Winner of the 2018 International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Cookbook Award for "Chefs &amp; Restaurants" category The highly anticipated narrative-rich cookbook by Chicago’s superstar chef, Paul Kahan, whose destination restaurant, The Publican, is known for its incredibly delicious pork- and seafood-centric, beer-friendly cooking. The Publican, often named one of Chicago’s most popular restaurants, conjures a colonial American beer hall with its massive communal tables, high-backed chairs, deep beer list, and Kahan’s hallmark style of crave-worthy heartland cooking that transcends the expected and is eminently cookable. Cheers to The Publican is Paul Kahan’s and Executive Chef Cosmo Goss’s toast to the food they love to make and share, the characters who produce the ingredients that inspire them, and the other cooks they honor. Larded with rich story-telling and featuring more than 150 evocative photographs and 150 recipes for vegetables and salads, fish and seafood, meat, simple charcuterie, and breads and spreads, Cheers to The Publican is sure to be one of the most talked-about and cooked-from cookbooks of the year.

Cheers to the Publican, Repast and Present: Recipes and Ramblings from an American Beer Hall [A Cookbook]

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Kahan, Paul

Holtzman, Rachel

Goss, Cosmo

Regional & International

Lorena Jones Books

Celebrated chef Paul Kahan's game plan and recipe repertoire of rustic, super-delicious, low-stress food to cook for gatherings. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Chicago chef Paul Kahan is legendary for cooking up amazing food at home while everyone--including him--is hanging out in the kitchen, talking, and having a great time. Cooking for Good Times shares Kahan's best secrets for low-stress cooking for friends and family, using his program of twelve basic actions to mix and match (such as "Roast Some Roots, "Make Some Grains," "Braise a Pork Shoulder," and "Make a Simple Dessert"). In every chapter, Kahan gives six to eight customizations for each core recipe for ways to make dishes seem new. Simple recommendations for wine and beer styles to pour remove the fuss over beverage options. With recipes ranging from Roasted Chicken with Smashed Potatoes and Green Sauce to Farro with Roasted Cauliflower and Oranges and Steak with Radicchio and Honey-Roasted Squash, plus more than 125 mouth-watering photographs, Kahan's playbook is guaranteed to make hosting more relaxing, fun, and delicious.

Cooking for Good Times: Super Delicious, Super Simple [A Cookbook]

Hendrix, Perry

Reference

The Homestead Strike: Labor, Violence, and American Industry (Critical Moments in American History)

On July 6, 1892, three hundred armed Pinkerton agents arrived in Homestead, Pennsylvania to retake the Carnegie Steelworks from the company's striking workers. As the agents tried to leave their boats, shots rang out and a violent skirmish began. The confrontation at Homestead was a turning point in the history of American unionism, beginning a rapid process of decline for America’s steel unions that lasted until the Great Depression. Examining the strike’s origins, events, and legacy, The Homestead Strike illuminates the tense relationship between labor, capital, and government in the pivotal moment between Reconstruction and the Progressive Era. In a concise narrative, bolstered by statements from steelworkers, court testimony, and excerpts from Carnegie's writings, Paul Kahanintroduces students to one of the most dramatic and influential episodes in the history of American labor.

The Homestead Strike (Critical Moments in American History)

Business & Money

Economics

Routledge

This informative reference meets tasting journal teaches spirit enthusiasts how to deeply appreciate drinking tequila of all kinds.\nFrom classic to new-generation and small-batch tequilas, this book gives you the information you need to enjoy this widely popular drink with knowledge. Whether you are a straight-up sipper, a with or without salt, or a frozen-with-an-umbrella-drink type, Enjoying Tequila offers a hands-on guide and reference to this unique spirit and its many varieties and tastes.\nWith the growth of artisan distilling, this spirit is surpassing its reputation as just a spirit to mix in a Margarita cocktail. The days of Jose Cuervo being the only option are long gone and savvy spirit aficionados are developing a newfound respect and love for this revered Mexican spirit. There are now subtle and distinct flavor variations and nuances in tequila options.\nEnjoying Tequila offers insight into the growing world of this versatile liquor—with its complex flavors and classic cocktails that are synonymous with relaxation. With this book in hand, you may be inclined to make tequila your spirit of choice as you: Discover tequila’s spicy, sweet, rich, and mellow variations Choose from a collection of classic cocktail recipes Follow tasting notes on a full range of tequilas Offers an interactive format for recording your experiencesEnjoying Tequila is the perfect gift for your fun-loving friends (or just for yourself!)—no matter what flavor path they choose.

