Bestsellers
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Unreasonable Hospitality
- The Remarkable Power of Giving People More than They Expect
- By: Will Guidara
- Narrated by: Will Guidara
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,712
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Performance4,257
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Story4,257
The must-read New York Times bestseller that's redefining hospitality and inspiring readers in every industry. - Featured in FX's The Bear and Showtime's Billions - JP Morgan NextList Pick Will Guidara was twenty-six when he took the helm of Eleven Madison Park, a struggling two-star brasserie...
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A Stratification What it Means to Be of Service
- By Amazon Customer on 10-31-22
By: Will Guidara
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Be Ready When the Luck Happens
- A Memoir
- By: Ina Garten
- Narrated by: Ina Garten
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,608
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Performance5,333
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Story5,333
In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table. Here, for the first time, Ina Garten...
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Interesting enough
- By Dayna C on 12-08-24
By: Ina Garten
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Kitchen Confidential
- Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
- By: Anthony Bourdain, Irvine Welsh - introduction
- Narrated by: Anthony Bourdain, Irvine Welsh
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38,002
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Performance31,759
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Story31,592
Includes a new introduction written and read by Irvine Welsh When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote "Don't Eat Before You Read This" in The New Yorker, he spared no one's appetite, revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door. In Kitchen Confidential, he expanded the appetizer into a deliciously...
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Kitchen Confidential
- By Holly on 02-20-03
By: Anthony Bourdain, and others
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Setting the Table
- The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
- By: Danny Meyer
- Narrated by: Danny Meyer
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Abridged
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Overall2,257
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Performance1,886
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Story1,884
The bestselling business book from award-winning restauranteur Danny Meyer, of Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, and Shake Shack Seventy-five percent of all new restaurant ventures fail, and of those that do stick around, only a few become icons. Danny Meyer started Union Square Cafe when he...
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ABRIDGED VERSION!?
- By Gregg Strader on 02-19-18
By: Danny Meyer
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I'm Not Trying To Be Difficult
- Stories from the Restaurant Trenches
- By: Drew Nieporent
- Narrated by: Drew Nieporent
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance24
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Story24
Drew Nieporent has been a staple of the New York dining scene for decades, establishing a host of iconic restaurants like Nobu, Tribeca Grill, and Montrachet. But his career started from much more humble beginnings—the grill at the local McDonald’s. A middle class kid from New York’s East...
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pretty good, fast listen
- By TDNYNJFL on 03-08-26
By: Drew Nieporent
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The Secret History of French Cooking
- The Outlaw Chefs Who Made Food Modern
- By: Luke Barr
- Narrated by: Luke Barr
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
From the New York Times bestselling author of Provence, 1970, a lively, dramatic account of the rise of French “nouvelle cuisine,” and the renegade chefs of the 1960s and 70s who revolutionized modern cooking. In The Secret History of French Cooking, Luke Barr takes readers inside the...
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A mostly Lacklustre Account…
- By Paula de la Cruz on 03-22-26
By: Luke Barr
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Unreasonable Hospitality
- The Remarkable Power of Giving People More than They Expect
- By: Will Guidara
- Narrated by: Will Guidara
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,712
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Performance4,257
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Story4,257
The must-read New York Times bestseller that's redefining hospitality and inspiring readers in every industry. - Featured in FX's The Bear and Showtime's Billions - JP Morgan NextList Pick Will Guidara was twenty-six when he took the helm of Eleven Madison Park, a struggling two-star brasserie...
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A Stratification What it Means to Be of Service
- By Amazon Customer on 10-31-22
By: Will Guidara
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Be Ready When the Luck Happens
- A Memoir
- By: Ina Garten
- Narrated by: Ina Garten
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,608
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Performance5,333
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Story5,333
In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table. Here, for the first time, Ina Garten...
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Interesting enough
- By Dayna C on 12-08-24
By: Ina Garten
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Kitchen Confidential
- Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
- By: Anthony Bourdain, Irvine Welsh - introduction
- Narrated by: Anthony Bourdain, Irvine Welsh
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38,002
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Performance31,759
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Story31,592
Includes a new introduction written and read by Irvine Welsh When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote "Don't Eat Before You Read This" in The New Yorker, he spared no one's appetite, revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door. In Kitchen Confidential, he expanded the appetizer into a deliciously...
