Books about Food (Fiction and Nonfiction)

Updated June 6, 2024
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Food-related stories
Melian, Gaby
Paper Book
"Gaby Melian tells so many stories through her relationship with food-about love, about loss, about hard work, and about finding her passion. The pages are dripping with delicious smells and tastes, and will give you a new way to look at both cooking and what it means to have a plan." -Molly...
The Kamogawa food detectives
Kashiwai, Hisashi
Paper Book
" A bestseller in Japan, The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai is a celebration of good company and the power of a delicious meal. The Kamogawa Food Detectives, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is the first book in...
From plant to plate
Gadzekpo, Darryl
Paper Book
Grow mighty ingredients, then transform them into delicious, plant-powered feasts with this sustainable cookbook. A visual feast for 7-9 year olds, From Plant to Plate is the perfect book to inspire kids to get growing, get cooking, and get plant-powered eating.
If you can't take the heat : tales of food, feminism, and fury
DeRuiter, Geraldine
Paper Book
From the James Beard Award-winning blogger behind The Everywhereist come hilarious, searing essays on how food and cooking stoke the flames of her feminism. "With charm and humor, Geraldine DeRuiter welcomes us into her personal history and thus reconnects us with ourselves."-...

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