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Author Anny Gaul shares a cozy recipe for fall soup season that highlights the key themes in her book, "Nile Nightshade."

Authors Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern and Teresa Mares on why there can be no quality or sustainable food for consumers if frontline immigrant workers are not treated with dignity and justice.

Author Dana Simmons on her new book, "On Hunger."

UC Press has great news to share about FirstGen program growth and seeks your support for its continued success. Here’s how our program has benefitted first-gen authors so far.

Author Patricia O'Hara explains how her small molecular gastronomy course transformed into popular general course on food chemistry—introducing students to the basics of chemistry through approachable recipes.

Lisa Jacobson, author of "Intoxicating Pleasures," about how alcohol’s place as an emblem of “the good life” may be in jeopardy.

In her highly original book, Charlotte Biltekoff explores the role that science and scientific authority play in food industry responses to consumer concerns about what we eat and how it is made. Real Food, Real Facts offers lessons that extend well beyond food choice and will appeal to readers interested in how everyday people come to accept or reject scientific authority in matters of personal health and well-being.

To celebrate National Honey Month, pre-order THE WORLD ATLAS OF HONEY and receive an exclusive invite with author C. Marina Marchese.

As workers attempt new modes of employment in the era of the Great Resignation, they face a labor landscape that is increasingly uncertain and stubbornly unequal. With Handcrafted Careers, sociologist Eli Revelle Yano Wilson dives headfirst into the everyday lives of workers in the craft beer indust

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