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First Gallery Books hardcover edition February 2025
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Brown, Alton, 1962–, author.
Title: Food for thought : essays & ruminations / Alton Brown.
Description: First Gallery Books hardcover edition. | New York : Gallery Books, 2025. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2024043423 (print) | LCCN 2024043424 (ebook) | ISBN 9781668064214 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781668064221 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781668064238 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Brown, Alton, 1962—Anecdotes. | Cooking—Anecdotes. | Food—Anecdotes. | Food on television—Anecdotes. | Television personalities—United States—Anecdotes. | Celebrity chefs—United States—Anecdotes.
Classification: LCC TX649.B79 A3 2025 (print) | LCC TX649.B79 (ebook) | DDC 641.5092 [B]—dc23/eng/20241029
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024043423
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024043424
ISBN 978-1-6680-6421-4
ISBN 978-1-6680-6423-8 (ebook)