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Books like Eat not this flesh

Loved Eat not this flesh by Frederick J. Simoons? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from food & drink, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

10 books · ranked

  1. 1

    Kitchen Confidential

    Anthony Bourdain · 2000 · Food & Drink

    The wild, profane underbelly of professional kitchens; a memoir that made a chef a household name.

  2. 2

    The Omnivore's Dilemma

    Michael Pollan · 2006 · Food & Drink

    Where our food really comes from, traced through four meals; the book that changed how many people eat.

  3. 3

    Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

    Samin Nosrat · 2017 · Food & Drink

    Cook better by mastering four elements rather than memorising recipes; a modern teaching classic.

  4. 4

    Mastering the Art of French Cooking

    Julia Child · 1961 · Food & Drink

    The book that taught a generation to cook French food at home; meticulous and beloved.

  5. 5

    Bread and jam for Frances

    Russell Hoban · 1964 · Food & Drink

    "Jam on toast," sings Frances about the food she likes most--until she has it for the sixth meal in two days

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    The Passover Plot

    Hugh Joseph Schonfield · 1965 · Food & Drink

    Fat isn't the problem. Dieting is the problem. A society that rejects anyone whose body shape or size doesn't match an impossible ideal is the problem. A medical establishment that equates "thin" with

  7. 7

    The Art of Eating

    M.F.K. Fisher · 1954 · Food & Drink

    Elegant, sensuous essays on food and appetite; the foundation of modern food writing.

  8. 8

    American wildlife & plants

    Alexander Campbell Martin · 1951 · Food & Drink

    "'Prepared under the direction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, at the Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, Maryland.'"

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    Food in history

    Reay Tannahill · 1973 · Food & Drink

    Surveys the evolution of man's diverse gastronomic habits, customs, and traditions against their cultural and historical background.

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    Fat is a feminist issue

    Susie Orbach · 1978 · Food & Drink

    Abstract: Compulsive eating is rooted in the social inequality of women. Drawing on case study experience, the meaning of fatness and thinness in our society is explored, and self-help guidelines are

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