July is National Culinary Arts Month, and we are thrilled to showcase resources tailored for food enthusiasts. Explore everything from cookbooks to interactive workshops at the MCPL Culinary Center, a destination and resource designed to ignite passion for food and foster culinary entrepreneurship in our community. Join us in celebrating Culinary Arts Month by diving into the flavors and knowledge waiting for you at your Library!
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Savory Stories
Check out these kids fiction books, movies, and graphic novels all about food and cooking!
MCPL Culinary Center
The Culinary Center offers hands-on and virtual cooking classes in our teaching kitchen, alongside support for startup food businesses through two rentable incubator kitchens.
Universal Class
Increase your kitchen skills with self-paced online classes on baking and cooking.
Teen Fiction with a Foodie Twist
What do you call a fake noodle? ... An impasta!! Check out our list of Teen fiction books that center around food and some nonfiction recipe books. Pasta la vista!
OverDrive Magazines
Browse favorites like Bon Appetit, Cook's Illustrated, and Food Network Magazine, ready to read in your browser or on the Libby app.
Cooking up a Story
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Eat Joy
Eat Joy
The Vegan Chinese Kitchen
The Vegan Chinese Kitchen
Parwana
Parwana
The Way of Chai
The Way of Chai
Zaitoun
Zaitoun
The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook
The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook
The Kitchen Without Borders
The Kitchen Without Borders
The Joy of Writing A Great Cookbook
The Joy of Writing A Great Cookbook
The Antiracist Kitchen
The Antiracist Kitchen
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts
The Hebridean Baker at Home
The Hebridean Baker at Home
The Complete Recipe Writing Guide
The Complete Recipe Writing Guide
The Gastronomical Me
The Gastronomical Me
American Food Writing
American Food Writing
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
How to Write A Novel in 20 Pies
How to Write A Novel in 20 Pies
Good Taste
Good Taste
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Kitchen Confidential
Kitchen Confidential
Blood, Bones, & Butter
Blood, Bones, & Butter
Yes, Chef
Yes, Chef
Delancey
Delancey
Dirt
Dirt
Give A Girl A Knife
Give A Girl A Knife
Eat A Peach
Eat A Peach
Burn the Place
Burn the Place
Notes From A Young Black Chef
Notes From A Young Black Chef
Memoir of the Sunday Brunch
Memoir of the Sunday Brunch
32 Yolks
32 Yolks
Taste Makers
Taste Makers
The Cooking Gene
The Cooking Gene
For the Culture
For the Culture
Sous Chef
Sous Chef
Savor
Savor