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Kitchen Confidential
- By Holly on 02-20-03
By: Anthony Bourdain, and others
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Setting the Table
- The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
- By: Danny Meyer
- Narrated by: Danny Meyer
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Abridged
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Overall2,257
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Performance1,886
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Story1,884
The bestselling business book from award-winning restauranteur Danny Meyer, of Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, and Shake Shack Seventy-five percent of all new restaurant ventures fail, and of those that do stick around, only a few become icons. Danny Meyer started Union Square Cafe when he...
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ABRIDGED VERSION!?
- By Gregg Strader on 02-19-18
By: Danny Meyer
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I'm Not Trying To Be Difficult
- Stories from the Restaurant Trenches
- By: Drew Nieporent
- Narrated by: Drew Nieporent
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance24
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Story24
Drew Nieporent has been a staple of the New York dining scene for decades, establishing a host of iconic restaurants like Nobu, Tribeca Grill, and Montrachet. But his career started from much more humble beginnings—the grill at the local McDonald’s. A middle class kid from New York’s East...
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pretty good, fast listen
- By TDNYNJFL on 03-08-26
By: Drew Nieporent
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The Secret History of French Cooking
- The Outlaw Chefs Who Made Food Modern
- By: Luke Barr
- Narrated by: Luke Barr
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
From the New York Times bestselling author of Provence, 1970, a lively, dramatic account of the rise of French “nouvelle cuisine,” and the renegade chefs of the 1960s and 70s who revolutionized modern cooking. In The Secret History of French Cooking, Luke Barr takes readers inside the...
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A mostly Lacklustre Account…
- By Paula de la Cruz on 03-22-26
By: Luke Barr
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I Regret Almost Everything
- By: Keith McNally
- Narrated by: Richard E. Grant
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall492
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Performance463
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Story463
New York Times Bestseller The entertaining, irreverent, and surprisingly moving memoir by the visionary restaurateur behind such iconic New York institutions as Balthazar and Pastis. A memoir by the legendary proprietor of Balthazar, Pastis, Minetta Tavern, and Morandi, taking us from his gritty...
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Ever Surprising McNally
- By Carolyn on 06-29-25
By: Keith McNally
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A Cook's Tour
- Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines
- By: Anthony Bourdain
- Narrated by: Anthony Bourdain
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Abridged
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Overall17
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Performance17
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Story17
Read by the author and available digitally for the first time From the star of No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain's New York Times-bestselling chronicle of travelling the world in search the globe's greatest culinary adventures "Bourdain shows himself to be one of the country's best food writers...
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love Tony's unique style of storytelling
- By Jennifer Wofford Merkel on 03-22-26
By: Anthony Bourdain
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Medium Raw
- A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
- By: Anthony Bourdain
- Narrated by: Anthony Bourdain
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11,596
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Performance9,761
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Story9,700
Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV’s Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, “A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who...
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Surprisingly tender.
- By Sparkly on 10-09-12
By: Anthony Bourdain
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Taste
- My Life Through Food
- By: Stanley Tucci
- Narrated by: Stanley Tucci
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,815
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Performance4,244
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Story4,208
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a Notable Book of the Year by NPR and The Washington Post From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen. Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent...
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Should include a pdf of recipes
- By Jen Griffin on 10-23-21
By: Stanley Tucci
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World Travel
- An Irreverent Guide
- By: Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever
- Narrated by: Laurie Woolever, Shep Gordon, Christopher Bourdain, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall435
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Performance363
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Story362
A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to...
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Poor man’s version of Lonely Planet guidebooks
- By KC on 04-23-21
By: Anthony Bourdain, and others
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What I Ate in One Year
- (and related thoughts)
- By: Stanley Tucci
- Narrated by: Stanley Tucci
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall555
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Performance504
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Story504
From Stanley Tucci, award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author, a deliciously unique memoir chronicling a year’s worth of meals. “Sharing food is one of the purest human acts.” Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci’s life: from stracciatella soup served in...
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Boring. Don't bother.
