The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 9 by Lavinia Spalding
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
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With a Measure of Grace by Blake SpaldingThe Botany of Desire by Michael PollanComing Home to Eat by Gary Paul Nabhan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
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With a Measure of Grace by Blake SpaldingThe Zuni Cafe Cookbook by Judy Rodgers
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The Book Was Better Than the Movie
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With a Measure of Grace by Blake Spalding
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