Ted Allen Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Host, Beard🏆-winning Chopped @FoodNetwork; @Emmy winner OG #QueerEye. @ASME1963 finalist. Author "In My Kitchen." Banner: Beaver Creek, CO. Inset, perm by mom.

The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard
John Birdsall
Fave book 2020: "The Man Who Ate Too Much," riveting new bio of #JamesBeard, by @JohnBirdsall. First TV cooking segment EVER, on NBC, 1946. Whole career promoed what we now call farm-to-table cooking. & now—first time—his gayness is explored, not ignored. Very consequential life. https://t.co/ooDQkd1cwd
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
Ari Shapiro
Congrats @AriShapiro, one of so many beloved & brilliant @NPR & @WNYC voices always in my head, on the upcoming publication of “The Best Strangers in the World: Stories of a Life Spent Listening”! https://t.co/r0Az7C06YS
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
Benjamin Lorr
Burning through some good books in my #Chopped off-season: Just now, "The Secret Life of Groceries," by @BenjaminLorr, an often-disturbing, always fascinating probe of an industry created by us all. (Know how #PigglyWiggly markets got the name? Hint: We're the pigs.) https://t.co/cYbSR4DmC8
Paperback, 2021
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Coco at the Ritz
Gioia Diliberto
Huge congrats to our friend @gioiadiliberto on her new book, “Coco at the Ritz,” which she’ll discuss tonight with NYT columnist @maureendowd at @92Y! (OMG am I actually putting on real clothes right now?!) https://twitter.com/92y/status/1471547742254252038
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book