- By Heather Flynn on 10-17-24
By: Stanley Tucci
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Your Table Is Ready
- Tales of a New York City Maître D'
- By: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina
- Narrated by: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,232
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Performance1,134
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Story1,129
"Trained in acting and a lifer in the restaurant business, Michael Cecchi-Azzolina doles out opinions in the tone of an authentic New Yorker. He narrates with a good pace and rhythm. The inner workings of the restaurant world as revealed are exhilarating but often sordid and salacious....this is...
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Accurately crass and heart felt
- By Amazon Customer on 01-10-23
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The Devil in the Kitchen
- Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef
- By: Marco Pierre White, James Steen
- Narrated by: Timothy Bentinck
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall1,513
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Performance1,320
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Story1,317
In The Devil in the Kitchen, White tells the story behind his ascent from working-class roots to culinary greatness, leaving no dish unserved....
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A chef / restaurateur must.
- By Brandon on 07-18-16
By: Marco Pierre White, and others
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Love & Whiskey
- By: Fawn Weaver
- Narrated by: Fawn Weaver
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Abridged
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Overall346
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Performance325
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Story325
Love & Whiskey is the true story of Jack Daniel, Nearest Green, the man, and Uncle Nearest, the whiskey company Fawn Weaver founded to honor and amplify Green's legacy.
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Just WOW…
- By Anonymous on 10-11-24
By: Fawn Weaver
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Being Old...and learning to love it!
- By: Prue Leith
- Narrated by: Prue Leith
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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Story9
SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, MARCH 2026 'I binged on it.' - NIGELLA LAWSON 'Few people have aged so gracefully and enterprisingly as Prue. How she's done it is a revelation, full of humour and practical advice.' - DELIA SMITH 'Oh my days, this book is an absolute JOY! It is like sitting down with...
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Not what I was expecting...
- By KT on 03-19-26
By: Prue Leith
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Tart
- Misadventures of an Anonymous Chef
- By: Slutty Cheff
- Narrated by: Charly Clive
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall61
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Performance56
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Story56
An Instant Sunday Times (London) Bestseller A New York Times Best Nonfiction Book of Summer 2025 A Vogue Best Book of 2025 So Far A Service95 Must-Read Book of 2025 A hilarious, hot, and steamy account of coming of age in and out of the kitchen, from the anonymous chef and columnist, Slutty...
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Love a foodie story
- By Amy Grigg on 03-02-26
By: Slutty Cheff
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The Apprentice
- My Life in the Kitchen
- By: Jacques Pépin
- Narrated by: Jacques Pépin, Michel Chevalier
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall233
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Performance196
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Story194
In this captivating memoir, the man whom Julia Child has called ""the best chef in America"" tells the story of his rise from a frightened apprentice in an exacting Old World kitchen to an Emmy Award<en&winning superstar who taught millions of Americans how to cook and shaped the nation's...
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Jacques Pépin never has disappointed
- By Peter on 10-03-20
By: Jacques Pépin
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Service Ready
- A Story of Love, Restaurants, and the Power of Hospitality
- By: Molly Irani
- Narrated by: Molly Irani
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
Molly Irani, the visionary cofounder of the James Beard Award–winning restaurant Chai Pani, shares her passion for hospitality and story of building a thriving business that puts people first. Growing up with parents who owned a restaurant, Molly understood the power of service but also had a...
By: Molly Irani
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Enough Already
- Learning to Love the Way I Am Today
- By: Valerie Bertinelli
- Narrated by: Valerie Bertinelli
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,501
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Performance2,213
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Story2,194
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Beloved actress, Food Network personality, and New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli reflects on life at sixty and beyond. Behind the curtain of her happy on-screen persona, Valerie Bertinelli’s life has been no easy ride, especially when it comes...
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Added politics opinion not relevant to story. Wish I could get credit for. Did not chose this for a political opinion.
- By jaci o on 01-18-22
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Care and Feeding
- A Memoir
- By: Laurie Woolever
- Narrated by: Laurie Woolever
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall227
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Performance206
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Story206
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! A candid, funny, and occasionally devastating culinary memoir of a woman making her way through the food world, navigating addiction, a cultural reckoning, and an unexpected tragedy In this moving, hilarious, and insightful bestselling memoir, Laurie...
