The matchless Munro makes art out of everyday lives in this dazzling new collection. At its centre are three stories connected into one marvellously rich narrative about Juliet - who escapes from teaching at a girls' school and throws herself into a wild and passionate love match. Here are men and women of wildly different times and circumstances, their lives made vividly palpable by the nuance and empathy of Munro's writing. "Runaway" is about the power and betrayals of love, about lost children, lost chances. There is pain and desolation beneath the surface, like a needle in the heart, which makes these stories more powerful and compelling than anything she has written.

在儿子出生后，美国知名作家弗尔决心为了自己和家人，重新审视“吃动物”这件事——
我们吃的肉到底是什么？它们从哪儿来？如何被生产？那些动物处境如何，与我们有何关系？我们吃肉有哪些经济、社会和环境影响？
弗尔结合权威资料和数据，从文化、伦理、生态等角度，全面而细致地梳理“吃动物”这一议题。他实地走访（包括暗访）美国现代肉食工业的各个环节，记录了从流水线工人、工业化农场主、动保人士到农业专家的观点交锋，呈现工业化养殖不为人知的一面，探讨每一个汉堡、每一块炸鸡、每一条鱼背后的现实危机和道德困境。
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★ “美国最优秀青年小说家”乔纳森·萨福兰·弗尔的非虚构佳作。
★ 一部美国现代肉食工业的调查备忘录，一次关乎“我们是谁”的内心之旅。
★ “吃动物”不仅是一个重要的哲学议题，还是一项年产值超过1400亿美元的产业，涉及全球1/3的土地，深刻影响海洋生态系统、气候变化与公众健康，与我们每一个人息息相关。
★ 这不是一场我们与它们之间的战争，而是一场我们与自己的战争——作为人类，我们如何定义自己？我们渴望如何被定义？
★ 《纽约时报》《洛杉矶时报》《华盛顿邮报》《泰晤士报》《奥普拉杂志》、诺贝尔文学奖得主J.M.库切、演员娜塔莉·波特曼诚挚推荐
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《吃动物》是彼得·辛格1975年《动物解放》宣言的后现代版本，再加上与《一切都被照亮了》和《特别响 非常近》的作者相称的精巧叙事。
——《纽约时报书评》
扣人心弦，独树一帜。论证、科学与说故事的绝妙结合。此书是有关“吃动物”这一议题迄今为止最好的书之一。
——《泰晤士报文学增刊》
它谈论的不只是吃动物，还有如何通过口中的食物，来决定这个世界的模样。这是一本关乎我们是谁，以及我们可以成为什么样的人的书。
——《赫芬顿邮报》
这本书让我从二十年多年的普通素食者一举转变为纯素食者……当我们用食物向孩子传递信念时——这也是弗尔写这本书的初衷，我们想通过食物告诉孩子什么样的故事呢？
——演员娜塔莉·波特曼
我带着与作者相同的心态进入书中：我想吃肉，但我不想为此而感到内疚。……这本书不会让读者因为无知而感到羞耻或被指责。我极为欣赏这一点，因为很多素食主义者常常过于激进，而无视他人生活中的具体情况。
——Library Thing 读者评论

【内容简介】

在《伏特加政治》一书中，马克·劳伦斯·施拉德（Mark Lawrence Schrad）认为，使社会衰弱的酗酒行为并非与俄罗斯人的基因序列，而是与他们的政治体制密切相关，这种体制长期以来以伏特加作为统治工具。通过一系列的历史性调查研究——从伊凡雷帝到弗拉基米尔·普京，《伏特加政治》呈现了一部俄罗斯的秘密历史——一部被酒精浸泡的历史。审视（而不是忽略）酒精在俄罗斯政治中扮演的角色，使俄罗斯的历史得到了更细致入微的了解：从沙皇们的宫廷阴谋，到苏联和后苏联领导阶层的滑稽醉酒，伏特加从未缺席。

