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Food-Related Non-Fiction
Non-cookbook non-fiction books you've read about food, cooking, and eating.
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollan 73 people voted »
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Fast Food Nation
Fast Food Nation
by Eric Schlosser 69 people voted »
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Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
by Ruth Reichl 32 people voted »
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Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Crit...
by Ruth Reichl 31 people voted »
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan 30 people voted »
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Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave,...
by Bill Buford 27 people voted »
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Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny ...
by Julie Powell 23 people voted »
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My Life in France
My Life in France
by Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme 22 people voted »
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Salt: A World History
Salt: A World History
by Mark Kurlansky 19 people voted »
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A Year in Provence
A Year in Provence
by Peter Mayle 18 people voted »
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On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of th...
by Harold McGee 14 people voted »
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Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table
Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the ...
by Ruth Reichl 14 people voted »
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The Man Who Ate Everything
The Man Who Ate Everything
by Jeffrey Steingarten 13 people voted »
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The Art of Eating
The Art of Eating
by M.F.K. Fisher 12 people voted »
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The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection
The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection
by Michael Ruhlman 10 people voted »
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Under the Tuscan Sun
Under the Tuscan Sun
by Frances Mayes 10 people voted »
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The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute
The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Cul...
by Michael Ruhlman 8 people voted »
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Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America
Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Und...
by Steve Almond 8 people voted »
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The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in th...
by Jennifer 8 Lee (Goodreads author) 8 people voted »
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A History of the World in 6 Glasses
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
by Tom Standage 7 people voted »
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Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen
Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen
by Laurie Colwin 7 people voted »
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Cod
Cod
by Mark Kurlansky 7 people voted »
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The Gastronomical Me
The Gastronomical Me
by M.F.K. Fisher 7 people voted »
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Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America
Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersiz...
by Morgan Spurlock 6 people voted »
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The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love,...
by Kathleen Flinn 5 people voted »
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Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter
Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eaves...
by Phoebe Damrosch 5 people voted »
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Consider the Oyster
Consider the Oyster
by M.F.K. Fisher 5 people voted »
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The Tummy Trilogy
The Tummy Trilogy
by Calvin Trillin 5 people voted »
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Spice: The History of a Temptation
Spice: The History of a Temptation
by Jack Turner 5 people voted »
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A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table
A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Ki...
by Molly Wizenberg 4 people voted »
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Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
by Brian Wansink 4 people voted »
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Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What America Eats
Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover ...
by Steve Ettlinger 4 people voted »
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It Must've Been Something I Ate
It Must've Been Something I Ate
by Jeffrey Steingarten 4 people voted »
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The Language of Baklava: A Memoir
The Language of Baklava: A Memoir
by Diana Abu-Jaber 4 people voted »
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The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation
The United States of Arugula: How We Became a G...
by David Kamp 3 people voted »
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Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating
Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating
by Jane Goodall 3 people voted »
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Eating for England: The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at the Table
Eating for England: The Delights and Eccentrici...
by Nigel Slater 3 people voted »
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Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater
Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy...
by Calvin Trillin 3 people voted »
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Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World
Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How...
by Mark Pendergrast 3 people voted »
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The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket
The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samur...
by Trevor Corson 3 people voted »
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Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia
by Chris Stewart 3 people voted »
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Are You Really Going to Eat That?: Reflections of a Culinary Thrill Seeker
Are You Really Going to Eat That?: Reflections ...
by Robb Walsh 3 people voted »
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Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table
Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orlean...
by Sara Roahen 2 people voted »
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Food & Drink in Britain: From the Stone Age to the 19th Century
Food & Drink in Britain: From the Stone Age...
by C. Anne Wilson 2 people voted »
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The Devil's Picnic: Around the World in Pursuit of Forbidden Fruit
The Devil's Picnic: Around the World in Pursuit...
by Taras Grescoe 2 people voted »
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Eat Your Heart Out: Who Really Decides What Ends Up on Your Plate?
