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Raw Dog

The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

By: Jamie Loftus
Narrated by: Jamie Loftus
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

“This book is a freaking wild ride, which I recommend you get on. Yes, there is hot dog information between the unfiltered commentary from the author, who reminds me of a young Anthony Bourdain, while they wander along the road searching for this iconic food. Read more

Agave Spirits

The Past, Present, and Future of Mezcals

By: Gary Paul Nabhan & David Suro Pinera
Narrated by: Adi Cabral
Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

All tequilas are mezcals; all mezcals are made from agaves; and every bottle of mezcal is the remarkable result of collaborations among agave entrepreneurs, botanists, distillers, beverage distributors, bartenders, and more. How these groups come together in this "spirits world" is the subject of this fascinating new book by the acclaimed... Read more

Raw Deal

Hidden Corruption, Corporate Greed, and the Fight for the Future of Meat

By: Chloe Sorvino
Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

A shocking and unputdownable exposé of the United States meat industry, the devastating failures of the country’s food system, and the growing disappointment of alternative meat producers claiming to revolutionize the future of food. Perfect for fans of Kochland, The Meat Racket, and The Secret Life of Groceries.

Well before COVID-19 swept across... Read more

National Dish

Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home

By: Anya von Bremzen
Narrated by: Kathleen Gati
Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Named a Best Book of 2023 by Financial Times, The Guardian, and BBC's The Food Programme

In this engrossing and timely journey to the crossroads of food and identity, award-winning writer Anya von Bremzen explores six of the world’s most fascinating and iconic culinary cultures—France, Italy, Japan, Spain, Mexico, and Turkey—brilliantly weaving... Read more

Dinner With the President

By: Alex Prud'homme
Narrated by: Pat Grimes
Length: 16 hours 12 minutes

Some of the most significant moments in American history have occurred over meals, as U.S. presidents broke bread with friends or foe: Thomas Jefferson’s nationbuilding receptions in the new capital, Washington, D.C.; Ulysses S. Grant’s state dinner for the king of Hawaii; Teddy Roosevelt’s groundbreaking supper with Booker T. Washington; Jimmy... Read more

Soil

The Story of a Black Mother's Garden

By: Camille T Dungy
Narrated by: Camille T Dungy
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

“Part nature writing, part exploration of the African diaspora and Black identity, part memoir, Dungy puts herself in conversation with all the white nature writers who've come before - Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson - and exposes how a monoculture in both cultivars and cultural backgrounds threatens us and... Read more

Have You Eaten Yet?

Stories from Chinese Restaurants around the World

By: Cheuk Kwan
Narrated by: Brian Nishii
Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

From Haifa, Israel, to Cape Town, South Africa, Chinese entrepreneurs and restaurateurs have brought delicious Chinese food across the globe. Unraveling a complex history of cultural migration and world politics, Cheuk Kwan describes a fascinating story of culture and place, ultimately revealing how an excellent meal always tells an even better... Read more

Romaine Wasn't Built in a Day

The Delightful History of Food Language

By: Judith Tschann
Narrated by: Alejandra Reynoso
Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

Discover how the food we love shapes the language we use in this sharp, laugh-out-loud story of the etymology of food words. All food has a story, reaching as far back into history as language itself. Throughout time, as languages followed and reflected the tides of civilizations, food language came to represent some of the highs and lows of how... Read more

The Migrant Chef

The Life and Times of Lalo García

By: Laura Tillman
Narrated by: Cindy Kay
Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

A chef’s gripping quest to reconcile his childhood experiences as a migrant farmworker with the rarefied world of fine dining.

Born in rural Mexico, Eduardo “Lalo” García Guzmán and his family left for the United States when he was a child, picking fruits and vegetables on the migrant route from Florida to Michigan. He worked in Atlanta... Read more

Undercooked

How I Let Food Become My Life Navigator and How Maybe That's a Dumb Way to Live

By: Dan Ahdoot
Narrated by: Dan Ahdoot
Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

A collection of hilarious essays about how food became one man’s obsession and coping mechanism, and how it came to rule—and sometimes ruin—his relationships, from the Cobra Kai actor, stand-up comic, and host of Food Network’s Raid the Fridge

“When most people say they have an unhealthy relationship with food, they mean they eat too much of it... Read more