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

New Releases Tagged "Food"

Nothing Tastes as Good
Service Ready: A Story of Love, Restaurants, and the Power of Hospitality
Grandpere's Ghost Swamp
Greedy
The Reservation
The Whisking Hour (Bakeshop Mystery #22)
Unsettling Salad! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
The Artist
Milk Fed
Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar
The Spite Date (Small Town Sisterhood #1)
The Fourth Daughter
The Reservation
Wonka
The Dead Husband Cookbook
The Pairing
All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now
The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County
Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health
Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm (Diddly Squat, #1)
A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang
James and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessOn the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Fruits and Vegetables in Titles
950 books — 180 voters
The China Study by T. Colin CampbellThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe 2 Week Diet Plan by Brian Flatt by Brian FlattWhy We Get Fat by Gary TaubesIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
A Nutrition Reading List
387 books — 417 voters

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainThe Forager Chefs Club by Rita Mace WalstonMedium Raw by Anthony BourdainMy Life in France by Julia ChildThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Great Books about Food
478 books — 159 voters
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,241 books — 1,647 voters

Post Office by Charles BukowskiThe Rum Diary by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea HandlerThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Drunken Masters
281 books — 376 voters
Learning How To Eat by Brian V. MenardBefore and After by Andrew ShanahanThe 2 Week Diet Plan by Brian Flatt by Brian FlattThe 21 Day Flat Belly Fix System by Todd LambThe Fat Decimater System by Kyle Cooper
Best Diet Books
188 books — 269 voters

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

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