Yes Chef!

Waiter Rant

Thanks for the Tip - Confessions of a Cynical Waiter

By: Steve Dublanica
Narrated by: Dan John Miller
Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

According to The Waiter, eighty percent of customers are nice people just looking for something to eat. The remaining twenty percent, however, are socially maladjusted psychopaths. WAITER RANT offers the server’s unique point of view, replete with tales of customer stupidity, arrogant misbehavior, and unseen bits of human grace transpiring in... Read more

Arsenic and Adobo

A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery: Book #1

By: Mia P. Manansala
Narrated by: Danice Cabanela
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

A RUSA Award-winning novel!

The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes—one that might just be killer....

When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. She's tasked with saving her Tita Rosie's failing restaurant,... Read more

With the Fire on High

By: Elizabeth Acevedo
Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

“Another fantastic piece of literature by the remarkable Elizabeth Acevedo. "With the Fire on High" weaves together a beautiful story told from the perspective of high school senior and culinary prodigy Emoni Santiago. While tackling the challenges of school, young love, and raising her two-year-old daughter, Emoni must find the strength to fight... Read more

Kitchen Confidential

Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

By: Anthony Bourdain
Narrated by: Anthony Bourdain
Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

“If you want the raw, uncut version of Anthony Bourdain’s cooking life look no further! Kitchen Confidential documents the nitty gritty of the back of house - and how truly at home many cooks feel while sweating and yelling their way through 60+ hour workweeks. Anthony Bourdain is frank with his recount of his rise and fall throughout the ranks... Read more

Eat a Peach

A Memoir

By: David Chang & Gabe Ulla
Narrated by: David Chang
Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

“I'm a sucker for egomaniacal chef memoirs, and this one is no exception. Packed with mistakes, moments of genius and lots of culinary vocabulary, Chang's narration is direct, his style efficient as knife skills on the line. Amazing to think that Momofuku changed the way we eat more than 15 years ago. If you liked "Kitchen Confidential," download... Read more

Love from Scratch

By: Kaitlyn Hill
Narrated by: Bailey Carr
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Rival interns with sizzling chemistry in and out of the kitchen? That’s a recipe for love.
 
“Sweet and satisfying!”—Jenna Evans Welch, New York Times bestselling author of Love & Gelato

This summer, Reese Camden is trading sweet tea and Southern hospitality for cold brew and crisp coastal air. She's landed her dream marketing internship at... Read more

Zabar's

A Family Story, with Recipes

By: Lori Zabar
Narrated by: Erin Bennett
Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

The fascinating, mouthwatering story (with recipes!) of the immigrant familythat created a New York gastronomic legend: “The most rambunctious andchaotic of all delicatessens, with one foot in the Old World and the other inthe vanguard of every fast-breaking food move in the city.” —Nora Ephron

When Louis and Lilly Zabar rented a counter in a... Read more

California Soul

An American Epic of Cooking and Survival

By: Keith Corbin & Kevin Alexander
Narrated by: Keith Corbin
Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • A sharply crafted and unflinchingly honest memoir about gangs, drugs, cooking, and living life on the line—both on the streets and in the kitchen—from one of the most exciting stars in the food world today

“Beautiful. Moving. Inspiring. Get it.”—Chris Storer, Emmy Award–winning creator of The Bear

A SALON BEST BOOK OF... Read more

My Ackee Tree

A Chef's Memoir of Finding Home in the Kitchen

By: Suzanne Barr
Narrated by: Suzanne Barr
Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 TASTE CANADA AWARDS* NOMINATED FOR THE 2023 HERITAGE TORONTO AWARDS

For fans of The Measure of My Powers and Notes from a Young Black Chef, a memoir about food, family, and the recipes that brought one woman home when she needed it the most.

Suzanne Barr’s journey to become a chef started when she was 30. Her mother was... Read more

Hotbox

Inside Catering, the Food World's Riskiest Business

By: Matt Lee & Ted Lee
Narrated by: Matt Lee & Ted Lee
Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

"As the Lees deftly interview chefs, workers, and clients, their Southern charm enhances their narration...Even non-foodies will savor lesser known morsels of information and marvel at how the wealthy celebrate." — AudioFile Magazine

This program is read by the authors.

