Blog Posts by Subject: Food

#OwnVoices Ramadan Books for Teens and Kids

To help our patrons with their Ramadan celebrations at home or physically and socially distant gatherings, here is a selection of fifteen fiction and nonfiction print books, e-books, and electronic audiobooks by #OwnVoices Muslim authors.

Mucho Sabor: Taste the Many Flavors of Latin American Cooking

Thanks to centuries of cross-cultural mixing and colonization, Latin American food is a cuisine with Spanish, Portuguese, African and Indigenous influences. These cookbooks will help you get started making and tasting this diverse cuisine.

Chinese New Year Books | 農曆新年書籍 | 农历新年书籍

紐約公共圖書館在這裡為各個年齡段的讀者提供可以在保持社交距離下而進行的其他選擇 - 一些有關過年的圖畫書和食譜書單,我們圖書館和其他紐約市藝術組織提供的一些免費網上活動。

Books and Virtual Library Events to Ring in the Year of the Ox/Bull/Cow | 新年快樂 | 새해 복 많이 받으세요 | Chúc Mừng Năm Mới

To celebrate Lunar New Year we have put together a list of 36 holiday-related picture books novels, comics, craft books and cookbooks as well as compiled a list of free virtual events hosted by the Library and other New York City organizations.

Vintage Recipes For Modern Cooks

There are always new fad-diets and foodstuffs that come and go, so it’s a good thing to have a tried and true list of recipes you and your family can fall back on

Comfort Reading, Watching, Listening, & Eating

Explore these links if you want to boost your morale, give yourself a change of perspective, or just get out of your own head for a while.

Valentine’s Day and Cacao, the Food of the Gods

How did chocolate and Valentine's Day get linked anyway?

Nom-Nom November: Food and Cooking Manga

Food is such an integral part of any society, so it's no wonder many stories revolve around food prep, design, and enjoyment. With our favorite food-related manga, you'll get all the drama, recipes, and limitless food possibilities. Douzo meshiagare!

Reading Stories That Define #OwnVoices: 20 Asian Pacific American Picture Books and Children's Comics

This recommended reading list includes classic and recent pictures books, and comics created mostly by Asian Pacific American authors and illustrators - great for young readers ranging from babies and toddlers to elementary school students.

Hosting Inspired Book Club Parties

One of the great joys of participating in book clubs is hosting book club parties! With a great list of resources and first-hand hosting experiences, you'll be ready for your next book club get-together with ideas for food, drink, and music.

Summertime Reading and Eating: 8 Books for Taco Lovers

With summer here, taco cravings are at a peak! Whether you favor seafood, fusion, chicken, or Tex-Mex, let us help satisfy your cravings with these recommended recipe books.

Sketch of Life: Children’s Biographies of Noteworthy Asian Pacific Americans

Inspirational biographies never go out of style. As part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, kids can learn more about eight notable people who defied racism and made their mark in the arts, film, sports, and more.

Are You a True Francophile? Quiz & Book Recommendations

Take a Library Francophile quiz to find out if you are truly enamored with French culture, customs, and cuisine.

The Low-Carb Lowdown

I’ve compiled a list of diet and nutrition books, as well as cookbooks for those who are interested in learning more about this low-carb lifestyle, the Ketogenic diet, or recipe ideas.

Pi(e) Day in the Map Division

Taking inspiration from the delightful National Cookie Day post, the Map Division is using Pi(e) Day as cause to celebrate not only our love for pie (the eating kind), but also, the wonderful variety of pictorial maps in the collections of the Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division.

Food and Celebration: A Reading List from Open Book Night

Last month when we gathered for Open Book Night, our theme was food and celebration. Oysters came up several times as well as some fictional meals that were far from celebratory. We heard about favorite cookbooks and food memoirs and a few titles readers really enjoyed that had little to do with food but fit the mood.

Happy National Cookie (Lit) Day!

We're celebrating National Cookie Day with a list of literary-related cookie recipes.

October Author @ the Library Programs at Mid-Manhattan Library

We've got a selection of engaging author talks coming up this month at the Mid-Manhattan Library. Come listen to scholars and other experts discuss their recent non-fiction books on a variety of subjects and ask them questions.

Our 7 Favorite Literary Coffee Shops

Writers and coffee go together like espresso and steamed milk. Everywhere you look, there's a writer plugging away on their laptop in a cafe, usually with a steaming cup of joe by their side. Here are seven of our favorite literary cafes from around the globe.

Music for Eating: Discographies Meet Recipes in the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

New Release catalogs are useful today for researchers looking to determine the year a particular recording was released, and for the range of musical genres covered by a certain record label. While going through a section of EMI catalogs and brochures, we came across an interesting promotion for a geographically-themed LP series.