Audiobooks to Read if You Liked The Bear

Last Night at the Lobster

By: Stewart O’Nan
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

A frank and funny yet emotionally resonant tale set within a vivid work day world, soon to be the basis of a major motion picturePerched in the far corner of a run-down New England mall, the Red Lobster restaurant hasn’t been making its numbers, and headquarters has pulled the plug. But manager Manny DeLeon still needs to navigate a tricky last... Read more

Heat - Abridged

An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany

By: Bill Buford
Narrated by: Bill Buford
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

From one of our most interesting literary figures – former editor of Granta, former fiction editor at The New Yorker, acclaimed author of Among the Thugs – a sharp, funny, exuberant, close-up account of his headlong plunge into the life of a professional cook.

Expanding on his James Beard Award-winning New Yorker article, Bill Buford gives us a... Read more

Garlic and Sapphires

The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise

By: Ruth Reichl
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES is Ruth Reichl's riotous account of the many disguises she employs to dine anonymously. There is her stint as Molly Hollis, a frumpy blond with manicured nails and an off-beige Armani suit that Ruth takes on when reviewing Le Cirque. The result: her famous double review of the restaurant: first she ate there as Molly; and... Read more

My Life in France

By: Julia Child
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child’s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found her “true calling.”

From the moment the ship docked in Le Havre, en route to Paris, in the fall of 1948, Julia had an awakening that changed her life. Soon this tall, outspoken gal from Pasadena, California, who... Read more

The Apprentice

My Life in the Kitchen

By: Jacques Pépin
Narrated by: Jacques Pépin & Michel Chevalier
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

In this captivating memoir, the man whom Julia Child has called ""the best chef in America"" tells the story of his rise from a frightened apprentice in an exacting Old World kitchen to an Emmy Award<en&winning superstar who taught millions of Americans how to cook and shaped the nation's tastes in the bargain.
We see young Jacques as... Read more

Hotbox

Inside Catering, the Food World's Riskiest Business

By: Matt Lee & Ted Lee
Narrated by: Matt Lee & Ted Lee
Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

"As the Lees deftly interview chefs, workers, and clients, their Southern charm enhances their narration...Even non-foodies will savor lesser known morsels of information and marvel at how the wealthy celebrate." — AudioFile Magazine

This program is read by the authors.

Matt Lee and Ted Lee take on the competitive, wild world of high-end catering,... Read more

Bone in the Throat

By: Anthony Bourdain
Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

A wildly funny, irreverent tale of murder, mayhem, and the mob.When up-and-coming chef Tommy Pagana settles for a less than glamorous stint at his uncle’s restaurant in Manhattan’s Little Italy, he unwittingly finds himself a partner in big-time crime. And when the mob decides to use the kitchen for a murder, nothing Tommy learned in cooking... Read more