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26 AUGUST, 2013

Culinary Advice from James Beard, Illustrated by the Provensens

“Take time to cherish the old and to investigate the new.”

02 AUGUST, 2013

Bedroom via Kitchen: What Food Preferences Reveal about You and Your Romantic Partner

“You can learn a lot about a person from the way he or she eats.”

04 JUNE, 2013

Advice for Travel and Life: Founding Father Benjamin Rush’s 14 Rules for His Young Son, 1796

“Remember at all times that while you are seeing the world, the world will see you.”

18 DECEMBER, 2012

5½ Favorite Food Books of 2012

From Thomas Jefferson to the secret history of coffee, by way of urban farming and Downton Abbey.