Matt Lee and Ted Lee take on the competitive, wild world of high-end catering,... Read more

Your Table Is Ready

Tales of a New York City Maître D'

By: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina
Narrated by: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

"Trained in acting and a lifer in the restaurant business, Michael Cecchi-Azzolina doles out opinions in the tone of an authentic New Yorker. He narrates with a good pace and rhythm. The inner workings of the restaurant world as revealed are exhilarating but often sordid and salacious....this is an entertaining and insightful audiobook."-... Read more

Blood, Bones & Butter

The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef

By: Gabrielle Hamilton
Narrated by: Gabrielle Hamilton
Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
 
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Miami Herald • Newsday • The Huffington Post • Financial Times • GQ • Slate • Men’s Journal • Washington Examiner • Publishers Weekly • Kirkus Reviews • National Post • The Toronto Star • BookPage • Bookreporter

“I wanted the lettuce and... Read more

The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry

Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School

By: Kathleen Flinn
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Read Kathleen Flinn's posts on the Penguin Blog.

This is the funny and inspiring account of Kathleen Flinn’s struggle in a stew of hot-tempered chefs, competitive classmates, her own “wretchedly inadequate” French, and the basics of French cuisine. Flinn was a thirty-six-year-old middle manager trapped on the corporate ladder—until her boss... Read more

Consider the Fork

A History of How We Cook and Eat

By: Bee Wilson
Narrated by: Alison Larkin
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Since prehistory, humans have braved the business ends of knives, scrapers, and mashers, all in the name of creating something delicious—or at least edible. In Consider the Fork, award-winning food writer and historian Bee Wilson traces the ancient lineage of our modern culinary tools, revealing the startling history of objects we often take for... Read more

For Butter or Worse

The Hollywood Series: Book #1

By: Erin La Rosa
Narrated by: Mela Lee
Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

A FEMINIST BOOK CLUB CHOICE AWARD WINNER!

“With great tension, simmering heat, and clever banter, FOR BUTTER OR WORSE is a mouthwateringly delicious enemies-to-lovers romance.”—Helen Hoang, USA Today bestselling author of The Heart Principle

"[A] sparkling romance...witty and lighthearted, with plenty of tender moments to keep readers invested,... Read more

From Scratch

A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home

By: Tembi Locke
Narrated by: Tembi Locke
Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

“I just finished wiping away my last tear as I close the curtain on From Scratch, a brilliant, compelling memoir. Tembi Locke lost her larger-than-life Italian chef husband at an early age to cancer. The book is a love letter to him as well as to enchanting Sicily and its aromatic, tantalizing food. But more than anything, it is the most... Read more

Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World

A History

By: William Alexander
Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

New York Times bestselling author William Alexander takes readers on the surprisingly twisty journey of the beloved tomato in this fascinating and erudite microhistory.

The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Lost in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even... Read more

Love from Scratch

By: Amy Hutton
Narrated by: Emma Leonard
Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Opposites attract in this laugh-out-loud rom-com about a heart-throb actor, the grumpy woman who minds his beloved dog, and the cat that steals his heart.
 
Ethan James has a problem: he’s about to start shooting a movie and he needs someone to mind his anxious dog, Harry. This film could make or break Ethan's career, and he knows he has to give... Read more

A Pho Love Story

By: Loan Le
Narrated by: Ryan Do & Vyvy Nguyen
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

“Will leave readers swooning.” —PopSugar

​When Dimple Met Rishi meets Ugly Delicious in this funny, smart romantic comedy, in which two Vietnamese American teens fall in love and must navigate their newfound relationship amid their families’ age-old feud about their competing, neighboring restaurants.

If Bao Nguyen had to describe himself, he’d... Read more

Chef's Kiss

A Novel

By: TJ Alexander
Narrated by: Em Grosland
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

“Like a dish of comfort food you’ll want to devour.” —The Washington Post
“It’s hard to say which aspect of TJ Alexander’s novel is sweeter: the slow-burn romance or the drool-worthy desserts.” —Time

A high-strung pastry chef’s professional goals are interrupted by an unexpected career transition and the introduction of her wildly attractive... Read more