the King, Julie MacIntosh, an award-winning financial journalist who led coverage of the takeover for the Financial Times, details how the drama that unfolded at Anheuser-Busch in 2008 went largely unreported as the world tumbled into a global economic crisis second only to the Great Depression. Today, as the dust settles, questions are being asked about how the "King of Beers" was so easily captured by a foreign corporation, and whether the company's fall mirrors America's dwindling financial and political dominance. In Dethroning the King, MacIntosh: —Discusses how the takeover of Anheuser-Busch will be seen as a defining moment in U.S. business history —Reveals the critical missteps taken by the Busch family and the Anheuser-Busch board —Argues that Anheuser-Busch had a chance to save itself from InBev's clutches, but strong forces behind the scenes forced it to capitulate From the very heart of America's heartland to the European continent to Brazil, Dethroning the King is the ultimate corporate caper and a fascinating case study that's both wide-reaching and profound.

Julie Macintosh (Author), Joyce Bean (Narrator)

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