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Bi-Rite Markets Eat Good Food: A Grocers Guide to Shopping, Cooking & Creating Community Through Food (9781580083034): Sam Mogannam, Dabney Gough: Books. Finalist, IACP Awards 2012, First Book Category“The fat, photograph-rich book is part culinary manifesto, part recipe collection, [and part] insider's buyer's guide full of advice and tips for sustainable grocery shopping anywhere....At a time when the farm-to-restaurant movement has all but become a cliche, Mogannam is a pioneer in what might be called the farm-to-grocery store movement.” —Barry Estabrook, The Atlantic, 11/21/11 “Eat Good Food makes a convincing case that sustainable grocery shopping is good for both customers and the community as a whole -- a concept that could work anywhere.”—The Atlantic, 11/21/11“One of the most comprehensive guides to grocery shopping and choosing ingredients.”—SF Chronicle, Holiday Gift Guide, 11/20/11“The recipes are well-tested, well-written and yield fantastic results. If only all my textbooks in high school had been this useful...”—Caroline Ford, author of FoodShed, 11/16/11 “An accessible, concise, and beautifully photographed primer for the home cook.”—Lena Brooks, author of A Happier Meal, 11/15/11“A handy manual for inspired eating.”—TastingTable San Francisco, 11/7/11 “If you want to eat like we eat in the Bay Area, this is your book.”—Amy Sherman, Cooking with Amy, 11/1/11“For the food shopper who thinks, the positively indispensable Bi-Rite Market’s Eat Good Food is the holy reference guide/blue book that clues consumers in to the real value of what’s on the grocery shelf. At a time when so much is being written about atrocities in our broken food system, consumers looking for sound, actionable advice on making grocery store purchasing decisions will appreciate this neatly compiled background check on everything from canned tuna to flour, fresh meat, fish and milk, and every manner of produce under the sun.”—Bay Area Bites, KQED blog, 10/31/11“I am of the mind that the process of learning how to cook should always begin with learning how to shop.”—Chocolate & Zucchini, 10/25/11“If it came from Bi-Rite, it was going to be good. This book captures that spirit and takes it out into the larger world and, hopefully, it will find its way into your kitchen where it will inform, encourage and inspire you to Eat Good Food.”—TheKitchn.com, 10/21/11“Throughout this book, Mogannam illustrates the connection between store, shopper, producer, and environment - bringing into practical focus Bi-Rite's ethos of 'creating community through food.'”—Joseph Tarnowski, Progressive Grocer, 10/20/11“A yummy, practical book that invites readers to dig in.”—San Jose Mercury News, 10/19/11“What makes the book particularly valuable is its comprehensive guide to ingredients found in the aisles of Bi-Rite - and in other stores like it - that helps readers become better-informed shoppers. The approach is a natural extension of a store that has built a business, and a community, around doing the same thing.”—San Francisco Chronicle, 10/16/11 “For the home cook who is flummoxed by meal planning, cooking in season, and buying the right groceries, this book is a road map. For the more practiced cook who wants to refine and improve his or her ability to buy the best possible ingredients, this book is a practical translation of all the high-gloss mediated food language like locavore, turning such concepts into something that can make an actual difference on your dinner table and food budget.”—The City Cook, Fall's New Cookbooks, 10/13/11“San Franciscans, with their city’s well-earned reputation as a cul[7216] Sam Mogannam is the second-generation owner of Bi-Rite Market and founder of the Bi-Rite family of businesses, which includes Bi-Rite Creamery, 18 Reasons, and Bi-Rite Farms. He also serves on the board of the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade. Sam has been featured in Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, Sunset, and the San Francisco Chronicle, and programs such as Foodcrafters. Sam stepped into the family grocery business in 1997, after working as a chef at his own restaurant, and transformed the market into a culinary landmark. Dabney Gough is a graduate of California Culinary Academy, a former columnist with the San Francisco Chronicle, and a contributor to Fine Cooking and the Honolulu Weekly. She is the co-author of the forthcoming Bi-Rite Creamery’s Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones and lives in Honolulu, Hawaii. France Ruffenach’s photography has appeared in countless books, magazines, and commercial campaigns. She has been twice nominated for the James Beard Award for best photography, and won in 2008 for her work on The Country Cooking of France. She lives in San Francisco.
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
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