Reviews of business, biography, current events, self-help, memoir, and lifestyle books. en-us http://www.publishersweekly.com/community/Non%2DFiction+Books/47142.html?nid=3319 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.publishersweekly.com/info/337409.html Terms of Use. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:42:59 MST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705988.html?nid=3319 In this issue's round-up of cookbook-related news, pierogi lovers celebrate The Veselka Cookbook; a food-centric series of discussions, readings and tastings takes place in New York; Diane Sawyer greets her sister-in-law, Su-Mei Yu on air to talk Thai recipes; Pioneer Woman signs on for a memoir, a new cookbook and two kids' books; Californians party for My Nepenthe; and Eleven Madison Park gets a book deal. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:32:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705985.html?nid=3319 Cookbook editor and food blogger Luisa Weiss recently sold a memoir, My Berlin Kitchen, to Viking. On her blog, The Wednesday Chef, Weiss explained, “I'm moving back to Berlin and I'm writing a book, about Berlin, about my life, about cooking and home and family and love.” She talked to PW from her office at Stewart, Tabori and Chang, where she’s wrapping things up before departing for Berlin in December. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:31:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705981.html?nid=3319 The new Emeryville, Calif., company that blends text and video last week announced the arrival of its first cookvook, The Breakaway Japanese Kitchen by Eric Gower, which Kodansha first published in 2003. The vook features recipes and professionally-shot videos showing Gower preparing contemporary Japanese dishes such as roasted hamachi with miso-apricot glaze and udon with herby pesto. For $5.99, viewers can stream the vook from the Web or download it to their iPhone or iPod touch. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:28:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705893.html?nid=3319 Last week’s issue of PW listed our editors’ picks for the best books of the year. Five out of the 100 were books about food: Ad Hoc at Home, Born Round, Gourmet Today, Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy and Momofuku. While we’re the first to agree those books deserve props, here are 10 more (plus 10 honorable mentions) from this year that also warrant attention. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:27:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705660.html?nid=3319 Starred reviews for: Still Life by Melissa Milgrom; Paper Fortunes by Roy C. Smith; Our Times by A.N. Wilson; The Harvard Psychedelic Club by Don Lattio; Love & War by John and Stasi Eldredge; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704405.html?nid=3319 Stars for Elif Batuman's The Possessed, Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow, Sean Carroll's From Eternity to Here, Raj Patel's The Value of Nothing, Lee Smith's The Strong Horse, and Andrew Friedman's Knives at Dawn. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704612.html?nid=3319 When Wall Street faltered last October, so did the demand for luxury goods. Even so, 15-year-old Assouline Publishing, founded in France by Martine and Prosper Assouline, has managed to maintain its footing by publishing books that are intended to be just as much a luxury brand as watches at Cartier. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704182.html?nid=3319 Chronicle Books announced yesterday that former Ten Speed Press publisher Lorena Jones has taken over as publishing director. In her new role, Jones will initiate a digital food and drink publishing program, and oversee Chronicle’s food and drink list as a whole. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:34:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703579.html?nid=3319 Gourmet Today had a lot going for it before the magazine folded on October 5. But now that Gourmet’s final issue is on newsstands, sales of the book have jumped. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has seen sales increase since the magazine closed—which was only two weeks after the book went on sale—and former editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl, who’d committed to touring to promote the book months ago, has been a hotter than usual ticket in light of recent events. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703583.html?nid=3319 It's a big season for books about cheese. The coming months will see the publication of books on making cheese at home, building and running a small dairy, and cooking with cheese. There are books about people who’ve devoted their lives to cheese, and even a memoir by one of them. And, of course, there are reference books (which are necessary, since there are some 700 kinds of cheese in existence). Here's a summary of what's coming up. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703586.html?nid=3319 Former Viking assistant editor Ann Mah left New York for Beijing, took a job as the dining editor for the English-language magazine That’s Beijing, and wrote a novel about a young Chinese-American woman who moves to Beijing in the midst of an identity crisis. Mah spoke to PW from Paris, where she now lives, about Kitchen Chinese: A Novel about Food, Family, and Finding Yourself, which Avon will publish as a paperback original in February. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703619.html?nid=3319 This week, pics of Mark Peel celebrating at Campanile in L.A., Alicia Silverstone signing copies of her new book at the NYC Wine & Food Festival, Alton Brown answering questions at a B&N in Manhattan, John Besh partying in New Orleans, and Sarah Levy toasting her new baking book in Chicago. Also: news about HarperCollins picking up the self-published culinary novel The Recipe Club, and ATK founder Chris Kimball talks to PW about the Kindle. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703537.html?nid=3319 Stars for Alice Wood's Wealth Watchers and How They See Us, edited by James Atlas. Also featured: Steven Solomon, Alanna Nash, P.D. James, Frank Kermode, Alison Weir, Shankar Vedantam, and more. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6702298.html?nid=3319 Starred reviews for Janice Perlman's Favela, Peter Hessler's Country Driving, Leila J. Rupp's Sapphistries, Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6701658.html?nid=3319 HCI is giving one of its authors his own imprint. FG Publishing, Inc., will be headed by author, entrepreneur, speaker and philanthropist Farrah Gray. HCI published Gray’s book Reallionaire: Nine Steps to Becoming Rich from the Inside Out in 2005, in which Gray explained how he became a millionaire at age 14 and went on to launch businesses and foundations and publish several books. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:26:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6700075.html?nid=3319 It’s still early to predict which food books will be most popular this holiday season, but The Deluxe Food Lover’s Companion could be in the running. It is the fifth edition of a popular culinary reference book that was first released 19 years ago and has sold more than a million copies since then. And at $29.99, it’s a rare example of the “deluxe” book also being the wallet-friendly book. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6701521.html?nid=3319 Last week I visited the West Coast, spending time in San Francisco, Napa Valley and Portland, Ore., and while I knew all three places deserved a place on any foodie’s map, I wasn’t prepared for the breadth of offerings. Food carts, coffee stands and bakeries deserve just as many accolades as Thomas Keller’s temples of cuisine. Cookbook fans and armchair travelers, take note. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6701099.html?nid=3319 This week's children's book reviews include new picture books from Kazuna Kohara, Emily Gravett, and Julianna, Isabella, and Craig Hatkoff; PW's review of the latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, Dog Days; new fiction from Josh Lieb, Robin Brande and Barry Lyga; as well as nonfiction, new picture books about the Obamas and a trio of small but thought-provoking gift books. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6701100.html?nid=3319 Starred reviews for Grant McCracken's Chief Culture Officer and John R. Coats's Original Sinners. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6699837.html?nid=3319 Starred reviews for Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Hillel Cohen's Good Arabs, Barbara Levin's Finding Frida Kahlo, Michael Benson's Far Out, Thomas Keller Artisan's Ad Hoc at Home, and Mille Katzen's Get Cooking. 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