Summer Reading

Words gone wild! The best and the breeziest for beating the heat in 2002

"...now, the publishing industry has tended to predicate its summer sales on the idea that the best books for..."

May 31, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Summer Reading for Tiny Chefs

Kid-friendly food books perfect for cooking and gardening adventures

"...With school out and summer in full swing, the heat is on for new,..."

May 31, 2012 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Complete Summer Reading

Cookbooks, memoirs, and cultural studies to get you through the summer

May 28, 2010 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Summer Reading

"...Further Illuminations: More comics for your Summer Reading pleasure GET A LIFE..."

June 9, 2006 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Summer Reading

Words gone wild! The best and the breeziest for beating the heat in 2002

"...What makes better reading in the summer -- whether it's in a cold,..."

May 31, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Summer Reading

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

"...Ben Neihart's so-trashy-it's-almost-good thriller follows the working-class, shy, poetry-reading Drew and his best gal Bahar Richards, the flirty,..."

June 4, 1999 Books Review

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Pie

"...this season bears witness. I've spent plenty of time reading and baking from the books in this list, enough..."

June 1, 2012 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Summer Reading

"...Out of my peripheral vision I can see a..."

May 2, 1997 Books Feature

Summer Reading

For those new to speculative fiction in general and African-American writers of the form in particular, the newest 'Dark Matter' anthology, edited by Sheree Thomas, is the perfect guide

"...Dark Matter, Reading the Bones: Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora..."

May 27, 2005 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Summer Reading

Michael Connelly's ace homicide detective Harry Bosch is back with LAPD after three years' retirement

"...synonymous with hell even longer than people have been reading Sherlock Holmes. Bosch's new assignment with the cold case..."

May 27, 2005 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Summer Reading

"...Summer Vacation/Found PhotographsT. Adler Books, 126 pp., $30..."

June 1, 2001 Books Feature by Taylor Holland

The Mom 100 Cookbook: 100 Recipes Every Mom Needs in Her Back Pocket

"...of my goals for my nearly 7-year-old son this summer, in addition to finally ditching the training wheels on..."

June 1, 2012 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

The Juice, Vinous Veritas

"...Bridge­hamp­ton (Manhattan can be such a bore in the summer and the Hamptons are so amusing). What makes him..."

June 1, 2012 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

An American Demon: A Memoir

All play and no work makes a punk frontman demonic

"...that the evil men do make for hellishly fun reading...."

July 15, 2011 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West

"...documented, including photos, maps, and Harvey House recipes. After reading, you'll never contemplate airplane fare or roadside food again..."

May 28, 2010 Food Feature by MM Pack

Why Italians Love to Talk About Food

"...anthropology from many parts of the world. But upon reading this magnificent tome on the food culture of Italy,..."

May 28, 2010 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

In the Green Kitchen: Techniques to Learn by Heart

"...But after reading and cooking through a stack of recent cookbooks, the..."

May 28, 2010 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

The Icing on the Cupcake

Desserts

"...national love affair with cupcakes. But I admit, after reading and baking from Austinite Jennifer Ross' The Icing on..."

May 28, 2010 Food Feature by MM Pack

A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music

The blueprint for Tina Marsh's Creative Opportunity Orchestra

"...account of this fascinating organization will find it essential reading...."

July 17, 2009 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Cooking Up a Storm: Recipes Lost and Found From the Times-Picayune of New Orleans

Restoring the culinary legacy of America's most food-oriented city

"...of a city with a single book, but after reading and cooking from Cooking Up a Storm, it really..."

May 29, 2009 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Passion on the Vine: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Family in the Heart of Italy

A confessional about life, love, discovery, and the powerful draw of culture

"...cultural center of the food and wine universe. After reading Passion on the Vine, it's hard to disagree with..."

May 29, 2009 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Summer Reading

Also Recommended

"...others would think of them if they saw them reading a self-help book...."

May 28, 2004 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Summer Reading

"...Glass' show from time to time to do a reading, and the occasion always seems to end in my..."

June 1, 2001 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Summer Reading

"...her plots are not that satisfying, the experience of reading her novels remains a hard-to-match pleasure...."

June 1, 2001 Books Feature by Martin Wilson

Ice Cream Happy Hour: 50 Boozy Treats That You Spike and Freeze at Home

"...With summer at our doorstep and temperatures well into the 90s,..."

June 1, 2012 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Paletas: Authentic Recipes for Mexican Ice Pops, Shaved Ice & Aguas Frescas

"...In the summer of 2010, cookbook author and Mexico City native Fany..."

June 1, 2012 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It: And Other Cooking Projects

Learn to impress family and friends with your kitchen crafts

"...you find yourself with a bumper cucumber crop this summer or want to impress family and friends with your..."

May 29, 2009 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Summer Reading

"...the solstice rolls around, it looks to be another summer spangled with entertainments cobbled from comic-book source material. All..."

June 9, 2006 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Summer Reading

Reviewing the Central Market Cooking School

"...all sushi lovers and a fabulously funny and witty summer read...."

May 26, 2006 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Summer Reading

Reviewing the Central Market Cooking School

"...Cilantro. The main-course recipes are inspirational: Veal Chops With Summer Squash Gratin; Sea Bass Kabobs With Eggplant and Peppers;..."

May 26, 2006 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

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