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Best Food & Drink Books

Food writing has become one of the liveliest genres in non-fiction — part memoir, part history, part cultural analysis. The best of it is about far more than what ends up on the plate.

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The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan · 2006 Editor's Choice Get it on Amazon →
Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain · 2000 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Samin Nosrat · 2017 Essential Read See details →

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Mastering the Art of French Cooking Julia Child · 1961 Recommended Get it on Amazon →
The Food Lab J. Kenji Lopez-Alt · 2015 Recommended Get it on Amazon →
The Art of Eating M.F.K. Fisher · 1954 Recommended See details →
Afrodita Isabel Allende · 1997 Recommended See details →
American wildlife & plants Alexander Campbell Martin · 1951 Recommended See details →
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Barbara Kingsolver · 2007 Recommended See details →
Bread and jam for Frances Russell Hoban · 1964 Recommended See details →
Bug food Charlotte Guillain · 2010 Recommended See details →
Chew on this Eric Schlosser · 2006 Recommended See details →
Come to the Table Doris Christopher · 1999 Recommended See details →
Cooked Michael Pollan · 2013 Recommended See details →
Cooking and Eating Rebecca Rissman · 2014 Recommended See details →
Don't Eat This Book Morgan Spurlock · 2005 Recommended See details →
Dragons love tacos Adam Rubin · 2012 Recommended See details →
Eat Up, Gemma Sarah Hayes · 1988 Recommended See details →
Eat not this flesh Frederick J. Simoons · 1961 Recommended See details →
Fat Land Greg Critser · 2003 Recommended See details →
Fat is a feminist issue Susie Orbach · 1978 Recommended See details →
Flabby Cat and Slobby Dog Jeanne Willis · 2009 Recommended See details →
Food John Coveney · 2013 Recommended See details →
Food and cooking in Viking times Clive Gifford · 2009 Recommended See details →
Food and cooking in ancient Rome Clive Gifford · 2009 Recommended See details →
Food and culture Carole Counihan · 2007 Recommended See details →
Food in history Reay Tannahill · 1973 Recommended See details →
Food rules Michael Pollan · 2009 Recommended See details →
Food, Morals and Meaning John Coveney · 1999 Recommended See details →
French Women Don't Get Fat Mireille Guiliano · 2004 Recommended See details →
French Women for All Seasons Mireille Guiliano · 2006 Recommended See details →
Fromage a Trois Victoria Brownlee · 2018 Recommended See details →
Ghosts of Fear Street - The Boy Who Ate Fear Street Robert Lawrence Stine · 1996 Recommended See details →
Good to eat Marvin Harris · 1985 Recommended See details →
Heat Bill Buford · 2006 Recommended See details →
How to eat like a hot chick Jodi Lipper · 2007 Recommended See details →
In Defense of Food Michael Pollan · 2008 Recommended See details →
Jiu guo Mo Yan · 1992 Recommended See details →
Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake Barbara Park · 1995 Recommended See details →
Lunch Denise Fleming · 1992 Recommended See details →
Monsoon Diary Shoba Narayan · 2003 Recommended See details →
Much Depends on Dinner Margaret Visser · 1986 Recommended See details →
Omnivore's Dilemma. A Natural History of Four Meals Michael Pollan · 2006 Recommended See details →
Pinkalicious Victoria Kann · 2003 Recommended See details →
Salt Sugar Fat Michael Moss · 2013 Recommended See details →
The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs Irvine Welsh · 1999 Recommended See details →
The Flavor Point Diet David L. Katz · 2005 Recommended See details →
The Incredible Book Eating Boy Oliver Jeffers · 2006 Recommended See details →
The Middlesteins Jami Attenberg · 2012 Recommended See details →
The Passover Plot Hugh Joseph Schonfield · 1965 Recommended See details →
The South Beach diet Arthur Agatston · 2003 Recommended See details →
The Vegetarian Myth Lierre Keith · 2009 Recommended See details →
The foolish tortoise Richard Buckley · 1985 Recommended See details →
The psychology of eating and drinking A. W. Logue · 1985 Recommended See details →
The rituals of dinner Margaret Visser · 1991 Recommended See details →
The sugar queen Sarah Addison Allen · 2008 Recommended See details →
The year of eating dangerously Tom Parker-Bowles · 1998 Recommended See details →

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