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.
July 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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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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July 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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
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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!
June 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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!
Best sous chef ever.
June 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Best sous chef ever.
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"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."
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Cooking From My Cookbooks: Endive au buerre
Recently, I was leafing through one of my favorite cookbooks in my collection.
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April 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"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."
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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!
May 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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.
April 20, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Damnit. Instagram has figured out I’m a sucker for inter-species relationships.
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🎧 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
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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April 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
🎧 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
Highland Hospital's Dr. Jessica Zitter and chaplain Betty Clark on their new documentary film, "The Chaplain and the Doctor."
🔗 Listen: buff.ly/Y3TY0hn
Two beautiful 1934 menus from a P & O Lines Mediterranean cruise, just in!
April 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Two beautiful 1934 menus from a P & O Lines Mediterranean cruise, just in!
The cherry tree in front of our house is blowing up!
April 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The cherry tree in front of our house is blowing up!
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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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April 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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)
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.”).
April 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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!
March 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Just in: a 1969 first edition of this wonderful classic, in fine condition!
Talk about blue sky! What a day.
March 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Talk about blue sky! What a day.
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Tell us more about how women are too emotional to govern.
February 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Tell us more about how women are too emotional to govern.
I feel like this wouldn’t have happened if Kamala had won? Just saying.
February 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I feel like this wouldn’t have happened if Kamala had won? Just saying.
Join us this Saturday!
February 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Join us this Saturday!
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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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February 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
new Samin Nosrat book alert!! Preorder from somewhere good like @omnivorebooks.bsky.social!
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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!
February 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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!
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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.
February 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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.
Two cool dogs I got to hang with today
February 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Two cool dogs I got to hang with today
Never. Enough. Toys.
February 14, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Never. Enough. Toys.
A 1941 book we could all use right now
February 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A 1941 book we could all use right now
I loved seeing my friend and colleague Melissa Clark today. Not only is she smart and sweet, but her recipes never fail!
February 11, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I loved seeing my friend and colleague Melissa Clark today. Not only is she smart and sweet, but her recipes never fail!