Cooking audiobooks

The Sonoma Diet - Abridged

By: Connie Guttersen

Narrated by: Eliza Foss

Length: 3 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Finally, a diet for people who love great-tasting food!The Sonoma Diet combines modern nutrition with ancient traditions, stretching from the sunny Mediterranean to the sparkling hills of California's wine country.Author, nutritionist, and culinary expert Dr. Connie Guttersen's new weight loss plan lets you fill up on delicious food and still... Read more

Setting the Table - Abridged

By: Danny Meyer

Narrated by: Danny Meyer

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The bestselling business book from award-winning restauranteur Danny Meyer, of Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, and Shake ShackSeventy-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 was 27, with a good idea and hopeful investors. He is... Read more

Heat

By: Bill Buford

Narrated by: Michael Kramer

Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of our most interesting literary figures – former editor of Granta, former fiction editor at The New Yorker, acclaimed author of Among the Thugs– a sharp, funny, exuberant, close-up account of his headlong plunge into the life of a professional cook.

Expanding on his James Beard Award-winning New Yorker article, Bill Buford gives us a... Read more

Heat - Abridged

By: Bill Buford

Narrated by: Bill Buford

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From one of our most interesting literary figures – former editor of Granta, former fiction editor at The New Yorker, acclaimed author of Among the Thugs – a sharp, funny, exuberant, close-up account of his headlong plunge into the life of a professional cook.

Expanding on his James Beard Award-winning New Yorker article, Bill Buford gives us a... Read more

The Omnivore's Dilemma

By: Michael Pollan

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 15 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of the Year

Winner of the James Beard Award

Author of #1 New York Times Bestsellers In Defense of Food and Food Rules

What should we have for dinner? Ten years ago, Michael Pollan confronted us with this seemingly simple question and, with The Omnivore’s Dilemma, his brilliant and eye-opening... Read more

My Life in France

By: Julia Child

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child’s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found her “true calling.”

From the moment the ship docked in Le Havre, en route to Paris, in the fall of 1948, Julia had an awakening that changed her life. Soon this tall, outspoken gal from Pasadena, California, who... Read more

Sweet and Low - Abridged

By: Rich Cohen

Narrated by: Rich Cohen

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sweet and Low is the amazing, bittersweet, hilarious story of an American family and its patriarch, a short-order cook named Ben Eisenstadt who, in the years after World War II, invented the sugar packet and Sweet'N Low, converting his Brooklyn cafeteria into a factory and amassing the great fortune that would destroy his family.

It is also the... Read more

My Life in France - Abridged

By: Julia Child & Alex Prud'homme

Narrated by: Flo Salant Greenberg

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child’s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found her “true calling.”

From the moment the ship docked in Le Havre, en route to Paris, in the fall of 1948, Julia had an awakening that changed her life. Soon this tall, outspoken gal from Pasadena, California, who... Read more

The Big Oyster - Abridged

By: Mark Kurlansky

Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Before New York City was the Big Apple, it could have been called the Big Oyster. Now award-winning author Mark Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of New York by following the trajectory of one of its most fascinating inhabitants–the oyster, whose influence on the great metropolis remains unparalleled.

For centuries New York was famous for its... Read more

French Women Don't Get Fat

By: Mireille Guiliano

Narrated by: Kathe Mazur

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Stylish, convincing, wise, funny–and just in time: the ultimate non-diet book, which could radically change the way you think and live.

French women don’t get fat, but they do eat bread and pastry, drink wine, and regularly enjoy three-course meals. In her delightful tale, Mireille Guiliano unlocks the simple secrets of this “French paradox”–how... Read more

Hidden Kitchens - Abridged

By: Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva

Narrated by: Frances McDormand

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Food is our common ground, a universal experience. –James Beard
The saga of the Chili Queens of San Antonio, NASCAR kitchens tucked away in the crew pits at race tracks, the story of an unexpected kitchen—the George Foreman Grill—these stories and more from Hidden Kitchens, the popular and highly acclaimed radio series on NPR's morning... Read more

Julie and Julia - Abridged

By: Julie Powell

Narrated by: Julie Powell

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The bestselling memoir that's "irresistible....A kind of Bridget Jones meets The French Chef" (Philadelphia Inquirer) that inspired Julie & Julia, the major motion picture directed by Nora Ephron, starring Amy Adams as Julie and Meryl Streep as Julia.

