Omnivore Books on Food
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The Bay Area’s one and only culinary bookshop! I’m Celia, and I run the show.
Because we all need this right now, please enjoy Jacques Pepin singing in French while playing mixing bowl percussion accompanying (now retired) SF Symphony music director Michael Tilson Thomas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1ZY... via @kqedfood.bsky.social
Jacques Pepin sings with Michael Tilson Thomas
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Thanks to all who came out to Sarah and Monique's GREEN GOLD launch event @omnivorebooks.bsky.social last week! 🥑 We loved celebrating with you!
"This copy was previously owned by Jeremiah Tower and purchased from @omnivorebooks.bsky.social at a hefty price. High enough that as I walked home, my bank called me to make sure there wasn’t any fraud and my credit rating took a dip a couple of days later." open.substack.com/pub/kitchenb...
Cooking From My Cookbooks: Endive au buerre
Recently, I was leafing through one of my favorite cookbooks in my collection.
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Two fabulous food writers, Samin Nosrat & Laurie Woolever, hanging out in Omnivore’s “backstage” (our lovely storage room) before their event last week!
Damnit. Instagram has figured out I’m a sucker for inter-species relationships.
🎧 Listen to the podcast! Highland Hospital's Dr. Jessica Zitter and chaplain Betty Clark on their new documentary film, "The Chaplain and the Doctor." 🔗 Listen: buff.ly/Y3TY0hn
KQED's Forum
Forum tells remarkable and true stories about who we are and where we live. In the first hour, Alexis Madrigal convenes the diverse voices of the Bay Area, before turning to Mina Kim for the second…
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Two beautiful 1934 menus from a P & O Lines Mediterranean cruise, just in!
The cherry tree in front of our house is blowing up!
The oldest published cookbook by a Black American woman is back in print. Written in 1866 by Malinda Russell, "A Domestic Cookbook" offers a glimpse into history — with recipes for allspice cake, lemon puffs, and even homemade cologne. (via @npr.org)
First Known Cookbook by a Black American Woman Is Back in Print
Malinda Russell’s ‘A Domestic Cookbook,’ containing over 100 recipes for sweets, was first published in 1866.
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I have such a great idea for the Democratic Party: We need to craft and start touting a Project 2028! (All it actually needs to say is, “We will reverse everything the Trump administration has done.”).
Just in: a 1969 first edition of this wonderful classic, in fine condition!
Tell us more about how women are too emotional to govern.
shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · 2y agochrist this is embarrassing
I feel like this wouldn’t have happened if Kamala had won? Just saying.
new Samin Nosrat book alert!! Preorder from somewhere good like @omnivorebooks.bsky.social!
*Pre-Order* Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love (Samin Nosrat)
Expected September 16, 2025. Available for pre-order now! Cover art coming soon! From the bestselling author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat—and one of the America’s most beloved chefs and teachers—125 metic...
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Just wrapped up three amazing book talks at three wonderful west coast bookstores: @omnivorebooks.bsky.social in San Francisco, Broadway Books in Portland, and Book Larder in Seattle. Please reach out if you think a bookstore near you would like to hear me talk about the history of food and sex!
Tomorrow @tablehopper.bsky.social and I will be talking LOUDLY about trans history at my book launch at @omnivorebooks.bsky.social. In the midst of this digital book burning, I will do my small part by talking about trans history at every public opportunity I get. No LGB history without T & Q.
I loved seeing my friend and colleague Melissa Clark today. Not only is she smart and sweet, but her recipes never fail!
An aspiring chef makes her first trip to Omnivore….
We have a special guest interviewer for one of our upcoming events, with limited space to attend. Only one person found it and nabbed a ticket when I sent out my newsletter yesterday (which lists events at the end). Can you? myemail.constantcontact.com/Omnivore-Boo...
Omnivore Books February Newsletter
Email from Omnivore: Books on Food VIEW AS A WEBPAGE Charles Phan with cookbook agent Kitty Cowles at Omnivore Elizabeth David on the wonders of Le Creuset A sumptuous vintage fruit label Edwardian e
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The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.
Just in: a pre-1906 earthquake menu from San Francisco (1904 to be exact)!
