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Books like Jiu guo

Loved Jiu guo by Mo Yan? 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.

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    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

    Lunch

    Denise Fleming · 1992 · Food & Drink

    A very hungry mouse eats a large lunch comprised of colorful foods.

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    The rituals of dinner

    Margaret Visser · 1991 · Food & Drink

    This book is a commentary on the manifold meanings of the rituals of dinner; it is about how we eat, and why we eat as we do. We insist on special places and times for eating, on specific equipment, o

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    Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake

    Barbara Park · 1995 · Food & Drink

    Junie, a spunky, sometimes exasperating, kindergartener, looks forward to winning lots of prizes at the school carnival, but a fruit cake was not exactly what she had in mind.

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    Ghosts of Fear Street - The Boy Who Ate Fear Street

    Robert Lawrence Stine · 1996 · Food & Drink

    He just keeps eating, and eating, and eating... Sam Kinny used to be a picky eater. He hated to try new foods. But not anymore. Now he eats everything he sees. Paste to pepper. Dishwashing soap, and d

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    Afrodita

    Isabel Allende · 1997 · Food & Drink

    Isabel Allende trae sus poderes mágicos como cuentista a un nivel muy personal y con un encanto peculiar a las entrelazadas y sensuales artes de la comida y el amor. Mezclando recuerdos personales con

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    The year of eating dangerously

    Tom Parker-Bowles · 1998 · Food & Drink

    Documents the author's year-long odyssey in search of the world's most unusual and risky foods, a journey during which he consumed the infamous poison blowfish, a variety of insects, and other taboo c

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    Come to the Table

    Doris Christopher · 1999 · Food & Drink

    Pour some tea, grab a sugar cookie, and join a journey through the dining room and into the heart.In this heartfelt and helpful book, Doris Christopher shows families how to honor and celebrate one of

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