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

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Yes, Chef
The Great Wherever
Happier Here With You
The Farewitch of Foxe Holler
Savvy Summers and the Po'boy Perils (Savvy Summers Mysteries, #2)
All We Hunger For
Feast
What I Made for Dinner: A Memoir
Yes, Chef
Happier Here With You
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block
Milk Fed
The Reservation
Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar
The Pairing
The Dead Husband Cookbook
Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #19)
What I Ate in One Year (And Related Thoughts)
My Magnolia Summer
Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health
The Slow Burn
A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBlood River by Tim ButcherThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
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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
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Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggWaiter Rant by Steve DublanicaWaiter to the Rich and Shameless by Paul HartfordLast Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
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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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