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The Recipe Project: Recipes by Rock-Star Chefs Set to Song
The Recipe Project: Recipes by Rock-Star Chefs Set to Song

What moussaka sounds like, or how to cook The Beatles’ White Album like a culinary virtuoso.

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A Brief History of Menu Design, 1850-1985
A Brief History of Menu Design, 1850-1985

What vintage restaurants reveal about the economy, creative influences and the evolution of foodie culture.

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Move, Learn, Eat: Around the World in 3 Timelapse Short Films
Move, Learn, Eat: Around the World in 3 Timelapse Short Films

What an exploding volcano has to do with incredible edibles and a terabyte of globe-trotting footage.

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La Figa: Visions of Food and Form
La Figa: Visions of Food and Form

Humanity’s greatest appetites together at last, or what the farmer’s market has to do with the boudoir.

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They Draw & Cook: Recipes Illustrated by Artists from Around the World
They Draw & Cook: Recipes Illustrated by Artists from Around the World

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They Draw & Cook: Recipes Illustrated by Global Artists
They Draw & Cook: Recipes Illustrated by Global Artists

What starving artists have to do with toads, infatuated chickens, and the universal language of the cookie.

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Comic Books for Grown-Ups: 10 Masterpieces of Graphic Nonfiction
Comic Books for Grown-Ups: 10 Masterpieces of Graphic Nonfiction

Seeing the world in six-panel strips, or what Allen Ginsberg has to do with the wonders of zygotes.

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Kooky Cookery: Retro Recipes for Culinary Frankensteining
Kooky Cookery: Retro Recipes for Culinary Frankensteining

Betty Draper’s favorite tomato aspic, or what boiled bologna has to do with marshmallows.

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Bompas & Parr, Jelly Architects
Bompas & Parr, Jelly Architects

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Not Your Mama’s Guidebook: The Zinester’s Guide to NYC
Not Your Mama’s Guidebook: The Zinester’s Guide to NYC

What Chinatown fishmarkets have to do with the astrology of Brooklyn.

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