Foodie Memoirs to Devour

Updated April 18, 2023
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Medium raw : a bloody valentine to the world of food and the people who cook
Bourdain, Anthony.
Paper Book
Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV's Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, "A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook,"...
Yes, chef : a memoir
Samuelsson, Marcus
CD
JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "VOGUE" "NEW YORK TIMES"BESTSELLER One of the great culinary stories of our time. Dwight Garner, "The New York Times" "" It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook walks to...
Blue plate special : an autobiography of my appetites
Christensen, Kate
Paper Book
From acclaimed novelist Kate Christensen, Blue Plate Special is a mouthwatering literary memoir about an unusual upbringing and the long, winding path to happiness. "To taste fully is to live fully." For Kate Christensen, food and eating have always been...
Life from scratch : a memoir of food, family, and forgiveness
Martin, Sasha.
Paper Book
Witty, warm, and poignant, food blogger Sasha Martin's memoir about cooking her way to happiness and self-acceptance is a culinary journey like no other. Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cook--and eat--a meal from every country in the world. As...
Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen
Powell, Julie.
Paper Book
Julie Julia is the story of Julie Powell's attempt to revitalizeher marriage, restore her ambition, and save her soul by cooking all 524recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, VolumeI, in a period of 365 days.The result is a masterful medley of BridgetJones' Diary meets Like...
My American dream : a life of love, family, and food
Bastianich, Lidia
Paper Book
For decades, beloved chef Lidia Bastianich has introduced Americans to Italian food through her cookbooks, TV shows, and restaurants. Nowshe tells her own story for the first time in this"memoir as rich and complex as her mushroom rago" (O, the Oprah Magazine). Born in...
Kitchen yarns : notes on life, love, and food
Hood, Ann
Paper Book
In this warm collection of personal essays and recipes, best-selling author Ann Hood nourishes both our bodies and our souls. From her Italian-American childhood through raising and feeding a growing family and cooking with her new husband, food writer Michael Ruhlman, Ann Hood has...
Tender at the bone : growing up at the table
Reichl, Ruth
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The debut memoir from the renowned author of Save Me the Plums, about the people who"steered her on the path to fulfill her destiny as one of the world's leading food writers" (Chicago Sun-Times). "An absolute delight to...
The food explorer : the true adventures of the globe-trotting botanist who transformed what America eats
Stone, Daniel
Paper Book
David Fairchild, a young botanist with an insatiable lust to explore and experience the world, set out in search of foods that would enrich the American farmer and enchant the American eater. Fairchild's finds weren't just limited to food: From Egypt he sent back a variety of cotton that...
Finding Freedom : a cook's story; remaking a life from scratch
French, Erin
Paper Book
**New York Times Bestseller** From Erin French, owner of the critically acclaimed The Lost Kitchen, a TIME world dining destination, a life-affirming memoir about survival, renewal, and finding a community to lift her up Long before The Lost...
The comfort food diaries : my quest for the perfect dish to mend a broken heart
Nunn, Emily
Paper Book
NPR's Best Books of 2017 Best Books on Food of 2017, The Guardian Best Food-Focused Memoirs, Eater Top 10 Narrative Food & Drink Books, Booklist 20 Best Cookbooks, The Telegraph In the tradition of Elizabeth Gilbert and Ruth...
Give a girl a knife : a memoir
Thielen, Amy
Paper Book
A beautifully written food memoir chronicling one woman's journey from her rural Midwestern hometown to the intoxicating world of New York City fine dining--and back again--in search of her culinary roots   Before Amy Thielen frantically plated rings of truffled potatoes in...
What she ate : six remarkable women and the food that tells their stories
Shapiro, Laura
Paper Book
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of The Year One of NPR Fresh Air's "Books to Close Out a Chaotic 2017" NPR's Book Concierge Guide To the Year's Great Reads "How lucky for us readers that Shapiro has been listening so perceptively for...

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