Restaurants


Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Sweetbitter
Arsenic and Adobo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #1)
Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
Last Night at the Lobster
Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Marrying the Ketchups
Restaurant Success by the Numbers: A Money-Guy's Guide to Opening the Next Hot Spot
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
Seconds
What Happened to Goodbye
The Van Gogh Cafe
Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
Housewives Cookbook Guide for Dining Pleasure by Fernando LachicaThe Philippines and International Restaurants Food Recipes Ki... by Fernando Lachica
Best Cookbooks for March 2013
2 books — 2 voters
The Girl with No Shadow by Joanne HarrisChocolat by Joanne HarrisLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelComo agua para chocolate by Laura EsquivelBone In The Throat by Anthony Bourdain
Foodies goodies (Culinary fiction)
100 books — 9 voters

How to Make Your Shrimps Tasty with Steaks by Ava ArcherNew Way to Make Your Meal with Vegetables by Ava ArcherThe Most Creative Lasagna Recipes by Ava ArcherCreative Ways to Mix Up Your Veggies with Wine by Ava ArcherChinese Soup Cookbook by Ava Archer
Food!
464 books — 32 voters
Jamie's Italy by Jamie OliverThe Fate of Food by Amanda LittleFrench Milk by Lucy KnisleyEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Thousand Days in Tuscany by Marlena de Blasi
Food Travels
201 books — 8 voters

A Cook's Tour by Anthony BourdainThe Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey MooreWaiter Rant by Steve DublanicaEverything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chin
Restaurant Guest Checks
4 books — 1 voter
So We Can Glow by Leesa Cross-SmithWell, Actually by Mazey EddingsUp Close & Personal by Ana HolguinAlways the Almost by Edward  UnderhillUnromance by Erin Connor
Restaurant Booths
10 books — 3 voters

J. Kenji López-Alt
Portland's commitment to a daring, perfectionist hedonism is still the city's strongest culinary unifier. At Hat Yai, the casual southern-Thai restaurant from local empire-builder Ninsom, fried chicken comes as a set with curry and roti, and its thin, spiced crust shatters over meat seasoned to the bone. At the newly opened Yonder, chef Maya Lovelace's counter-service ode to her North Carolina's childhood, the spicy, tender fried catfish demanded not just enjoyment but gluttony. Dinner at Naomi ...more
J. Kenji López-Alt, The Best American Food Writing 2020: A Literary Collection of Essays Celebrating Food, Culture, and the Stories Shaping Our Culinary World

K.J. Dell'Antonia
Mimi's and Frannie's both served fried chicken, yes. And they had the same kind of name. And they had been started by sisters. But from there, the similarities---and any competition---ended. Frannie's was open all day, with an extensive menu. Mimi's offered only dinner: chicken, biscuits, French fries, and salad, and off-the-menu doughnuts on Saturday mornings for those in the know. And of course pie, but only when the spirit moved her mother to bake. ...more
K.J. Dell'Antonia, The Chicken Sisters

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