New York, NY – November 13, 2008 – Customers of Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, have kicked off their holiday shopping season by browsing the Barnes & Noble.com Holiday Gift Guide.  Delicious gift ideas include recommendations for the cooks, gourmands, and discriminating gastronomes on their lists. The following books, available now both in-stores and online, make the perfect gifts to give to anyone who’s ever had to host a meal, or to keep for a few extra tips for yourself.

Bestselling cookbooks include:

• The Bon Appétit Fast Easy Fresh Cookbook, by Bon Appétit Editor-in-Chief Barbara Fairchild; 40% off the cover price on Barnes & Noble.com.
• Rachael Ray’s biggest cookbook yet, Rachael Ray’s Big Orange Book: Her Favorite All-New 30-Minute Meals, Veggie Meals, Holiday Menus, Dinners-for-One, Kosher Meals, Rollover Menus, and Much, Much More!
• Giada’s Kitchen: New Italian Favorites from Giada de Laurentiis. 
• Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Lessons for the Home Cook, a culinary master class from Martha herself, with lessons for home cooks of all levels.
• Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: How to Get Great Flavors from Simple Ingredients, the essential Ina Garten cookbook.
• Paula Deen’s My First Cookbook, one of America's most beloved cooks shares her favorite dishes and memories from childhood in this delightful cookbook for the very young.

For the DVD collector, The French Chef a.k.a. The French Chef 1 with Julia Child features printable master recipes from The French Chef cookbook.  Another DVD favorite is the two disc set from The Fat Ladies, the BBC’s beloved fabulous food duo.

The newly launched Barnes & Noble Home collection available on Barnes & Noble.com, offers beautiful and practical home and gift items sure to enhance any holiday table, from items such as the Cooknook Cookbook Holder and Prepara Chef's Center Cookbook Holder to tabletop and serve ware such as etched wood party trays and serving boards, tapas sets and wine and cheese serving platters.

Magazine subscriptions, available online at Barnes & Noble.com, including Cooking Light, Food & Wine and Bon Appétit, are great gifts for the cook who has everything. Also available are cook and gourmand-themed calendars, such as the What Do You Know About Wine Box Calendar and the Eating Well Recipe Engagement Calendar.

Barnes & Noble Members will find even greater values when shopping at Barnes & Noble.  Benefits include discounts of 40% off list prices on hardcover fiction and nonfiction bestsellers, 20% off the list prices of all other adult hardcover books and 10% off almost everything else including items from the recently launched B&N Home.

Barnes & Noble.com customers can place orders as late as December 18th, and receive deliveries by December 24th, and still take advantage of free shipping, when purchasing orders over $25 via Fast & Free Delivery.  Orders placed by December 22, 11:59 pm ET using Expedited Air Service will arrive by December 24th.  In Manhattan, the popular Same Day Delivery service is also available through December 24th for delivery to Manhattan, NY addresses; orders placed by 11:00 am ET will be delivered by 7:00 pm on the same day.  Barnes & Noble’s online Holiday Delivery Calendar helps customers select the shipping method that will ensure delivery in time for the holidays.  See site for details. (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/holiday-gifts/deadlines.asp?)