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In this episode, I chat with Celia Sack, founder and owner of Omnivore Books about cookbooks, cooking disasters and achievements, her favorite cookbooks, and the growing geographical scope of cookbooks. 

Located in an old butcher shop in Noe Valley, Omnivore Books is a cherished epicurean hub blending a passion for food and the pleasures of reading. As the Bay Area's only culinary bookshop, Omnivore Books specializes in new and vintage books on food and drink. They are open daily and staffed by passionate cookbook lovers who will happily guide you to the perfect book. 

When Celia Sack's fascination for the culinary universe first bloomed, it was hardly imaginable that her path would weave through the nuanced worlds of rare golf books straight into the heart of Omnivore Books. 

Cookbooks, she reveals, are conduits of solidarity and understanding, opening palates and minds alike to the diverse tapestry of global heritage. The physicality of leafing through a cookbook receives its due reverence too; it's likened to the full-bodied experience of listening to an entire music album, where each recipe is a track in the soundtrack of our culinary landscape.

Enjoy!
Mandy

Omnivore Books

The Zuni Café Cookbook, Judy Rogers

Cookbooks by Alison Roman

Absolution, Alice McDermott

Cannery Row, John Steinbeck

North Woods, Daniel Mason

Twain's Feast: Searching for America's Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens: Andrew Beahrs

Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks, Crystal Wilkinson

 A Fortunate Life, A.B. Facey

Small Victories: Recipes, Advice + Hundreds of Ideas for Home Cooking Triumphs, Julia Turshen

97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement,  Jane Ziegleman

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