Non-Fiction

Miss Quad ain't playing around, and you can taste it in every bite. --Pat Neely, from his introduction Welcome to Quad's kitchen. Cooking is a pleasure and a respite. Get ready to cook with spirit, eat with gusto, and laugh with abandon. Whether you...

Beloved comic actress Faith Ford puts a fresh and healthy new spin on down-home cooking with 125 updated Southern classics and traditional favorites cooked by three generations of her family. You wouldn't know it by looking at her -- either during her...

After Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans in 2005, Cooking Up a Storm was published to tell the story--recipe by recipe--of one of the great food cities of the world and the determination of its citizens to preserve and safeguard their culinary...

A treasure trove of essays, recipes, and images exploring the people and food of Marfa and its premier restaurant, The CapriCooking in Marfa introduces an unusual small town in the West Texas desert and, within it, a fine-dining oasis in a most unlikely...

L. Susan Bond reveals the full range and diversity of African American preaching in this exploration of African American homiletical theories. Portraying the many approaches that are empowering preaching in African American churches today, Bond shows how...

Something has happened to food in America. It is no longer simply food-- filling, good-tasting, life-sustaining. Rather, it is fat free or high in fiber or loaded with calories-- it is an enemy that will steal life away, or a savior that will prolong it...

The legitimacy of the prohibition experiment rests on its compatibility with constitutional principles. This is uncontroversial and more than a hundred court decisions have upheld the law in these terms, finding no shelter for drug users or distributors...

Cultural differences can cause problems. In this book, the author details a workshop she conducted and the lessons learned in "Vecinos" (broadly defined as "neighbors") experiences in New Mexico that addressed these problems. The themes explored were...

An idol is a good thing. It is good because God created it. Nothing exists that God did not create and God created all things good. So sex can be an idol, but before it was an idol it was a good creation of God. Materialism is an idol, but to have a...

When Amy Nickell left university, she managed to nab herself a real life paid job as a celebrity reporter in London town. She literally got paid to ask Robert Downey Junior out for Nando's, while living with her gay best friend, their Harry Styles...

Moving beyond binary definitions of racism, Rev. Lou Snead's book addresses the subtle unconscious racial biases and privileges that continue to contribute to the racial inequities and injustices that exist in America today. Using a confessional approach...

In the aftermath of the George Floyd killing in 2020, as U.S. society takes a deep look at its racist underpinnings, corporations are among the institutions being called on to revamp their treatment of black people. Confessions from Your Token Black...