Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football
Rich Cohen
Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes from Tokyo's Most Unlikely Noodle Joint
Ivan Orkin, Chris Ying
Duck, Duck, Goose: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking Waterfowl, Both Farmed and Wild
Hank Shaw
Plenty: Vibrant Recipes from London's Ottolenghi
Yotam Ottolenghi, Jonathan Lovekin
Distrust That Particular Flavor
William Gibson
Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans
John M. Marzluff, Tony Angell
Vintage Cakes: Timeless Recipes for Cupcakes, Flips, Rolls, Layer, Angel, Bundt, Chiffon, and Icebox Cakes for Today's Sweet Tooth
Julie Richardson
The Sprouted Kitchen: A Tastier Take on Whole Foods
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Several days after finishing Bitter in the Mouth, characters and flavors are still bouncing around in my head. I grew along with Linda to understand how to sort out the flavors from their corresponding words. Themes of abandonment, alienation within the family, and fear of discovery provided a strong bond between Linda and her favorite uncle, but I saw equal strength in the relationship with her best friend and the power of the written word. Attention to detail in word selection and emotional nuance made this an astonishingly good read.
