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

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
It's All Good: Delicious, Easy Recipes That Will Make You Look Good and Feel Great
Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
UnDiet: Eat Your Way To Vibrant Health
Whole Grain Vegan Baking: More than 100 Tasty Recipes for Plant-Based Treats Made Even Healthier-From Wholesome Cookies and Cupcakes to Breads, Biscuits, and More
The Food Police: A Well-Fed Manifesto About the Politics of Your Plate
Modern Art Desserts: Recipes for Cakes, Cookies, Confections, and Frozen Treats Based on Iconic Works of Art
Jumpstart to Skinny: The Simple 3-Week Plan for Supercharged Weight Loss
Cooking with Flowers: Sweet and Savory Recipes with Rose Petals, Lilacs, Lavender, and Other Edible Flowers
Smoke: New Firewood Cooking
New York Sweets: A Sugarhound's Guide to the Best Bakeries, Ice Cream Parlors, Candy Shops, and Other Emporia of Delicious Delights
Offal: A Global History
The Beauty Detox Foods: Discover the Top 50 Beauty Foods That Will Transform Your Body and Reveal a More Beautiful You
The Cassoulet Saved Our Marriage: True Tales of Food, Family, and How We Learn to Eat

Giveaways

  • Millennials Speak. Essays on the 21st Century by R.P. Thead
    Millennials Speak. Essays on the 21st Century
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    Millennials Speak. Essays on the 21st Century is a crowdsourced and crowdfunded production. It is snapshot of the ideas and opinions global Millennial…more View Details »
    Giveaway dates: Apr 25 - May 23, 2013
    3 copies available, 300 people requesting
    Countries available: US and CA
  • Taste Test by Kelly Fiore
    Taste Test
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    Release date: Aug 27, 2013
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    Giveaway dates: Mar 24 - May 24, 2013
    1 copy available, 873 people requesting
    Countries available: US
  • The Mindful Carnivore by Tovar Cerulli
    The Mindful Carnivore: A Vegetarian's Hunt for Sustenance
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    Release date: Mar 06, 2013
    A vegan-turned-hunter explores the connections between humans and their food sources, inviting us to reconsider what it means to eat.

    While still in hi…more View Details »
    Giveaway dates: Apr 28 - May 24, 2013
    5 copies available, 301 people requesting
    Countries available: US
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    Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
    The Middlesteins
    Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child
    Dream Lake (Friday Harbor, #3)
    Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir
    The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
    Peaches for Father Francis (Chocolat, #3)
    Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
    The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet
    Sprinkle with Murder (A Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #1)
    Creepy Carrots!
    How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf (Naked Werewolf, #1)
    From the Kitchen of Half Truth
    A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table
    The China Study by T. Colin CampbellWhy We Get Fat by Gary TaubesThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanIn Defense of Food by Michael PollanThe Paleo Diet by Loren Cordain
    A Nutrition Reading List
    136 books — 108 voters
    Evertaster by Adam Glendon SidwellThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanMy Life in France by Julia ChildKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
    Fabulous Reads for Foodies
    93 books — 60 voters

    The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanIn Defense of Food by Michael PollanThe Botany of Desire by Michael PollanA Movable Feast by Kenneth F. KipleFood Rules by Michael Pollan
    Global Citizenship: Food
    60 books — 5 voters
    The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
    Food-Related Non-Fiction
    469 books — 976 voters

    Delia's Complete How To Cook by Delia SmithHow to Cook Everything by Mark BittmanSPOON by Dana HayAprès Tennis by Daniela MellenOne Is Fun! by Delia Smith
    How to Cook Books
    18 books — 14 voters
    The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee BenderTwilight by Stephenie MeyerGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Cupcake Queen by Heather HeplerMake Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff
    Food on the Cover
    335 books — 218 voters

    The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
    In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
    Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
    Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
    Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
    Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
    My Life in France
    Eating Animals
    Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
    The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
    Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
    Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
    Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
    Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
    A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines

    Julia Pandl
    Julia Pandl Memoir of the Sunday Brunch
    Working in the family brunch business was both a rite of passage and a nonnegotiable requirement for the author of Memoir of the Sunday Brunch and her eight siblings.
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    Jarod Kintz, This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks

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    I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.
    W.C. Fields

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