Foodie Fiction for Teens

Love stories about cooks, bakers, restaurants, and more? Give these YA books a try!

Updated July 6, 2023
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County)Milwaukie Ledding Library
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Batter royale
Adams, Leisl
Paper Book
In Leisl Adams's fun debut graphic novel, Batter Royale, a talented young chef is selected to participate in a baking reality show and finds herself mixed up in spicy competition, bitter rivalry, and sweet romance. When 17-year-old small-town...
Salt and Sugar
Carvalho, Rebecca
Paper Book
The grandchildren of two rival Brazilian bakeries fall in love despite their families' feud in this delicious debut rom-com perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Gloria Chao.   Trust neither thin-bottomed frying pans nor Molinas.   Lari...
My fine fellow
Cohen, Jennieke
Paper Book
A 2023 Sydney Taylor Honor Book! * A Bustle Best YA Books Out in 2022 title! Culinary delights abound, romance lingers in the air, and plans go terribly, wonderfully astray in this gender-bent take on My Fair Lady from Jennieke Cohen, author of Dangerous Alliance-...
Somewhere between bitter and sweet
Kemp, Laekan Zea
Audiobook
A pho love story
Le, Loan
Paper Book
"Will leave readers swooning." --PopSugar ​When Dimple Met Rishi meets Ugly Delicious in this funny, smart romantic comedy, in which two Vietnamese American teens fall in love and must navigate their newfound relationship amid their...
Supper Club
Morrow, Jackie
Paper Book
Nora, Lili, and Iris are seniors at Seaside High. Their differing schedulesand mounting extracurriculars inspire the girls to form a secret club where theycan hang without sacrificing their future aspirations. Enter SupperClub, the delicious solution to their problems. When life...
A Cuban girl's guide to tea and tomorrow
Namey, Laura Taylor
Ebook
A New York Times bestseller A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club YA Pick Love & Gelato meets Don't Date Rosa Santos in this charming, heartfelt story following a Miami girl who unexpectedly finds love--and herself--in a small English...
Donuts and other proclamations of love
Reck, Jared
Paper Book
A sweet romantic story about donuts, food trucks, family, and first loves. It's easy to look at high school senior Oscar Olsson and think- lost. He hates school, struggles to read, and wants nothing to do with college. But Oscar is anything but lost---he knows exactly what...
A taste for love
Yen, Jennifer
Paper Book
For fans of Jenny Han, Jane Austen, and The Great British Baking Show, A Taste for Love, is a delicious rom com about first love, familial expectations, and making the perfect bao. To her friends, high school senior Liza Yang is nearly perfect. Smart, kind, and...

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