Food for Thought

Updated November 5, 2025
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If you can't take the heat : tales of food, feminism, and fury
DeRuiter, Geraldine
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * 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...
The new breadline : hunger and hope in the twenty-first century
Bauer, Jean-Martin
Paper Book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE * WINNER OF THE 2025 ZÓCALO BOOK PRIZE A humanitarian leader with more than two decades of experience working for the United Nations takes aim at the global food crisis--revealing how hunger anywhere affects lives...
We are eating the earth : the race to fix our food system and save our climate
Grunwald, Michael
Ebook
From the author of New York Times bestseller The New New Deal, a groundbreaking piece of reportage from the trenches of the next climate war: the fight to fix our food system. Humanity has cleared a land mass the size of Asia plus Europe to grow food, and our food...
National dish : around the world in search of food, history, and the meaning of home
Von Bremzen, Anya
Paper Book
Named a Best Book of 2023 by Financial Times, The Guardian, and BBC's The Food Programme "Anya von Bremzen, already a legend of food writing and a storytelling inspiration to me, has done her best work yet. National Dish is a must-read for all those who believe...
The hunger habit : why we eat when we're not hungry and how to stop
Brewer, Judson
Paper Book
A program proven to heal our relationship with food and our bodies from New York Times bestselling author of Unwinding Anxiety. Sometimes it feels as if there are as many ways to struggle with food as there are foods to eat. Craving, habit, emotions, boredom, stress...
All Consuming: Why We Eat The Way We Eat Now
Tandoh, Ruby.
Paper Book
'Entertaining, alarming, illuminating, alive'NIGELLA LAWSON'Brilliant and original'NIGEL SLATER'A fascinating, sometimes shocking, eye-opener that is also brilliantly funny'CLAUDIA RODEN'Ruby is a rare and singular voice. I loved this book'ANNA JONESThe iconic New Yorker and Vittles food writer asks...
Good Things: Recipes to Share with People You Love
Nosrat, Samin.
Paper Book
Once I hand them off to you, these recipes are no longer mine. They're yours, to do with as you please. And maybe, in the act of receiving, a little thread of connection will be woven between me and each of you. How can a recipe express the joy of sharing a meal in...
What is queer food? : how we served a revolution
Birdsall, John
Paper Book
Food in America and Europe has long been shaped, twisted, and upended by queer creatives. Beloved food writer John Birdsall fills the gap between the past and present, channeling the twin forces of criticism and cultural history to propel readers into the kitchens, restaurants, swirling party...
Be ready when the luck happens : a memoir
Garten, Ina
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten--aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon--shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table....
What I ate in one year
Tucci, Stanley.
Paper Book
'Sharing food is one of the purest human acts' Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci's life- from stracciatella soup served in the shadow of the Pantheon, to marinara sauce cooked between rehearsals and costume fittings, to home-made pizza eaten with his...
Care and feeding : a memoir
Woolever, Laurie
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! A candid, funny, and occasionally devastating memoir of a woman making her way through the food world, navigating addiction, a cultural reckoning, and an unexpected tragedy In this moving, hilarious, and insightful bestselling memoir, Laurie...
Boustany
Tamimi, Sami
Paper Book
Celebrating the food of Palestine, this is Persiana meets Plenty, from Ottolenghi co-founder and author of the award-winning Jerusalem. A homage to Palestinian food and culture, Boustany, is the first solo cookbook from Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi co...
Baking across America : a vintage recipe road trip
Hollis, B. Dylan
Paper Book
From the deserts of the Southwest to the Green Mountains of Vermont, the USA is as sweet as it gets. In this tour de food, B. Dylan Hollis takes you on a delicious road trip to taste everything from the coffee-crazed creations of the Pacific Northwest to the larger-than-life sheet cakes of...
Sunny Days, Taco Nights
Olvera, Enrique
Paper Book
Featured in   The New Yorker, Travel + Leisure, Financial Times, Condé Nast Traveller, Waitrose Weekend, National Geographic Traveller, and Olive  Acclaimed Mexican chef Enrique Olvera presents the ultimate insider's guide to preparing and enjoying...
Ginseng roots : a memoir
Thompson, Craig
Paper Book
From the celebrated author of Blankets and Habibi comes a new graphic memoir exploring the class divide, childhood labor, family, and our globalized world--all centered on Wisconsin's ginseng farming industry "Ginseng Roots is Thompson's most visually arresting...
Bread and war : a Ukrainian story of food, bravery and hope
Spector, Felicity
Paper Book
Bread and War tells the extraordinary stories of the people determined to reclaim Ukrainian food after decades of Soviet suppression, and their drive to keep Ukraine independent in politics and culture.

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