除了这些生动的故事，施拉德仔细研读了原始文件和档案证据来回答挑衅性的问题。俄罗斯的统治者们是如何利用酒精来巩固他们的统治的？沙皇政变中酒精扮演了一个什么角色？尼古拉二世带来不幸的禁酒令是布尔什维克革命的催化剂吗？如果没有酒精，苏联能成为一个世界强国吗？伏特加政治是如何促进20世纪90年代俄罗斯的共产主义和公共卫生的崩溃的？克林姆林宫怎样才能克服伏特加的障碍带来更大的社会福祉、繁荣和民主的未来？

透过伏特加酒瓶的瓶底来看俄罗斯的历史有助于我们理解，为什么在如今的现代国家已经解决几乎一个世纪之后，“酒精问题”仍对俄罗斯的高层政治极其重要。事实上，承认和面对伏特加带来的毁灭性政治遗产，可能是这一代，以及下一代俄罗斯领导层最大的政治挑战。

【媒体评价】

“一本极具独创观点、扣人心弦的书。”——泰勒•柯文，边际革命博客

“《伏特加政治》一书重新讲述了俄罗斯的历史，以一种令人震惊、充满刺激情节的戏剧口吻讲述了俄罗斯的酒精泛滥，讲述了一个接一个的独裁政权是如何使用酒精来灌醉它的国民、实现其帝国野心以及为国库带来充足的资金来源。”——大卫•考特莱特，《上瘾五百年：烟、酒、咖啡和鸦片的历史》作者

“《伏特加政治》以一种生动有趣的方式，详细展示了俄罗斯历史上独裁政治与酒精之间亘古不变的关联。令人印象深刻的是，马克•希拉德在诠释这段历史的时候，不遗余力地展示了伏特加酒是如何与俄罗斯国家治理之间相互缠绕，并因此给俄罗斯社会带来了悲剧性的后果。”——马克•贝辛格（Mark Beissinger），美国普林斯顿大学，《民族主义动员和苏联的解体》

For the home or professional bread-maker, this is the book of the season. It comes from a man many consider to be the best bread baker in the United States: Chad Robertson, co-owner of Tartine Bakery in San Francisco, a city that knows its bread. To Chad, bread is the foundation of a meal, the center of daily life, and each loaf tells the story of the baker who shaped it. He developed his unique bread over two decades of apprenticeship with the finest artisan bakers in France and the United States, as well as experimentation in his own ovens. Readers will be astonished at how elemental it is. A hundred photographs from years of testing, teaching, and recipe development provide step-by-step inspiration, while additional recipes provide inspiration for using up every delicious morsel.

霍林赫斯特在三十四歲出版的第一部作品《游泳池更衣室》（The Swimming-Pool Library，一九八八年出版）可以说是部披了同志小說外衣的歷史小說，有點像披了羊皮的狼。霍林赫斯特愛玩文字遊戲，連書名也不放過。《游泳池更衣室》通常直接按照英文書名譯為《游泳池圖書館》，但什麼是「游泳池圖書館」，以及「游泳池圖書館員」？太玄了吧？其實，解釋藏在書中第七章。主人翁在小時候就讀貴族中學（霍林赫斯特特別愛寫貴族中學、貴族大學的生活──可見他特別懷舊，對上流社會又愛又恨），該校習慣用「圖書館員」一詞來稱「股長」之類的學生職位。台灣中小學的「風紀股長」可以按照這種邏輯改叫「風紀圖書館員」；英國中學的「田徑圖書館員」當然不掌管書。「游泳池圖書館員」就是「游泳股長」，而這個股長平時打混的地方，泳池更衣室──一個充滿性幻想、窺視、曝露的純男空間──就成了游泳池圖書館。
艾倫‧霍林赫斯特（Alan Hollinghurst）最讓人津津樂道之處，大概是他描寫男同志肉慾場面的功力。此君一寫起俊美少年尤其欲罷不能，將美男的一顰一笑盡收書裡。要把男同志情慾寫得秀色可餐不簡單，而把「小小的」同志情慾和「澎湃的」歷史視野交織揉合更是挑戰。
作者將《游泳池更衣室》題獻給一位只活到二十五歲的「尼克」君，尼克這個名字對原作者應該極具意義；但，文學史上有個頂頂大名的旁觀者也叫尼克──費茲傑羅的《大亨小傳》就是透過尼克的眼去觀視大亨蓋茲比的世界。

