Food and cooking books from Bored Feet Press

Pomegranate Roads
A Soviet Botanist's Exile from Eden

Gregory M. Levin, translated by Margaret Hopstein

A Man who fell in love with pomegranates and risked his life to protect their biodiversity tells his adventurous story in Pomegranate Roads. Ignoring threats, the scientist trekked across Central Asia and the Trans-Caucasus to collect 1,117 varieties of the fruit.

Sonoma Picnic
A California Wine Country Travel Companion

Jack Burton

The author takes readers on rambles through the gorgeous rolling hills and twisting valleys of Sonoma County's famed wine country, exploring the back roads and finding the best wineries for tastings and picnics, or finding that classic unforgettable spot.

Napa Valley Picnic
A California Wine Country Travel Companion

Jack Burton and Ken Stanton

This insider’s guide to the famous, much visited center of the California Wine Country highlights the best that Napa Valley has to offer.

At Home: Pasadena
Cooking, Eating, Gardening, Bathing, Playing, Working, Collecting, Growing, Retreating & Saving the World

Jill Alison Ganon & Sandy Gillis
Photography by Jennifer Cheung & Steven Nilsson

This lushly illustrated new book explores the public and private spaces in the homes and gardens of Pasadena and her neighbors. Each chapter is filled with vivid color photographs and energetic text that takes readers on tours of more than fifty homes.

Jasmine Nights & Monkey Pluck
Love, Discovery and Tea

Writings Collected by Marylu Downing, Faith Morgan, & Ellen Galford

Women writers and poets celebrate small pleasures and life’s secrets over a steaming cup of tea.

Companions at Table
Food to Serve with American Grown Italian Varietals

Margaret Acton Smith and Barbara J. Braasch
Wine Introduction by Rod Smith

This inviting book presents delicious recipes complementing wines grown from Italian grape varietals like Sangiovese, Barbera, Moscato and Pinot Grigio. Such wines have soared in popularity.

Mendocino Mornings
A Collection of Breakfast Delights from the Joshua Grindle Inn

Arlene and Jim Moorehead

In this eyecatching, warm and inviting book, the innkeepers of Mendocino's acclaimed Grindle Inn present six dozen scrumptious recipes, the favorites of guests and staff from years of gourmet hospitality.

From Duff to Dinner
A Gourmet's Guide to Mushroom Cookery, With Selected Recipes from Master Chefs

Edited by Marjorie Young and Vince Viverito

With the emphasis on wild fungi, this book includes 61 diverse recipes for species both exotic and mundane.