A young boy named Mickey sleeps in his bed when he is disturbed by noise on a lower floor. Suddenly, he begins to float, and loses all of his clothes as he drifts into a surreal world called the "Night Kitchen". He falls naked into a giant mixing pot that contains the batter for the "morning cake". While Mickey is buried in the mass, three identical bakers (who closely resemble...(展开全部)

1971 Caldecott Honor BookNotable Children's Books of 1940--1970 (ALA)Best Books of 1970 (SLJ)Outstanding Children's Books of 1970 (NYT)Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1970 (NYT)Children's Books of 1970 (Library of Congress) Carey-Thomas Award 1971--Honor CitationBrooklyn Art Books for Children 1973, 1975

Sendak's hero Mickey falls through the dark into the Night Kitchen where three fat bakers are making the morning cake. So begins an intoxicating dream fantasy, described by the artist himself as 'a fantasy ten feet deep in reality'.

"Gone with the Wind" is turned inside out in this tragic, page-turning novel in which a white indentured servant girl lives and works with black slaves.

Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter of a chef and a gourmet, this talented young cartoonist comes by her obsession honestly. In her forthright, thoughtful, and funny memoir, Lucy traces key episodes in her life thus far, framed by what she was eating at the time and lessons learned about food, cooking, and life. Each chapter is bookended with an illustrated recipe - many of t...(展开全部)

When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote "Don t Eat Before You Read This" in The New Yorker， he spared no one s appetite， revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door. In Kitchen Confidential， he expanded that appetizer into a deliciously funny， delectable shocking banquet that lays out his 25 years of sex， drugs， and haute cuisine.From his first oyster in the Gironde to the kitchen ...(展开全部)

When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote "Don t Eat Before You Read This" in The New Yorker， he spared no one s appetite， revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door. In Kitchen Confidential， he expanded that appetizer into a deliciously funny， delectable shocking banquet that lays out his 25 years of sex， drugs， and haute cuisine.From his first oyster in the Gironde to the kitchen ...(展开全部)

谭恩美：著名美藉化裔女作家。1952年出生于美国加州奥克兰，曾就读医学院，后取得语言学硕士学位。她因处女作《喜福会》而一举成名，成为当代美国的畅销作家。著有长篇小说《灶神之妻》《灵感女孩》和为儿童创作的《月亮夫人》《中国暹罗猫》等，作品被译成20多种文字在世界上广为流传。

From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a literary masterclass on how to become both a better writer and reader, on what makes great stories work, and what they can tell us about how to live. In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for ...(展开全部)

From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a literary masterclass on how to become both a better writer and reader, on what makes great stories work, and what they can tell us about how to live. In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for ...(展开全部)