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Nov

24

2022

Bestseller Spotlight: Feast!

Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. Many of us are enjoying Thanksgiving feasts, so we decided that should be theme this …

Nov

11

2022

Eat a Peach by David Chang

This book is so many things, and I love all of it because David Chang is unflinchingly real. He talks through being a child of immigrants, depressions, imposter syndrome, making mistakes, reaching out for help and walking away from that help. As an entrepreneur, I saw myself and I saw how I can become a …

Nov

25

2021

Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer’s Guide by Cicely Wong and Dylan Thuras

From the Atlas Obscura team, this beautiful book is variously a travel guide, an overview of what the world eats, and a history lesson. You can find something intriguing on every page. It doubles as food & travel porn and is the perfect gift for the hard-to-shop-for person on your list. –sweet pea, King’s Books, …

Nov

8

2021

2022 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Shortlist Announced

Each year since 1965, the Pacific Northwest Book Awards have celebrated exceptional books written by Northwest authors. PNBA is proud to announce the 2022 Book Awards Shortlist, selected by a committee of independent booksellers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. This year’s committee chose the following 12 finalists, crafted by Northwest authors, from a list …

Jul

21

2021

My Place at the Table: A Recipe for
a Delicious Life in Paris
by Alexander Lobrano

Last night I read this wonderful book. The story of a little boy in CT who grows up to be a restaurant critic in Paris, then at Gourmet magazine (oh how I miss that publication). If you love food & dining like I do, you will devour this in one sitting. James Beard, Julia Child, …

Apr

6

2021

The Seattle Times Profiles Spokane Author Kate Lebo

Prior to last night’s virtual event hosted by Third Place Books (Seattle), Village Books (Bellingham), Browsers Bookshop (Olympia), and  Auntie’s Books (Spokane), Rebekah Denn wrote a piece about Spokane author Kate Lebo. Read it to get some new book recommendations and a fresh look at a favorite author. Lebo’s newest work is The Book of …

Mar

28

2018

How to Taste

How to Taste by Becky Selengut

A different book about the art and science of flavor might be called “How We Taste,” but Becky Selengut, local chef and (you can tell) beloved cooking instructor, emphasizes the “to” in her title. Taste may be individual (and she’s fully aware there are many kinds of palates), but she wants to show you, in …

Jul

3

2017

Upstream

Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table by Langdon Cook

We live in salmon country, right? That’s what we tell ourselves, and in many ways it’s still true, but it’s a complicated, conflicted business now, with hatcheries, dams, $56 Copper River entrees, and, yes, millions of wild salmon still wriggling their way up Northwest streams and rivers to spawn. Cook is a superb guide to …

Sep

21

2016

Pancakes in Paris

Pancakes in Paris by Craig Carlson

If you are a foodie and Francophile, or if you like a rags-to-riches story, you should arm yourself with a strong cup of coffee and a croissant, curl up in an armchair, and tuck into Craig Carlson’s memoir, Pancakes in Paris. A bit like Gabrielle Hamilton of Blood, Bones and Butter, Carlson starts life treading the …

Aug

3

2016

Mediterranean

Mediterranean Summer by David Shalleck with Erol Munuz

“The ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ of Mediterranean yachting, told from the chef’s point of view.” –Carol Spurling, BookPeople of Moscow, Moscow, ID Upper crust Italian locavores, gorgeous ports-of-call, elegance, and deliciousness all in one true story? Plus a forward by Mario Batali? How had we not read this before? Let’s all get our copies at BookPeople or another independent …

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