Enjoying Tequila: A Tasting Guide and Journal (Liquor Library)

Beverages & Wine

Voyageur Press

This informative reference meets tasting journal is your essential guide to the pleasure and versatility of this well-loved, globally sought-after spirit.\nWhether you are a novice or savvy enthusiast, Enjoying Gin teaches you the fascinating history of the world’s most well-known spirit as well as how to enjoy and evaluate it for a myriad of tastes, textures, and flavor subtleties. It also takes a look at some of the most popular gin brands so you can learn how to cut through the marketing and really understand what you’re getting. The journal section creates an accessible, interactive journey that helps you record your tasting experiences with small-batch to big-brand gins so you can find new favorites based on your flavor preferences. This guide: Takes you through the finer points of tasting gin Offers an interactive format for recording your experiences Includes a collection of gin cocktail recipes that take your experience deeper into the world of gin enjoyment From classic to new-generation gin distilleries hailing from across the the globe, you’ll learn all you need to enjoy gin with the knowledge of a seasoned enthusiast. Whether you choose classic or contemporary, Enjoying Gin offers a hands-on guide to the world of gin and its complexities of flavors.

Enjoying Gin: A Tasting Guide and Journal (Liquor Library)

Seminary of Virtue explores the history of penal education programs, demonstrating that America’s prisons have historically been educational (as well as punitive) institutions. This volume argues that Eastern State Penitentiary’s extensive and aggressive educational program reflected a general American belief that correctional institutions should educate inmates as a way of reducing recidivism and thereby «reforming» them. No mere case study, Seminary of Virtue demonstrates that for the last two hundred years penologists have believed that educational programming was one of the keys to lowering recidivism and «reforming» inmates. Seminary of Virtue also reveals the historical amnesia that hindered American penal reform over the same time period as each succeeding generation believed that their particular penal reforms were revolutionary.

Seminary of Virtue: The Ideology and Practice of Inmate Reform at Eastern State Penitentiary, 1829-1971

History

Americas

Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers

Philadelphia: A Narrative History

University of Pennsylvania Press

Eastern State Penitentiary: A History documents the stories of the men and the method that shaped one of Philadelphia s most recognizable landmarks. In this superbly balanced and thoroughly researched volume, Paul Kahan presents the history of this revolutionary penitentiary, from its inception as a model of the revolutionary Pennsylvania System of incarceration in 1829 to the demands for its closure in the wake of ever-increasing violence in 1971. Through tales of spectacular escapes, official corruption, reformation and retribution, Kahan chronicles the tensions that plagued Eastern State since the arrival of its first prisoners."

Eastern State Penitentiary: A History

History Press Library Editions

In The Bank War: Andrew Jackson, Nicholas Biddle, and the Fight for American Finance, historian Paul Kahan explores one of the most important and dramatic events in American political and economic history, from the idea of centralized banking and the First Bank of the United States to Jackson's triumph, the era of "free banking," and the creation of the Federal Reserve System. Relying on a range of primary and secondary source material, the book also shows how the Bank War was a manifestation of the debates that were sparked at the Constitutional Convention--the role of the executive branch and the role of the federal government in American society--debates that endure to this day as philosophical differences that often divide the United States.

The Bank War: Andrew Jackson, Nicholas Biddle, and the Fight for American Finance

Westholme Publishing

A short, focused history of the politics of Reconstruction in a changing America On December 5, 1876, President Ulysses S. Grant transmitted his eighth and final message to Congress. In reviewing his tenure as president, Grant proclaimed, “Mistakes have been made,” though he assured Congress, his administration’s “failures have been errors of judgment, not of intent.” Until recently, scholars have portrayed Grant as among the country’s worst chief executives. Though the scholarly consensus about Grant’s presidency is changing, the general public knows little, if anything, about his two terms, other than their outsized reputation for corruption. While scandals are undoubtedly part of the story, there is more to Grant’s presidency: Grant faced the Panic of 1873, the severest economic depression in U.S. history, defeated the powerful Senator Charles Sumner on the annexation of Cuba, and deftly avoided war with Spain while laying the groundwork for the “special relationship” between Great Britain and the United States. Grant’s efforts to ensure justice for African Americans and American Indians, however, were undercut by his own decisions and by the contradictory demands of the various constituencies that made up the Republican Party. In The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant: Preserving the Civil War’s Legacy, historian Paul Kahan focuses on the unique political, economic, and cultural forces unleashed by the Civil War and how Grant addressed these issues during his tumultuous two terms as chief executive. A timely reassessment, The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant sheds new light on the business of politics in the decade after the Civil War and portrays an energetic and even progressive executive whose legacy has been overshadowed by both his wartime service and his administration’s many scandals.

The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant: Preserving the Civil War's Legacy

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

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