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
Wonka
The Artist
Milk Fed
The Spite Date (Small Town Sisterhood #1)
Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar
The Fourth Daughter
The Dead Husband Cookbook
The Pairing
The Reservation
A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang
Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm (Diddly Squat, #1)
Greedy
The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake
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
1,239 books — 1,645 voters
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

Chocolat by Joanne HarrisLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe School of Essential Ingredients by Erica BauermeisterJulie and Julia by Julie PowellFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Nouvelle Cuisine
366 books — 248 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Environmental Books
1,083 books — 1,230 voters

Practical Paleo by Diane SanfilippoThe Primal Blueprint by Mark SissonIt Starts with Food by Dallas HartwigWell Fed by Melissa JoulwanThe Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf
Best Paleo/Primal Books
131 books — 146 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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