At an early age, Ruth Reichl discovered that "food could be a way of making sense of the world. . . . If you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were." Her deliciously crafted memoir, Tender at the Bone , is the story of a life determined, enhanced, and defined in equal measure by a passion for food, unforgettable people, and the love of tales well told.Beginning with Reichl's mother, the notorious food-poisoner known as the Queen of Mold, Reichl introduces us to the fascinating characters who shaped her world and her tastes, from the gourmand Monsieur du Croix, who served Reichl her first soufflé, to those at her politically correct table in Berkeley who championed the organic food revolution in the 1970s.Spiced with Reichl's infectious humor and sprinkled with her favorite recipes, Tender at the Bone is a witty and compelling chronicle of a culinary sensualist's coming-of-age.

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 in the fall of 1948 and Julia watched the well-muscled stevedores unloading the cargo to the first perfectly soigné meal that she and her husband, Paul, savored in Rouen en route to Paris, where he was to work for the USIS, Julia had an awakening that changed her life. Soon this tall, outspoken gal from Pasadena, California, who didn’t speak a word of French and knew nothing about the country, was steeped in the language, chatting with purveyors in the local markets, and enrolled in the Cordon Bleu.
After managing to get her degree despite the machinations of the disagreeable directrice of the school, Julia started teaching cooking classes herself, then teamed up with two fellow gourmettes, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, to help them with a book they were trying to write on French cooking for Americans. Throwing herself heart and soul into making it a unique and thorough teaching book, only to suffer several rounds of painful rejection, is part of the behind-the-scenes drama that Julia reveals with her inimitable gusto and disarming honesty.
Filled with the beautiful black-and-white photographs that Paul loved to take when he was not battling bureaucrats, as well as family snapshots, this memoir is laced with wonderful stories about the French character, particularly in the world of food, and the way of life that Julia embraced so wholeheartedly. Above all, she reveals the kind of spirit and determination, the sheer love of cooking, and the drive to share that with her fellow Americans that made her the extraordinary success she became.
Le voici. Et bon appétit!
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The only thing "gonzo gastronome" and internationally bestselling author Anthony Bourdain loves as much as cooking is traveling. Inspired by the question, "What would be the perfect meal?," Tony sets out on a quest for his culinary holy grail, and in the process turns the notion of "perfection" inside out. From California to Cambodia, A Cooks' Tour chronicles the unpredictable adventures of America's boldest and bravest chef.

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, and she has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment. But when a notoriously nasty food critic (who happens to be her ex-boyfriend) drops dead moments after a confrontation with Lila, her life quickly swerves from a Nora Ephron romp to an Agatha Christie case.
With the cops treating her like she’s the one and only suspect, and the shady landlord looking to finally kick the Macapagal family out and resell the storefront, Lila’s left with no choice but to conduct her own investigation. Armed with the nosy auntie network, her barista best bud, and her trusted Dachshund, Longanisa, Lila takes on this tasty, twisted case and soon finds her own neck on the chopping block…

When Lars Thorvald's wife, Cynthia, falls in love with wine--and a dashing sommelier--he's left to raise their baby, Eva, on his own. He's determined to pass on his love of food to his daughter--starting with puréed pork shoulder. As Eva grows, she finds her solace and salvation in the flavors of her native Minnesota. From Scandinavian lutefisk to hydroponic chocolate habaneros, each ingredient represents one part of Eva's journey as she becomes the star chef behind a legendary and secretive pop-up supper club, culminating in an opulent and emotional feast that's a testament to her spirit and resilience.
Each chapter in J. Ryan Stradal's startlingly original debut tells the story of a single dish and character, at once capturing the zeitgeist of the Midwest, the rise of foodie culture, and delving into the ways food creates community and a sense of identity. By turns quirky, hilarious, and vividly sensory, Kitchens of the Great Midwest is an unexpected mother-daughter story about the bittersweet nature of life--its missed opportunities and its joyful surprises. It marks the entry of a brilliant new talent.

