Ecco: 398 books
Visitation Street
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Chosen by Denis Lehane for his eponymous imprint, Ivy Pochoda’s Visitation Street is a riveting literary mystery set against the rough-hewn backdrop of the New York waterfront in Red Hook.
It’s summertime in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a blue-collar dockside neighborhood. June and Val, two fifteen-year-olds,...
Tubes
A Journey to the Center of the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
“Andrew Blum plunges into the unseen but real ether of the Internet in a journey both compelling and profound….You will never open an email in quite the same way again.”
—Tom Vanderbilt, New York Times bestselling author of Traffic
In Tubes, Andrew Blum, a correspondent at Wired magazine,...
Bobby Fischer Goes to War
How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
In the summer of 1972, with a presidential crisis stirring in the United States and the cold war at a pivotal point, two men—the Soviet world chess champion Boris Spassky and his American challenger Bobby Fischer—met in the most notorious chess match of all time. Their showdown in Reykjavik, Iceland,...
Mastering My Mistakes in the Kitchen
Learning to Cook with 65 Great Chefs and Over 100 Delicious Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
An uproarious, inspiring cookbook from the longtime editor-in-chief of Food & Wine magazine, in which the first lady of food spills the secret of her culinary ineptitude, while learning—finally—to cook, side-by-side with some of the greatest chefs working today, from David Chang to Alice Waters...
by Andrew Carmellini, Gwen Hyman
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Andrew Carmellini, two-time James Beard Award winner, acclaimed author of Urban Italian, and executive chef–owner of the hit New York City restaurants Locanda Verde and The Dutch, takes readers on a wonderfully rich and diverse tour through the ingredients and cuisines that constitute American flavor
For...
by Lorraine Pascale
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
The international culinary superstar and author of A Lighter Way to Bake returns with a bright and breezy full-color cookbook that features 100 simple yet elegant recipes for everyday and entertaining.
Infused with her charisma and charm, Everyday Easy showcases Lorraine Pascale’s elegant,...
by Masaharu Morimoto
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
The revered Iron Chef shows how to make flavorful, exciting traditional Japanese meals at home in this beautiful cookbook that is sure to become a classic, featuring a carefully curated selection of fantastic recipes and more than 150 color photos.
Japanese cuisine has an intimidating reputation...
United States of Pie
Regional Favorites from East to West and North to South
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
A baker’s delight, United States of Pie is an utterly charming and mouthwatering compendium of heirloom American pies—regional favorites from East to West and North to South—gathered lovingly together by Adrienne Kane, author of Cooking and Screaming and creator of the popular food blog www.nosheteria.com....
The Encyclopedia of Spices and Herbs
An Essential Guide to the Flavors of the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
From the Emmy-nominated host of the award-winning Top Chef, an A-to-Z compendium of spices, herbs, salts, peppers, and blends, with beautiful photography and a wealth of explanation, history, and cooking advice.
Award-winning cookbook author and television host Padma Lakshmi, inspired by her...
Appetites
A Cookbook
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Anthony Bourdain is a man of many appetites. And for many years, first as a chef, later as a world-traveling chronicler of food and culture on his CNN series Parts Unknown, he has made a profession of understanding the appetites of others. These days, however, if he’s cooking, it’s for family...
The Arthur Avenue Cookbook
Recipes and Memories from the Real Little Italy
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Arthur Avenue winds its way through the heart of theBronx. Known to many as the "real Little Italy," the storiedArthur Avenue neighborhood has been home to a vibrantcommunity of Italian-Americans for over a hundred years.Today, this area continues to thrive as visitors and residents stopto...
What Do Women Want?
Adventures in the Science of Female Desire
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
In What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire, critically acclaimed journalist Daniel Bergne disseminates the latest scientific research and paints an unprecedented portrait of female lust: the triggers, the fantasies, the mind-body connection (and disconnection), the reasons behind...
I Contain Multitudes
The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Joining the ranks of popular science classics like The Botany of Desire and The Selfish Gene, a groundbreaking, wondrously informative, and vastly entertaining examination of the most significant revolution in biology since Darwin—a “microbe’s-eye view” of the world that reveals a marvelous,...
Vagina
Revised and Updated
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
An astonishing work of cutting–edge science and cultural history from one of our most respected cultural critics and thinkers, Naomi Wolf, author of the modern classic The Beauty Myth
When an unexpected medical crisis sends Naomi Wolf on a journey to tease out the intersections between sexuality...