Randy Wayne White's thirteen years as a full-time, light-tackle fishing guide at Tarpon Bay Marina, Sanibel Island, on Florida's Gulf Coast, inspired many of the characters and stories in his New York Times best-selling Doc Ford series. The second edition of Randy Wayne White's Gulf Coast Cookbook pairs more than 125 recipes with photos of the real Tarpon Bay and the most appetizing food-related passages from this acclaimed writer's essays and novels. The result is a veritable memoir of food and adventure, true friends and favorite characters, all in an enjoyable presentation promising satisfying food, drink-and reading.

Randy Wayne White's Gulf Coast Cookbook: With Memories And Photos Of Sanibel Island

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

White, Randy Wayne

Brennen, Carlene

Cooking Education & Reference

Globe Pequot Press

Ernest Hemingway always had cats as companions, from the ones he adored as a child in Illinois and Michigan, to the more than 30 he had as an adult in Paris, Key West, Cuba, and Idaho. All are chronicled and most are pictured here, along with revelations about how they fit into the many twists and turns of his life and loves. In 1943, Ernest Hemingway, living in the Finca in Cuba with his third wife and eleven cats, wrote to his first wife: "One cat just leads to another... The place is so damned big it doesn't really seem as though there were many cats until you see them all moving like a mass migration at feeding time." He called the cats “purr factories" and “love sponges" who soaked up love in return for comfort and companionship. He gave each a name that suited its character, including F. Puss, Fatso, Friendless, Feather Kitty, Princessa, Furhouse, Uncle Woofer, and his last cat in Idaho, Big Boy Peterson. In this updated and edition, you'll also meet his nine dogs, a cow, and a young great horned owl that he rescued not long before his death. Hemingway's Cats reveals a softer side to the writer's character than is usually portrayed through the macho image of the hunter and fisherman. He sought the cats' comfort in times of stress and loneliness, and he featured some of them in his writings, particularly in A Moveable Feast, Islands in the Stream, The Garden of Eden, and True at First Light—all written late in his life and as close to autobiography as he ever came.

Hemingway's Cats: Revised Cuba Edition

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Pineapple Press

Hemingway in Cuba

From 1939 to 1960, Ernest Hemingway made Cuba home to his life and work. Upon winning the Nobel Prize, he pronounced himself a "Cubano Sato"—garden variety Cuban—and gave the award to the Cuban people. To this day the Cubans revere "Ernesto," and the country that Hemingway loved remains unchanged in its character and beauty. Hemingway in Cuba is at once a literary journey for Hemingway aficionados and a rich companion to Papa’s time in Cuba and in neighboring Bimini and Key West. Hilary Hemingway gives new insight into her uncle’s life in Cuba, relating tales of his renowned passion for big game fishing, the women who competed for his affection, and the people who came to inhabit novels such as To Have and Have Not and Islands in the Stream. Readers of Hemingway will recognize Cojimar, the small fishing village featured in his best-known work, The Old Man and the Sea, as one example of how Cuba left an indelible mark on his work. In the care of Cuban curators since his death in 1961, Hemingway’s home in Cuba holds a trove of letters, books, and other documents vital to Hemingway scholarship. Hemingway in Cuba features revelations from the curators’ ongoing research at Finca Vigía, as well as details of the Hemingway Project, a historical collaborative agreement that allows select American scholars to examine this cache of Hemingway papers for the first time. Accompanied by 160 archival and contemporary photographs, Hemingway in Cuba is a must-have for the Hemingway enthusiast.

Hemingway In Cuba

Hemingway, Hilary

Rugged Land

A richly illustrated collection of stores about Ernest Hemingway and his love affair with Cuba as narrated by his niece Hilary Hemingway, featuring unpublished photographs and never before seen material. HEMINGWAY IN CUBA is at once a literary journey for the armchair traveler and a rich companion guide for Hemingway aficionados touring Papa’s haunts in Cuba and in neighboring Bimini and Key West. Hilary gives new insight into her uncle’s life in Cuba, relating tales of his renowned passion for big game fish, the women who competed for his affection, and the people who came to inhabit stories such To Have &amp; Have Not, Islands in the Stream. In 2002, the Cuban government granted permission to a select group of scholars to examine a cache of Hemingway’s papers untouched since his death in 1961. Hemingway In Cuba will feature revelations from the never before seen letters, marginalia, and other documents uncovered in the restoration effort at Finca Vigia, Hemingway’s home in Cuba.

A memoir-cookbook from one of the nation's top adventure writers.

Randy Wayne White's Gulf Coast Cookbook: With Memories and Photos of Sanibel Island

Regional & International

LYONS PRESS+