At an early age, Ruth Reichl discovered that "food could be a way of making sense of the world. . . . If you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were." Her deliciously crafted memoir, Tender at the Bone, is the story of a life determined, enhanced, and defined in equal measure by a passion for food, unforgettable people, and the love of tales well told. Beginning with Reichl's mother, the notorious food-poisoner known as the Queen of Mold, Reichl introduces us to the fascinating characters who shaped her world and her tastes, from the gourmand Monsieur du Croix, who served Reichl her first soufflé , to those at her politically correct table in Berkeley who championed the organic food revolution in the 1970s. Spiced with Reichl's infectious humor and sprinkled with her favorite recipes, Tender at the Bone is a witty and compelling chronicle of a culinary sensualist's coming-of-age.

In this finger-licking good rom-com, two is the perfect number of cooks in the kitchen.
Nikki DiMarco knew life wouldn’t be all sunshine and coconuts when she quit her dream job to help her mom serve up mouthwatering Filipino dishes to hungry beach goers, but she didn’t expect the Maui food truck scene to be so eat-or-be-eaten—or the competition to be so smoking hot.
But Tiva’s Filipina Kusina has faced bigger road bumps than the arrival of Callum James. Nikki doesn’t care how delectable the British food truck owner is—he rudely set up shop next to her coveted beach parking spot. He’s stealing her customers and fanning the flames of a public feud that makes her see sparks.
The solution? Let the upcoming Maui Food Festival decide their fate. Winner keeps the spot. Loser pounds sand. But the longer their rivalry simmers, the more Nikki starts to see a different side of Callum…a sweet, protective side. Is she brave enough to call a truce? Or will trusting Callum with her heart mean jumping from the frying pan into the fire?

Tess Delaney makes a living returning stolen treasures to their rightful owners. She loves illuminating history, filling the spaces in people's hearts with stories of their family legacies.
But Tess's own history is filled with gaps: a father she never met, and a mother who spent more time traveling than with her daughter.
Then Dominic Rossi arrives on the doorstep of the San Francisco shop Tess hopes to buy, and he tells her that the grandfather she never knew is in a coma. Tess has been named in his will to inherit half of Bella Vista, a hundred-acre apple orchard in the magical Sonoma town called Archangel.
The rest is willed to Isabel Johansen. A half sister she hadn't heard of.
Isabel is everything Tess isn't: all softness to Tess's hard angles, warm and nurturing where Tess is tightly wound. But against the rich landscape of Bella Vista, with Isabel and Dominic by her side, Tess begins to discover a world filled with the simple pleasures of food and family, of the warm earth beneath her bare feet. A world where family comes first and the roots of history run deep.

A celebrated writer's irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life.
Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned thirty, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want—a husband, a house, a successful career. But instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. She went through a divorce, a crushing depression, another failed love, and the eradication of everything she ever thought she was supposed to be.
To recover from all this, Gilbert took a radical step. In order to give herself the time and space to find out who she really was and what she really wanted, she got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world—all alone.
is the absorbing chronicle of that year. Her aim was to visit three places where she could examine one aspect of her own nature set against the backdrop of a culture that has traditionally done that one thing very well. In Rome, she studied the art of pleasure, learning to speak Italian and gaining the twenty-three happiest pounds of her life. India was for the art of devotion, and with the help of a native guru and a surprisingly wise cowboy from Texas, she embarked on four uninterrupted months of spiritual exploration. In Bali, she studied the art of balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. She became the pupil of an elderly medicine man and also fell in love the best way—unexpectedly.
An intensely articulate and moving memoir of self-discovery,
is about what can happen when you claim responsibility for your own contentment and stop trying to live in imitation of society’s ideals. It is certain to touch anyone who has ever woken up to the unrelenting need for change.

The only thing "gonzo gastronome" and internationally bestselling author Anthony Bourdain loves as much as cooking is traveling. Inspired by the question, "What would be the perfect meal?," Tony sets out on a quest for his culinary holy grail, and in the process turns the notion of "perfection" inside out. From California to Cambodia,
chronicles the unpredictable adventures of America's boldest and bravest chef.
Fans of Bourdain will find much to love in revisting this classic culinary and travel memoir.

Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley. Gin was born from a conifer shrub when a Dutch physician added oil of juniper to a clear spirit, believing that juniper berries would cure kidney disorders. "The Drunken Botanist" uncovers the enlightening botanical history and the fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, and fruits (and even one fungus).
Some of the most extraordinary and obscure plants have been fermented and distilled, and they each represent a unique cultural contribution to our global drinking traditions and our history. Molasses was an essential ingredient in American independence: when the British forced the colonies to buy British (not French) molasses for their New World rum-making, the settlers outrage kindled the American Revolution. Rye, which turns up in countless spirits, is vulnerable to ergot, which contains a precursor to LSD, and some historians have speculated that the Salem witch trials occurred because girls poisoned by ergot had seizures that made townspeople think they d been bewitched. Then there's the tale of the thirty-year court battle that took place over the trademarking of Angostura bitters, which may or may not actually contain bark from the Angostura tree.
With a delightful two-color vintage-style interior, over fifty drink recipes, growing tips for gardeners, and advice that carries Stewart's trademark wit, this is the perfect gift for gardeners and cocktail aficionados alike.

In a new World War II-set story from the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir, four women compete for a spot hosting a wartime cookery program called The Kitchen Front - based on the actual BBC program of the same name - as well as a chance to better their lives.
Two years into WW2, Britain is feeling her losses; the Nazis have won battles, the Blitz has destroyed cities, and U-boats have cut off the supply of food. In an effort to help housewives with food rationing, a BBC radio program called The Kitchen Front is putting on a cooking contest--and the grand prize is a job as the program's first-ever female co-host. For four very different women, winning the contest presents a crucial chance to change their lives.
For a young widow, it's a chance to pay off her husband's debts and keep a roof over her children's heads. For a kitchen maid, it's a chance to leave servitude and find freedom. For the lady of the manor, it's a chance to escape her wealthy husband's increasingly hostile behavior. And for a trained chef, it's a chance to challenge the men at the top of her profession.
These four women are giving the competition their all--even if that sometimes means bending the rules. But with so much at stake, will the contest that aims to bring the community together serve only to break it apart?

This book is an investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery store. What does it take to run the American supermarket? How do products get to shelves? Who sets the price? And who suffers the consequences of increased convenience and efficiency? In this exposé, author Benjamin Lorr pulls back the curtain on this highly secretive industry. Combining deep sourcing and immersive reporting, Lorr leads a wild investigation in which we learn the secrets of Trader Joe's success from Trader Joe himself, why truckers call their job "sharecropping on wheels," what it takes for a product to earn certification labels like "organic" and "fair trade," the struggles entrepreneurs face as they fight for shelf space, including essential tips, tricks, and traps for any new food business, the truth behind the alarming slave trade in the shrimp industry and much more.

Not long term. In fact, our bodies are hardwired against it. But each time our diets fail, instead of considering that maybe our ridiculously low-carb diet is the problem, we wonder what’s wrong with us. Why can’t we stick to our simple plan of grapefruit and tuna fish??? Why are we so
What is wrong with us??? We berate ourselves for being lazy and weak, double down on our belief that losing weight is the key to our everlasting happiness, and resolve to do better tomorrow. But it’s time we called a spade a spade: Constantly trying to eat the smallest amount possible is a miserable way to live, and it isn’t even working
So fuck eating like that.
In
, Caroline Dooner tackles the inherent flaws of dieting and diet culture, and offers readers a counterintuitively simple path to healing their physical, emotional, and mental relationship with food. What’s the secret anti-diet? Eat. Whatever you want. Honor your appetite and listen to
your hunger. Trust that your body knows what it is doing. Oh, and don’t forget to rest, breathe, and be kind to yourself while you’re at it.  Once you get yourself out of survival mode, it will become easier and easier to eat what your body really needs—a healthier relationship with food ultimately leads to a healthier you.
An ex-yo-yo dieter herself, Dooner knows how terrifying it can be to break free of the vicious cycle, but with her signature sharp humor and compassion, she shows readers that a sustainable, easy relationship with food is possible.
Irreverent and empowering,
is call to arms for anyone who feels guilt or pain over food, weight, or their body. It’s time to give up the shame and start thriving. Welcome to the F*ck It Diet. Let’s Eat.