Eat Your Heart Out: Who Really Decides What End...
by Felicity Lawrence 2 people voted »
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Out of the Frying Pan: A Chef's Memoir of Hot Kitchens, Single Motherhood, and the Family Meal
Out of the Frying Pan: A Chef's Memoir of Hot K...
by Gillian Clark 2 people voted »
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Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the ...
by Dan Koeppel 2 people voted »
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The Penguin Companion to Food
The Penguin Companion to Food
by Alan Davidson 2 people voted »
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The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food
The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food
by Judith Jones 2 people voted »
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Between Bites: Memoirs of a Hungry Hedonist
Between Bites: Memoirs of a Hungry Hedonist
by James Villas 2 people voted »
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American Fried:  Adventures of a Happy Eater
American Fried: Adventures of a Happy Eater
by Calvin Trillin 2 people voted »
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The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen
by Jacques Pépin 2 people voted »
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The Sweet Life in Paris: A Recipe for Living in the World's Most Delicious City
The Sweet Life in Paris: A Recipe for Living in...
by David Lebovitz 2 people voted »
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Never Satisfied : A Cultural History of Diets, Fantasies & Fat
Never Satisfied : A Cultural History of Diets, ...
by Hillel Schwartz 2 people voted »
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A Thousand Days in Venice
A Thousand Days in Venice
by Marlena De Blasi 2 people voted »
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Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal
Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal
by Joel Salatin 2 people voted »
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A Cook's Tour In Search of the Perfect Meal
A Cook's Tour In Search of the Perfect Meal
by Anthony Bourdain 2 people voted »
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Fork It Over: The Intrepid Adventures of a Professional Eater
Fork It Over: The Intrepid Adventures of a Prof...
by Alan Richman 2 people voted »
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Stealing Buddha's Dinner
Stealing Buddha's Dinner
by Bich Minh Nguyen 2 people voted »
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Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father's Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater
Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father's Quest to ...
by Matthew Amster-Burton (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
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The Saucier's Apprentice: One Long Strange Trip through the Great Cooking Schools of Europe
The Saucier's Apprentice: One Long Strange Trip...
by Bob Spitz 2 people voted »
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Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties, from Kansas City to Cuzco
Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties, from...
by Calvin Trillin 2 people voted »
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The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
by Mark Kurlansky 2 people voted »
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Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating: How to Choose the Best Bread, Cheeses, Olive Oil, Pasta, Chocolate, and Much More
Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating: How to Choose...
by Ari Weinzweig 2 people voted »
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French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew
French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, an...
by Peter Mayle 2 people voted »
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Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France
Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's To...
by Kermit Lynch 2 people voted »
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Eating My Words: An Appetite for Life
Eating My Words: An Appetite for Life
by Mimi Sheraton 2 people voted »
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Moveable Feasts
Moveable Feasts
by Sarah Murray 1 person voted »
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Horsemen of the Esophagus: Competitive Eating and the Big Fat American Dream
Horsemen of the Esophagus: Competitive Eating a...
by Jason Fagone 1 person voted »
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Gastronaut: Adventures in Food for the Romantic, the Foolhardy, and the Brave
Gastronaut: Adventures in Food for the Romantic...
by Stefan Gates 1 person voted »
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The Queen of Fats: Why Omega-3s Were Removed from the Western Diet and What We Can Do to Replace Them
The Queen of Fats: Why Omega-3s Were Removed fr...
by Susan Allport 1 person voted »
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Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture
Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Cu...
by Jeremy Rifkin 1 person voted »
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The Sunfood Diet Success System
The Sunfood Diet Success System
by David Wolfe 1 person voted »
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Eat Smart: The Zen Anti-Diet
Eat Smart: The Zen Anti-Diet
by Aaron Hoopes (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
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Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook
Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook
by Poppy Tooker, Alice Waters (Foreword) 1 person voted »
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All You Can Eat: How Hungry is America?
All You Can Eat: How Hungry is America?
by Joel Berg 1 person voted »
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The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter
The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter
by Peter Singer, Jim Mason 1 person voted »
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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006
by Dave Eggers (Editor), Matt Groening (Introduction) 1 person voted »
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Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home
Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search f...
by Kim Sunée 1 person voted »
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Confections of a Closet Master Baker
Confections of a Closet Master Baker
by Gesine Bullock-Prado 1 person voted »
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The Hour of the Goddess: Memories of Women, Food, and Ritual in Bengal
The Hour of the Goddess: Memories of Women, Foo...
by Chitrita Banerji 1 person voted »
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Squeezed: What You Don't Know About Orange Juice
Squeezed: What You Don't Know About Orange Juice
by Alissa Hamilton 1 person voted »
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From Here, You Can't See Paris
From Here, You Can't See Paris
by Michael Sanders 1 person voted »
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What to Eat
What to Eat
by Marion Nestle 1 person voted »
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190365 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.


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