Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Liz Barnum

Being a bookseller by day and a waiter by night, I enjoyed The Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip by The Waiter on many different levels. It is fast-paced, funny and so very true! The author runs a weblog, www.waiterrant.com.

Publisher Comments

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital way of life.

Fourteen years ago, Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a management consultant, and writing unpublished short stories by night. One evening, chancing upon a Dumpster full of discarded lumber, he carried the lumber h... read more>>>

Publisher Comments

A new memoir by the most talented and respected British food writer of her generation.

Award-winning food writer Fuchsia Dunlop went to live in China as a student in 1994, and from the very beginning she vowed to eat everything she was offered, no matter how alien and bizarre it seemed. In this extraordinary memoir, Fuchsia recalls her evolving relationship with China and its food, from her first rapturous encounter with the delicious cuisin... read more>>>