Food-Related Non-Fiction
Non-cookbook non-fiction books you've read about food, cooking, and eating.
1 The Omnivore's Dilemma: A N...
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4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 84,723 ratings
2 Kitchen Confidential: Adven...
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 77,776 ratings
3 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 59,115 ratings
4 Fast Food Nation: The Dark ...
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 145,545 ratings
5 In Defense of Food: An Eate...
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 48,532 ratings
6 My Life in France
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 37,893 ratings
7 Garlic and Sapphires: The S...
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 16,138 ratings
8 Tender at the Bone: Growing...
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 15,582 ratings
9 Heat: An Amateur's Adventur...
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 12,577 ratings
10 Eating Animals
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 22,563 ratings
11 Julie and Julia: 365 Days, ...
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3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 63,991 ratings
12 Salt: A World History
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 16,757 ratings
13 The Botany of Desire: A Pla...
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 22,706 ratings
14 A Year in Provence
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 24,944 ratings
15 Under the Tuscan Sun
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3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 179,505 ratings
16 A Cook's Tour: Global Adven...
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 10,680 ratings
17 On Food and Cooking: The Sc...
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4.49 of 5 stars 4.49 avg rating — 5,387 ratings
18 Comfort Me with Apples: Mor...
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 9,516 ratings
19 The Man Who Ate Everything
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 4,984 ratings
20 The Making of a Chef: Maste...
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 3,366 ratings
21 The Soul of a Chef: The Jou...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2,677 ratings
22 The Art of Eating: 50th Ann...
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4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 2,923 ratings
23 Medium Raw: A Bloody Valent...
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 12,373 ratings
24 Cod: A Biography of the Fis...
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 6,560 ratings
25 Candyfreak: A Journey throu...
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 3,318 ratings
26 A History of the World in 6...
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 4,841 ratings
27 Home Cooking: A Writer in t...
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 2,027 ratings
28 Mindless Eating: Why We Eat...
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 3,587 ratings
28 A Homemade Life: Stories an...
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 7,287 ratings
30 Blood, Bones, and Butter: T...
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 14,056 ratings
31 Eat, Pray, Love
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3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 604,790 ratings
32 Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense...
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3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 20,731 ratings
33 The Sharper Your Knife, the...
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3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 4,973 ratings
34 The United States of Arugul...
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3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 2,341 ratings
35 French Women Don't Get Fat:...
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3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 7,334 ratings
36 Food Politics: How the Food...
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 1,721 ratings
37 Plenty: One Man, One Woman,...
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 2,586 ratings
38 The Fortune Cookie Chronicl...
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3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 2,435 ratings
39 Twinkie, Deconstructed: My ...
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3.24 of 5 stars 3.24 avg rating — 1,198 ratings
40 The Gastronomical Me
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 1,329 ratings
41 Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 18,685 ratings
42 Don't Eat This Book: Fast F...
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 1,262 ratings
43 What to Eat
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 2,838 ratings
44 The China Study: The Most C...
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 7,295 ratings
45 Service Included: Four-Star...
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3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 2,183 ratings
45 The Language of Baklava: A ...
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 911 ratings
47 The Apprentice: My Life in ...
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 2,581 ratings
48 An Edible History of Humanity
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3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 799 ratings
49 The Food of a Younger Land:...
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3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 1,049 ratings
50 Consider the Oyster
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4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 459 ratings
51 It Must've Been Something I...
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 1,795 ratings
52 Banana: The Fate of the Fru...
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3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 1,182 ratings
53 Farm City: The Education of...
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 4,644 ratings
54 The Way We Eat: Why Our Foo...
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 1,713 ratings
55 Diet for a Small Planet
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 2,194 ratings
56 The Emperors of Chocolate: ...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 740 ratings
57 The Nasty Bits: Collected V...
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 5,886 ratings
58 The Tummy Trilogy
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 694 ratings
59 Everything I Want to Do Is ...
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 696 ratings
60 The Sweet Life in Paris: De...
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 4,755 ratings
60 Good Calories, Bad Calories
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 2,517 ratings
62 The Big Oyster: History on ...
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,371 ratings
63 SEAsoned - A Chef's Journey...
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 32 ratings
64 Alice, Let's Eat: Further A...
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 574 ratings
65 Stealing Buddha's Dinner
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3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 1,709 ratings
66 Eating for England: The Del...
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 312 ratings
67 Why We Get Fat: And What to...
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 4,304 ratings
68 Hungry Monkey: A Food-Lovin...
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 983 ratings
69 Driving Over Lemons: An Opt...
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 3,658 ratings
70 I'm Just Here for the Food:...
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 7,549 ratings
71 In the Devil's Garden: A Si...
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 387 ratings
72 American Pie: Slices of Lif...
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 281 ratings
73 The True History of Chocolate
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 325 ratings
74 Toast
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3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 2,419 ratings
75 Spice: The History of a Tem...
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3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 755 ratings
76 French Lessons: Adventures ...
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 4,031 ratings
77 Bento Box in the Heartland:...
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3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 373 ratings
78 Harvest for Hope: A Guide t...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1,089 ratings
79 Gumbo Tales: Finding My Pla...
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 360 ratings
80 A Heartbreaking Work of Sta...
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3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 100,106 ratings
81 Confections of a Closet Mas...
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 1,377 ratings
82 The $64 Tomato: How One Man...
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 1,968 ratings
83 Uncommon Grounds: The Histo...
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 538 ratings
84 An Omelette and a Glass of ...
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 429 ratings
85 No Reservations: Around the...
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 2,194 ratings
86 The Miracle Diet: Lose Weig...
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4.88 of 5 stars 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
86 Licking the Spoon: A Memoir...
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4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 116 ratings
88 American Fried
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 135 ratings
89 From Here, You Can't See Pa...
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 263 ratings
90 Cookoff: Recipe Fever in Am...
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 137 ratings
91 The Kitchen Counter Cooking...
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 1,442 ratings
92 Curry: A Tale of Cooks and ...
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 304 ratings
93 The American Way of Eating:...
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3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 1,390 ratings
94 Born Round: The Secret Hist...
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 3,069 ratings
95 Waiter Rant: Thanks for the...
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3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 6,826 ratings
96 Paradox of Plenty: A Social...
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 72 ratings
97 Life, on the Line: A Chef's...
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 1,872 ratings
98 The Zen of Fish: The Story ...
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 1,021 ratings
99 I'm Just Here for More Food...
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 2,247 ratings
100 Zingerman's Guide to Good E...
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 167 ratings
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Comments (showing 1-16 of 16) (16 new)

