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Books like Salt Sugar Fat
Loved Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from food & drink, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
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Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Cook better by mastering four elements rather than memorising recipes; a modern teaching classic.
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
Where our food really comes from, traced through four meals; the book that changed how many people eat.
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Kitchen Confidential
The wild, profane underbelly of professional kitchens; a memoir that made a chef a household name.
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Cooked
"Fire, water, air, earth--our most trusted food expert recounts the story of his culinary education In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he d
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Food
The centrality of food in life, and the importance of food as life, is undeniable. As a source of biological substrates, personal pleasure and political power, food is and has been an enduring require
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Cooking and Eating
Photographs and simple, levelled text compare and contrast modern and historical activities in a child-friendly format, making this a great took for discussing how life has changed over the years.
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Dragons love tacos
Explores the love dragons have for tacos, and the dangers of feeding them them anything with spicy salsa.
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The Middlesteins
Two siblings with very different personalities attempt to take control of their mother's food obsession and massive weight gain to save her life after their father walks out and leaves her reeling in
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The Food Lab
The science of why recipes work, tested obsessively; a doorstop reference for curious cooks.
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Bug food
Descibes in text and photographs food habits of insects and inverterbrates. Includes notes to parents and teachers. Suggested level: junior, primary.