Cookbooks or Food Stories

Are you getting hungry? These books will surely whet your appetite.

Updated May 29, 2024
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Milwaukie Ledding Library
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The American way of eating : undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, farm fields and the dinner table
McMillan, Tracie.
Paper Book
In the tradition of Barbara Ehrenreich'sNickel and Dimed, an ambitious and accessible work of undercover journalism that fully investigates our food system to explain what keeps Americans from eating well--and what we can do about it. Getting Americans to eat well is one...
Chocolat : a novel
Harris, Joanne
Paper Book
Now a major motion picture starring Johnny Depp, Dame Judi Dench and Juliette BinocheIlluminating Peter Mayle's South of France with a touch of Laura Esquivel's magic realism, Chocolat is a timeless novel of a straitlaced village's awakening to joy and sensuality.In tiny Lansquenet, where nothing...
Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery : a novel
Colgan, Jenny
Paper Book
It's the most wonderful time of the year... and the perfect moment to escape to a charming English village! From the beloved author whose novels are "sheer indulgence from start to finish" (SOPHIE KINSELLA) comes a delightful holiday story -- funny, heartfelt, romantic and packed with...
Fabulous feasts : medieval cookery and ceremony
Cosman, Madeleine Pelner
Paper Book
This book will delight any cook or history buff, with its various medieval recipes. Includes a section on medieval recipes and a practical guide to re-creating the dishes.
In defense of food : an eater's manifesto
Pollan, Michael.
Legends & lattes : a novel of high fantasy and low stakes
Baldree, Travis
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2022 A Library Reads Pick An Indie Next Pick A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee The much-beloved BookTok sensation, Travis Baldree's novel of high...
A murder most French
Cambridge, Colleen
Paper Book
The City of Light is surging back to life in the wake of war, and its citizens are seizing every opportunity to raise a glass or share a delicious meal. But as American ex-pat Tabitha Knight and chef-in-training Julia Child discover, celebrations can quickly go awry when someone has murder in...
Praisesong for the kitchen ghosts : stories and recipes from five generations of black country cooks
Wilkinson, Crystal
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, throughpowerful storytelling alongside nearly forty comforting recipes, from the former poetlaureate of Kentucky."With Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts,...
A thousand years over a hot stove : a history of American women told through food, recipes, and remembrances
Schenone, Laura.
Paper Book
Filled with classic recipes and inspirational stories, this book should make you think twice about the food on your plate. It recounts how American women have gathered, cooked and prepared food for lovers, strangers and family through the ages.
Why we eat what we eat : how the encounter between the New World and the Old changed the way everyone on the planet eats
Sokolov, Raymond A.
Paper Book
Following the charts of Columbus and his successors, Sokolov journeys to Puerto Rico, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, and the Philippines, sampling the local cuisines and revealing how Europeans, Americans, and Asians came to eat what they eat today. Lively and informative. Annotation copyrighted by...

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