Cookbooks or Food Stories

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

Updated May 29, 2024
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Animal, vegetable, junk : a history of food, from sustainable to suicidal
Bittman, Mark
Paper Book
"Epic and engrossing." --The New York Times Book Review From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and pioneering journalist, an expansive look at how history has been shaped by humanity's appetite for food, farmland, and the money behind it all--and...
A bite-sized history of France : gastronomic tales of revolution, war, and enlightenment
Henaut, Stéphane
Paper Book
A "delicious" (Dorie Greenspan), "genial" (Kirkus Reviews), "very cool book about the intersections of food and history" (Michael Pollan)--as featured in the New York Times "The complex political, historical, religious and social factors that shaped some of [France's] . . . most iconic...
Chocolat : a novel
Harris, Joanne
Paper Book
Illuminating 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 much has changed in a hundred years, beautiful newcomer Vianne Rocher and her exquisite...
Christmas at Little Beach street bakery
Colgan, Jenny
Paper Book
In the Cornish coastal village of Mount Polbearne, the Christmas season has arrived. It's a joyous time for family, friends, and feasting, as decorations sparkle along the town's winding streets and shop windows glow with festive displays. And in Polly's Little Beach Street Bakery, the aroma of...
The cook
Kerangal, Maylis de
Paper Book
"A slim, bountiful, beautifully written (and gorgeously translated) 'Portrait of the Chef as a Young Man.'" --Nancy Klinke, The New York Times Book Review One of BBC Culture's Ten Books to Read this March and The Rumpus Book Club Pick for March ...
Dearie : the remarkable life of Julia Child
Spitz, Bob.
Paper Book
Here, in Spitz's biography, the Julia Child we know and love comes vividly to life. Spitz provides a clear-eyed portrait of one of the most fascinating and influential Americans of our time - a woman known to all, yet known by only a few. 'Dearie' is a story about a woman's search for her own unique...
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...
Food rules : an eater's manual
Pollan, Michael.
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller "A useful and funny purse-sized manual that could easily replace all the diet books on your bookshelf." --Tara Parker-Pope, The New York Times A definitive compendium of food wisdom Eating doesn't have to be so...
The hundred-foot journey : a novel
Morais, Richard C.
Paper Book
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Helen Mirren and Om Puri, directed by Lasse Hallstrom, and produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Juliet Blake, DreamWorks Studios, and Participant Media. "That skinny Indian teenager has that mysterious something that comes along once...
In defense of food : an eater's manifesto
Pollan, Michael.
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of How to Change Your Mind, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and Food Rules  Food. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it? Because in the so...
Legends & lattes : a novel of high fantasy and low stakes
Baldree, Travis
Paper Book
" The much-beloved BookTok sensation, Travis Baldree's novel of high fantasy and low stakes. After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time. The battle-weary orc aims to start...
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,...
Recipes for love and murder
Andrew, Sally
Paper Book
A bright new talent makes her fiction debut with this first entry in a delicious crime set in rural South Africa--a flavorful blend of The #1 Ladies Detective Agency and Goldie Schulz series, full of humor, romance, and recipes and featuring a charming cast of characters. Tannie Maria...
When in doubt, add butter
Harbison, Elizabeth M.
Paper Book
From theNew York Times bestselling author ofShoe Addicts Anonymous andAlways Something There to Remind Me comes a delicious new novel about the search for true love and all the ingredients that go into it. As far as Gemma is concerned, her days of dating are over. In...

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