Rooted in the Kitchen

Are you hungry yet? Check out these delicious books about food, kitchens, and all things culinary. This list includes foodie favorites, tasty novels, chef memoirs, and much more. Plant a seed, read!

Updated May 11, 2026
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Milwaukie Ledding Library
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The particular sadness of lemon cake : a novel
Bender, Aimee.
Paper Book
The Kamogawa food detectives
Kashiwai, Hisashi
Paper Book
The Kamogawa Food Detectives, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese sleuthing series for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.What's the one dish you'd do anything to taste just one more time?Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a...
The temporary bride : a memoir of love and food in Iran
Klinec, Jennifer
Paper Book
A relationship was a mathematical formula: the correct variables of age, beauty, morality and finances were entered and the output was a successful, peaceful marriage. It couldn't be, therefore, that their Iranian son could feel desire for someone six years his senior,someone who didn't come...
Radha & Jai's recipe for romance
Sharma, Nisha,
Paper Book
Radha was on the verge of winning the world's biggest kathak dancing competition when a family betrayal shattered her dreams, and her confidence. Now, she's made a deal with her mum- study dance for a year at the Princeton Academy of Arts and Sciences and then leave that world forever. But if she's...
Taste : my life through food
Tucci, Stanley
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDRE SIMONS FOOD & DRINK BOOK AWARDS A Guardian book of the year A Times book of the year A Spectator book of the year A Daily Mail book of the...
Land of milk and honey
Zhang, C Pam
Paper Book
A rapturous novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the world 'A rich novel of ideas' GUARDIAN 'A tasty treat' iNEWS 'A genius balance of page-turning and lyrical prose'...

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