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message 1: by Angel (new)

Angel Wow, this is a nice little list. Certainly gives me some ideas of books to read later. It even reminded me of titles I had wanted to read, but forgot for one reason or another.


message 2: by Lana (new)

Lana I love this list!


message 3: by Mikey (new)

Mikey Fernández Love the list. Thank you for taking the time to make it: Now I'll be browsing it and goin on amazon.

Thanks again!
M.


message 4: by Julie (new)

Julie #149 is a novel; doesn't belong on this list


message 5: by Susanna (new)

Susanna Which #149? There are several.


message 6: by Julie (new)

Julie Sweet Potato Queen's Novel


message 7: by Susanna (new)

Susanna Deleted.


message 8: by Bettie (last edited Dec 14, 2011 01:12am) (new)

Bettie

Driving Over Lemons, although it does, luckily, have some described eating in it or they wouldn't have been able to sustain the arduous, and gently amusing, family move from England to Spain, doesn't really fit this category.


message 9: by Andy (new)

Andy I'm surprised how many of these books I've read or are on my to-read list. Apparently I'm a foodie.


message 10: by Lorna (new)

Lorna Thank you for the list. I'm amazed at how many I have already read!


message 11: by Emily (new)

Emily This list is fabulous, I've read quite a few of them but there are so many left to read on this list - can't wait to get started!


message 12: by Debbie (new)

Debbie Why are the following on this list? Should they be deleted?
#76 - A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (I have not read this so I could be missing something here...)
#107 - The New Best Recipe (cookbook)
#147 - The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006
#153 - The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007
#168 - The Control of Nature
#199 - How to Cook Everything (cookbook)
#209 - You Shall Know Us by Our Velocity (novel)
#245 - Practical Bengali Grammar (grammar book!?!)
#247 - Zen Yoga (yoga)
#258 - Down and Out in London
#264 - The Sweet Potato Queens' First Big-Ass Novel
#276 - The 2012 Book Blogger's Cookbook
#283 - Bengali: A Comprehensive Grammar (grammar again)
#284 - Breathe Smart: The Secret to Happiness (????)
#290 - The Rusty Parrot Cookbook
#299 - The 2011 Book Blogger's Cookbook
#303 - Outlaw Woman: A Memoir of the War Years (activist memoir?)
#309 - Bengali Grammar (again!)
#341 - Unknown book (anyone know what it was?)
#342 - My Side of the Mountain (novel)
#356 - Rose En Marche (novel)


message 13: by Susanna (new)

Susanna Jessica - you want me to remove anything?


message 14: by Debbie (new)

Debbie I went through and deleted the most obvious miscategorized ones - the cookbooks, novels, grammar books, and yoga books. I left in A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.


message 15: by Judith (new)

Judith Newton Tasting Home  Coming of Age in the Kitchen


May I add my new food memoir to the list?


message 16: by Booklovinglady (last edited Apr 01, 2013 08:49pm) (new)

Booklovinglady I originally voted on How To Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food by Nigella Lawson but then reconsidered and removed my vote, as this Listopia is about "Non-cookbook non-fiction books" amd Nigella's book may be non-fiction but it definitely is a cookbook (and I use is as such...)

Hoe te eten   Het plezier van koken en good food


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