Nearing 30 and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, Julie Powell reclaims her life by... Read more

Nicky Deuce: Welcome to the Family

By: Steven R. Schirripa & Charles Fleming

Narrated by: Joe Grifasi

Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s July, and Nicholas Borelli II’s parents are scheduled to spend two weeks on a cruise. Nicholas will spend those two weeks, as he does every summer, at Camp Wannameka. The night before he’s to leave, however, there’s a phone call: thanks to an explosion in the septic system, camp is canceled. The only place for Nicholas to go instead is to... Read more

The Anti-Inflammation Zone - Abridged

By: Barry Sears

Narrated by: Barry Sears

Length: 3 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

No one is immune from silent inflammation -- a condition that occurs when the body's natural immune system goes awry -- the underlying factor behind the development of these dreaded diseases and more:• Heart Disease • Cancer • Dementia • Arthritis • DiabetesDr. Barry Sears reveals how to combat silent inflammation in order to reduce your risk of... Read more

Stuffed

By: Patricia Volk

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Patricia Volk's delicious, charming, and wildly funny memoir lets us into her big, crazy, loving, cheerful, infuriating, and wonderful family, where you're never just hungry—you're starving to death, and you're never just full—you're stuffed.Volk's family fed New York City for one hundred years, from 1888 when her great-grandfather introduced... Read more

MaryJane's Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook - Abridged

By: MaryJane Butters

Narrated by: MaryJane Butters

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

MaryJane Butters’ sense of purpose is as big as the Idaho landscape where her organic farm is nestled. She wants nothing less than to reconnect us all with the food we eat and the heritage of farming that belongs to all of us, and nothing more than to empower and encourage rural women everywhere ... she is cultivating not just a farm but a... Read more

Don't Eat This Book

By: Morgan Spurlock

Narrated by: Morgan Spurlock

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

For 30 days, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald’s as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on American health. The resulting documentary earned him an Academy Award nomination and broke box-office records worldwide.But there’s more to the story, and in Don’t Eat This Book, Spurlock examines everything from school lunch... Read more

Garlic and Sapphires

By: Ruth Reichl

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES is Ruth Reichl's riotous account of the many disguises she employs to dine anonymously. There is her stint as Molly Hollis, a frumpy blond with manicured nails and an off-beige Armani suit that Ruth takes on when reviewing Le Cirque. The result: her famous double review of the restaurant: first she ate there as Molly; and... Read more

The Fast Track One-Day Detox Diet - Abridged

By: Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., CNS

Narrated by: Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., CNS

Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

You know how it is. That special event just around the corner and you can’t fit into your designer jeans. You need a fool-proof, emergency weight-loss method that really works and works fast. So how do you safely and quickly lose those extra pounds?

Once again, renowned health pioneer and bestselling author Ann Louise Gittleman has a quick,... Read more

The 3-Day Solution Plan - Abridged

By: Laurel Mellin

Narrated by: Laurel Mellin

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Solution to Dieting!

Almost everyone who wants to lose weight makes a painful discovery: diets don’t work. After following the rules and wrestling with the temptations, nearly all dieters regain what they have lost–and then some. What’s worse, the anger and frustration of constant dieting just make us want to eat more! If only we could turn... Read more

Garlic and Sapphires - Abridged

By: Ruth Reichl

Narrated by: Ruth Reichl

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Includes an interview with the author and recipe cards!

GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES is Ruth Reichl's riotous account of the many disguises she employs to dine anonymously. There is her stint as Molly Hollis, a frumpy blond with manicured nails and an off-beige Armani suit that Ruth takes on when reviewing Le Cirque. The result: her famous double... Read more

French Women Don't Get Fat - Abridged

By: Mireille Guiliano

Narrated by: Mireille Guiliano

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Stylish, convincing, wise, funny–and just in time: the ultimate non-diet book, which could radically change the way you think and live.

French women don’t get fat, but they do eat bread and pastry, drink wine, and regularly enjoy three-course meals. In her delightful tale, Mireille Guiliano unlocks the simple secrets of this “French paradox”–how... Read more

The Pat Conroy Cookbook - Abridged

By: Pat Conroy

Narrated by: Pat Conroy

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

America's favorite storyteller is back—with a memoir of good food and good company from his beloved South and beyond.

This audiobook is the story of my life as it relates to the subject of food. It is my autobiography in food and meals and restaurants and countries far and near. Let me take you to a restaurant on the Left Bank of Paris that... Read more

Puttin' on the Grits

By: Deborah Ford

Narrated by: Deborah Ford

Length: 3 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Family and friends are the center of life in the South, and kitchens the center of Southern homes, so there is no better way to celebrate Southern traditions than a book on entertaining. From the heartfelt love in Grandma’s dumplings to the stomping good fun at a hoedown, Southern entertaining is special. This book will help everyone to be as... Read more