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Raw, honest, courageous
- By Amy L. Buck on 03-14-25
By: Laurie Woolever
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In the Weeds
- Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain
- By: Tom Vitale
- Narrated by: Tom Vitale
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall894
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Performance761
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Story760
Anthony Bourdain's long time director and producer takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the insanity of filming television in some of the most volatile places in the world, and what it was like to work with a legend. "The most complete picture yet of Bourdain's complex and conflicted...
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Even more than I expected
- By DA1234 on 11-25-21
By: Tom Vitale
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Cork Dork
- A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste
- By: Bianca Bosker
- Narrated by: Bianca Bosker
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,656
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Performance1,492
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Story1,485
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' PICK “Thrilling . . . [told] with gonzo élan . . . When the sommelier and blogger Madeline Puckette writes that this book is the Kitchen Confidential of the wine world, she’s not wrong, though Bill Buford’s Heat is probably a...
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Interesting but not educational
- By Blake Brasher on 10-14-17
By: Bianca Bosker
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Finding Freedom
- A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch
- By: Erin French
- Narrated by: Erin French
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,434
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Performance1,293
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Story1,286
"[Erin French's] memoir treats listeners to a smooth ride through an anything-but-smooth life. French's engrossing narration delivers polished consistency, and her gentle tone ushers listeners through her story. She speaks with passion and grace, creating a compelling narrative--with plenty of...
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Ramblings of a narcissist
- By Ellen Satterthwaite-Phillips on 06-21-21
By: Erin French
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Save Me the Plums
- My Gourmet Memoir
- By: Ruth Reichl
- Narrated by: Ruth Reichl
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,538
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Performance1,349
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Story1,348
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A delicious insider account of the gritty, glamorous world of food culture.”—Vanity Fair In this “poignant and hilarious” (The New York Times Book Review) memoir, trailblazing food writer and beloved restaurant critic Ruth Reichl chronicles her...
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Great book, shame there wasn't a recipe PDF
- By Kathleen on 05-14-19
By: Ruth Reichl
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The Bottomless Cup
- A Memoir of Secrets, Restaurants, and Forgiveness
- By: Kevin Boehm
- Narrated by: Kevin Boehm
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance38
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Story38
An eye-opening, entertaining, and unflinchingly honest memoir that flows like The Tender Bar meets The Bear
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Interesting Insider Story of the Making of a Life in Hospitality
- By West Coast Traveler on 03-19-26
By: Kevin Boehm
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Eat a Peach
- A Memoir
- By: David Chang, Gabe Ulla
- Narrated by: David Chang
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,996
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Performance1,695
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Story1,686
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix’s Ugly Delicious—an intimate account of the making of a chef, the story of the modern restaurant world that he helped shape, and how he discovered that success can be much harder to understand than failure. ONE...
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So many threads coming into a wonderful tapstery.
- By Suzie on 09-12-20
By: David Chang, and others
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Food: A Love Story
- By: Jim Gaffigan
- Narrated by: Jim Gaffigan
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,120
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Performance3,616
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Story3,602
Comedian Jim Gaffigan reveals his most intimate food memories, opinions, and fantasies that will keep you laughing all the way to the refrigerator. “What are my qualifications to write this book? None really. So why should you read it? Here’s why: I’m a little fat. If a thin guy were to...
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Haven't We Heard All of This Before?
- By Joel on 11-19-14
By: Jim Gaffigan
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The French Ingredient
- Making a Life in Paris One Lesson at a Time; A Memoir
- By: Jane Bertch
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall79
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Performance74
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Story74
The inspiring and delicious memoir of an American woman who had the gall to open a cooking school in Paris—a true story of triumphing over French naysayers and falling in love with a city along the way “An engaging, multilayered story of a woman navigating innumerable cultural differences to...
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I waited for months for this and I'm so bored
- By Bohemian on 04-13-24
By: Jane Bertch
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From Scratch
- A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
- By: Tembi Locke
- Narrated by: Tembi Locke
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,360
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Performance4,816
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Story4,806
A 2020 Audie Award Finalist One of AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2019! Now a limited Netflix series starring Zoe Saldaña! This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is “a captivating story of love lost and found” (Kirkus Reviews) set in the lush Sicilian...
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Loved it.
- By Michael on 05-11-19
By: Tembi Locke