Food is love. Food is pleasure. Food is everything.
La Figa: Visions of Food and Form features a spectacular collection of sensual photography — models wearing nothing but the edible creations of James Beard award-winning chef Tiberio Simone. Using the human body as his canvas, and natural fresh ingredients as his paint, Simone’s elegant and tasteful nude images are the culmination of a five-year collaboration with photographer Matt Freedman. Not just a photography book, La Figa is a celebration of Simone’s vision of food and touch as the basic ingredients of life — with recipes, writing about food and sensuality, and the story of how he become the ‘pleasure activist’ he is today. The book makes an intriguing addition to your coffee table or a unique gift for a special someone.
- Over 160 full color images
- 20 Recipes
- 40 Essays about food, love, and life

Visit: www.lafigaproject.com/

For flower lovers everywhere. You can almost smell the flowers in this photo tour of Seattle’s hidden gem, the Volunteer Park Conservatory, one of the last remaining Victorian glass conservatories in the U.S. This beautiful book, the first ever about the Conservatory, is published just in time for the Conservatory’s upcoming 2012 Centennial Celebration. Uniquely created from twelve visits, one each month, photographer Sara L. Chapman highlights the magnificent displays of rare flowers and extraordinary foliage from around the world. View the Conservatory’s signature blend of perfect horticultural technique with world-class, creative plant combinations. Browse among the ravishing displays as they change throughout the year. Complete with the common and scientific names of plants and including a comprehensive index, with a foreword from the Conservatory’s Senior Gardener, David Helgeson. Helpful and inspiring to armchair gardeners and plant professionals alike. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the Friends of the Conservatory.

Photojournalist Jerry Gay has driven over 500,000 miles of America’s back roads and highways during the past forty years to continue his personal passion to see reality in everyday life. His exceptional photography conveys his truly positive and persuasive analysis. Jerry visualizes reality and encourages us to see solutions for challenges we now face in our ambiguous universe.
Visit: www.jerrygay.com/seeing-reality.cfm

Grown in Washington is a joyous journey through the growing season. Months come alive with richly colored, eye-popping photos of flavorful fruits and veggies. Owner of the Yakima Fruit Market, Poage peppers the pages with advice for growing your own or choosing the choicest in the market. What to do with nature’s bounty? Tried and true recipes will send you scurrying to the kitchen. Details on favorite varieties of produce round out this gem.
Visit  www.skagitonians.org

Follow adventure photographer and deckhand Travis Arket as he takes you firsthand into the life of a Bering Sea crab fisherman. Travis brings you onto the back deck of a crab boat like never before, to meet the men who battle the notorious waters for adventure and fortune. From the breathtaking landscapes of the Aleutian Islands to portraits of the sea that only an insider could give you, this book comes to you years in the making.
Visit:  www.deadliestwaters.com