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The Omnivore's Dilemma (Hardcover)
by Michael Pollan (shelved 513 times as food)
avg rating 4.26 — 38,556 ratings — published 2006
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Hardcover)
by Barbara Kingsolver (shelved 372 times as food)
avg rating 4.12 — 28,800 ratings — published 2007
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Hardcover)
by Michael Pollan (shelved 345 times as food)
avg rating 4.04 — 21,113 ratings — published 2007
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (updated edition)
by Anthony Bourdain (shelved 288 times as food)
avg rating 3.95 — 15,413 ratings — published 2000
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Fast Food Nation (Paperback)
by Eric Schlosser (shelved 230 times as food)
avg rating 3.75 — 55,128 ratings — published 2001
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Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen (Hardcover)
by Julie Powell (shelved 191 times as food)
avg rating 3.37 — 13,391 ratings — published 2005
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Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise (Paperback)
by Ruth Reichl (shelved 162 times as food)
avg rating 3.84 — 6,662 ratings — published 2005
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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 (Hardcover)
by Bill Buford (shelved 140 times as food)
avg rating 3.81 — 5,509 ratings — published 2006
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Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table (Paperback)
by Ruth Reichl (shelved 132 times as food)
avg rating 4.00 — 5,798 ratings — published 1998
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My Life in France (Hardcover)
by Julia Child (shelved 128 times as food)
avg rating 4.11 — 7,754 ratings — published 2006
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World (Paperback)
by Michael Pollan (shelved 119 times as food)
avg rating 4.07 — 10,343 ratings — published 2001
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Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table (Paperback)
by Ruth Reichl (shelved 104 times as food)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,364 ratings — published 2001
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A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines (Paperback)
by Anthony Bourdain (shelved 101 times as food)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,432 ratings — published 2001
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The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Useable Trim, Scraps, and Bones (Hardcover)
by Anthony Bourdain (shelved 79 times as food)
avg rating 3.65 — 2,826 ratings — published 2006
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The All New, All Purpose Joy of Cooking (Hardcover)
by Irma S. Rombauer (shelved 78 times as food)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,901 ratings — published 1973
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The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation (Hardcover)
by David Kamp (shelved 75 times as food)
avg rating 3.59 — 1,568 ratings — published 2006
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Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally (Hardcover)
by Alisa Smith (shelved 72 times as food)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,495 ratings — published 2007
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The Art of Simple Food: Notes and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution (Hardcover)
by Alice Waters (shelved 65 times as food)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,471 ratings — published 2007
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Salt: A World History (Paperback)
by Mark Kurlansky (shelved 65 times as food)
avg rating 3.60 — 6,207 ratings — published 2003
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What to Eat (Paperback)
by Marion Nestle (shelved 62 times as food)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,496 ratings — published 2006
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The Art of Eating (Paperback)
by M.F.K. Fisher (shelved 60 times as food)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,032 ratings — published 1963
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On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
by Harold McGee (shelved 60 times as food)
avg rating 4.64 — 1,503 ratings — published 1984
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The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food (Hardcover)
by Jennifer 8 Lee (Goodreads author) (shelved 59 times as food)
avg rating 3.52 — 1,855 ratings — published 2008
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The Man Who Ate Everything (Paperback)
by Jeffrey Steingarten (shelved 59 times as food)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,769 ratings — published 1997
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How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food (Hardcover)
by Mark Bittman (shelved 57 times as food)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,684 ratings — published 1998
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I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence (Hardcover)
by Amy Sedaris (shelved 55 times as food)
avg rating 4.07 — 7,140 ratings — published 2006
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (Paperback)
by Elizabeth Gilbert (shelved 54 times as food)
avg rating 3.62 — 148,379 ratings — published 2006
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A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table (Hardcover)
by Molly Wizenberg (shelved 53 times as food)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,022 ratings — published 2008
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Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes (Hardcover)
by Mark Bittman (shelved 52 times as food)
avg rating 3.67 — 1,836 ratings — published 2008
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The Moosewood Cookbook: Recipes from Moosewood Restaurant, Ithaca, New York (Paperback)
by Mollie Katzen (shelved 52 times as food)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,037 ratings — published 1977
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Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies (Paperback)
by Laura Esquivel (shelved 51 times as food)
avg rating 3.88 — 46,048 ratings — published 1993
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The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School (Hardcover)
by Kathleen Flinn (shelved 48 times as food)
avg rating 3.50 — 1,950 ratings — published 2007
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Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think (Hardcover)
by Brian Wansink (shelved 47 times as food)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,335 ratings — published 2006
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Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant : Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone (Hardcover)
by Jenni Ferrari-Adler (Goodreads author) (shelved 46 times as food)
avg rating 3.76 — 1,049 ratings — published 2007
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French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure (Hardcover)
by Mireille Guiliano (shelved 44 times as food)
avg rating 3.37 — 2,791 ratings — published 2004
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Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America (Paperback)
by Steve Almond (shelved 44 times as food)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,764 ratings — published 2004
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Vegan with a Vengeance : Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rock (Paperback)
by Isa Chandra Moskowitz (Goodreads author) (shelved 42 times as food)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,270 ratings — published 2005
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Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone (Hardcover)
by Deborah Madison (shelved 40 times as food)
avg rating 4.47 — 870 ratings — published 1997
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Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook (Hardcover)
by Isa Chandra Moskowitz (Goodreads author) (shelved 40 times as food)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,354 ratings — published 2007
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Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter (Hardcover)
by Phoebe Damrosch (shelved 40 times as food)
avg rating 3.25 — 1,245 ratings — published 2007
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Real Food: What to Eat and Why (Hardcover)
by Nina Planck (shelved 39 times as food)
avg rating 3.89 — 936 ratings — published 2006
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How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking (Paperback)
by Nigella Lawson (shelved 38 times as food)
avg rating 4.12 — 900 ratings — published 1998
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The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter (Hardcover)
by Peter Singer (shelved 37 times as food)
avg rating 4.08 — 783 ratings — published 2006
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Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (California Studies in Food and Culture, 3)
by Marion Nestle (shelved 37 times as food)
avg rating 3.75 — 940 ratings — published 2002
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Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous! (Paperback)
by Rory Freedman (shelved 36 times as food)
avg rating 3.25 — 7,339 ratings — published 2005
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The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection (Paperback)
by Michael Ruhlman (shelved 34 times as food)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,041 ratings — published 2000
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It Must've Been Something I Ate (Paperback)
by Jeffrey Steingarten (shelved 34 times as food)
avg rating 4.12 — 722 ratings — published 2002
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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
by Steve Ettlinger (shelved 33 times as food)
avg rating 3.14 — 925 ratings — published 2007
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Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World: 75 Dairy-Free Recipes for Cupcakes that Rule (Paperback)
by Isa Chandra Moskowitz (Goodreads author) (shelved 33 times as food)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,152 ratings — published 2006
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Super Natural Cooking: Five Delicious Ways: To Incorporate Whole & Natural Ingredients into Your Cooking (Paperback)
by Heidi Swanson (Goodreads author) (shelved 32 times as food)
avg rating 4.34 — 528 ratings — published 2007
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"As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans."
— Ernest Hemingway (A Moveable Feast)
— Ernest Hemingway (A Moveable Feast)
"Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion."
— Ambrose Bierce
— Ambrose Bierce
