Food

Food writing regards food not only as a substance, but also as a cultural phenomenon. Food writer John T. Edge explains how the genre views its topic: "Food is essential to life. It’s arguably our nation’s biggest industry. Food, not sex, is our most frequently indulged pleasure. Food—too much, not enough, the wrong kind, the wrong frequency—is one of our society’s greatest causes of disease and death." Food writer Mark Kurlansky links this vision of food directly to food writing, giving the genre's scope and range when he observes: “Food is about agriculture, about ecology, about man’s relati ...more

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The Paris Novel
A Murder Most French (American In Paris Mystery, #2)
The French Ingredient: A Memoir
What's Eating Jackie Oh?
Forage & Feast: Recipes for Bringing Mushrooms & Wild Plants to Your Table
The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County
Family Reservations
If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury
The Memory of Lavender and Sage
The Baker and the Bard
Louder Than Hunger
Gut Reaction
Piglet
Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar
Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
Milk Fed
Land of Milk and Honey
Family Reservations
Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs
A Winter in New York
The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County
Louder Than Hunger
Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots
How to Kiss Your Enemy (Hawthorne Brothers #3)
ダンジョン飯 7 [Dungeon Meshi 7] (Delicious in Dungeon, #7)
Recipe for Second Chances
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee BenderTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Cupcake Queen by Heather HeplerIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Food on the Cover
1,301 books — 441 voters
Chocolat by Joanne HarrisLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggJulie and Julia by Julie PowellEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Books That Make Your Taste Buds Water!
189 books — 136 voters

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne FlukeCatering to Nobody by Diane Mott DavidsonFudge Cupcake Murder by Joanne FlukeDying for Chocolate by Diane Mott DavidsonBlueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke
Mysteries in Good Taste!
491 books — 389 voters
Tagged by Joseph M. ChironHELP! A Bear is Eating Me! by Mykle HansenThe Road by Cormac McCarthyJaws by Peter BenchleyThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  Harris
Best Books about Being Eaten
106 books — 177 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Eating Animals
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Salt: A World History
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

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