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Books like The Omnivore's Dilemma

Loved The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan? 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

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    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

    Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

    Samin Nosrat · 2017 · Food & Drink

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

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    Chew on this

    Eric Schlosser · 2006 · Food & Drink

    A behind-the-scenes look at the fast food industry. This book reveals the truth about what lurks between those sesame seed buns, what a chicken "nugget" really is, and how the fast food industry has b

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    French Women for All Seasons

    Mireille Guiliano · 2006 · Food & Drink

    For the legions of fans who asked for seconds after devouring French Women Don't Get Fat, a charming and practical guide to adding some joie to your vie and to your table, every day of the year.By let

  5. 5

    Heat

    Bill Buford · 2006 · Food & Drink

    Writer Buford's memoir of his headlong plunge into the life of a professional cook. Expanding on his award-winning New Yorker article, Buford gives us a chronicle of his experience as "slave" to Mario

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    The Incredible Book Eating Boy

    Oliver Jeffers · 2006 · Food & Drink

    Henry loves to eat books, until he begins to feel quite ill and decides that maybe he could do something else with the books he has been devouring.

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    Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

    Barbara Kingsolver · 2007 · Food & Drink

    Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat."As the U.S. population made an u

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    Don't Eat This Book

    Morgan Spurlock · 2005 · Food & Drink

    Can man live on fast food alone? Morgan Spurlock tried to do just that. For thirty days, he ate nothing but three "squares" a day from McDonald's as part of an investigation into the effects of fast f

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    Food and culture

    Carole Counihan · 2007 · Food & Drink

    This reader reveals how food habits and beliefs both present a microcosm of any culture and contribute to our understanding of human behaviour. Particular attention is given to how men and women defin

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    How to eat like a hot chick

    Jodi Lipper · 2007 · Food & Drink

    Chocolate cake for breakfast and a pound of spinach for dinner? Looking and feeling your best has never been so easy, so guiltless or so much fun!Let's be honest, ladies, are you tired of hearing abou

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