The Man Who Ate Too Much China

The Man Who Ate Too Much ChinaIn the first portrait of James Beard in twenty five years, John Birdsall accomplishes what no prior telling of Beard's life and work has done: He looks beyond the public image of the "Dean of American Cookery" to give voice to the gourmet's complex, queer life and, in the process, illuminates the history of American food in the twentieth century. At a time when stuffy French restaurants and soulless Continental cuisine prevailed, Beard invented

but it soon becomes a life-or-death medical crisis for Melissa Loomis

modifications of the standard EMDR protocol

In this profound and personal book

Life seems perfect to Anne Shirley

and pass it on

but it's not the town we all quite knew

A revelatory and beautifully written memoir about what it's really like to live with the often-misunderstood disorder

crown and magic wand covered in glittering sparkles

When Gia’s takeout is delivered

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and more in this collection of five Pete-tastic stories bound up into one groovy book

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