The Book Company: New Products - Culinary

The Hungry Brewer (A Craft Beer Pioneer's Journey Through Family, Business, and Reinvention)

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:36:12 +0000

Like opening the tap to pour a foam-topped glass of freshly fermented stout, THE HUNGRY BREWER is an insider’s guide to the world of beer & cider from the legendary brewmaster at Chicago’s Goose Island Beer Company.

If wine nerds are known as snobs, beer geeks are known as great b..

Price: $29.00

All of This (A Memoir of Death and Desire)

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:24:47 +0000

“Beautifully written, complex, provocative, painful, genuine...an unforgettable memoir.”—ROXANE GAY

“Wonderfully lyrical and uncomfortably honest in a way that is so rare, yet so needed.”—JENNY LAWSON

“Disturbing and profound, this intimate ..

Price: $26.99

How to Eat with Your Hands (Roti Shoti and Other Ways to Settle In)

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:01:39 +0000

With recipes from around the world at our fingertips, have we lost some of the heart that once shaped our everyday cooking?
How to Eat with Your Hands invites readers to rediscover the joy of building a personal, everyday cuisine — one rooted not in perfection, but..
Price: $26.00

Good Taste

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:57:00 +0000

A memoir and manifesto of culinary inspiration from Michelin starred chef Alain Ducasse, with introductions by internationally renowned author and food writer Jay McInerney and chef Clare Smyth.

“Through this book Alain Ducasse, always looking for new things, passes on everything he kno..
Price: $17.95

The Chicago Way (An Oral History of Chicago Dining)

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:38:01 +0000

"[A&91; must-read for Chicago’s foodies."— Publishers Weekly
The untold stories behind Chicago's globally celebrated culinary scene—from revolutionary chefs to kitchen disasters to public uproars to Michelin stars, told by the cooks, servers, restaurateurs, critics, d..
Price: $20.00

Big Appetites (Five Couples Who Dreamed Up a Revolution in Food)

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:09:20 +0000

From the acclaimed author of What She Ate, the story of five couples whose dreams, experiments, and triumphs fueled a revolution at the kitchen table.

In Big Appetites, the journalist and culinary historian Laura Shapiro introduces readers to some of the cooks and activ..
Price: $35.00

Try One Bite (Saving My Life, One Restaurant at a Time)

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:18:12 +0000

For fans of Tamar Adler and Ruth Reichl, a poignant yet comic tale of how one woman dodged a late-life crisis, discovered her best self, and fell back in love with her childhood sweetheart: restaurants.

Karen Stabiner has found community—and joy—in restaurants since she was..
Price: $18.99

Last Morning at Nora's Table (A Chef's Memoir with Recipes)

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:15:18 +0000

Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential meets Ina Garten’s Be Ready When the Luck Happens in this deliciously reflective memoir of one woman as she recounts her journey of becoming an accomplished chef—the hard way.

The kitchen saved Kathy Watson’s life.Price: $18.99

How to Cook Rice (On the Care and Feeding of an Immigrant Family)

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:09:31 +0000

For fans of Crying in H Mart and Taiwan Travelogue

A soulful blend of memoir and recipes, How to Cook Rice is a tender exploration of how food becomes the language of love and identity in a Taiwanese American immigrant family.

In How to Cook Ri..
Price: $28.99

A Ladle against the Drones (One Family's Fight to Feed Gaza)

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:01:58 +0000
The story a kitchen—and a family—that refuses to let the fire go out.

“I played with the last bowl.”

When Chef Mahmoud was killed, the Gaza Soup Kitchen could have closed. He was the heart of the operation, the one who fed the hungry when no one else could. B..
Price: $20.00