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Food writing regards food not only as a substance, but also as a cultural phenomenon. Food writer John T. Edge explains how the genre views its topic: "Food is essential to life. It’s arguably our nation’s biggest industry. Food, not sex, is our most frequently indulged pleasure. Food—too much, not enough, the wrong kind, the wrong frequency—is one of our society’s greatest causes of disease and death." Food writer Mark Kurlansky links this vision of food directly to food writing, giving the genre's scope and range when he observes: “Food is about agriculture, about ecology, about man’s relati ...more

New Releases Tagged "Food"

Audrey Lane Stirs the Pot (Winner Bakes All, #3)
Death and Dinuguan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #6)
Revenge, Served Royal (Lady Petra Inquires, #3)
The Humble Pie (The Food Group, #8)

Most Read This Week Tagged "Food"

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Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar
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Milk Fed
The Dead Husband Cookbook
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Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health
What I Ate in One Year (And Related Thoughts)
The Fourth Daughter
Best Wishes From the Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #2)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks―The Essential Recipes: 120 Greatest Hits, New Twists, and Perfected Classics
The Amberglow Candy Store
Dinner at the Night Library
Death and Dinuguan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #6)
Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
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Food Books

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
My Life in France
Eating Animals
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
Salt: A World History
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
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Lists

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainThe Forager Chefs Club by Rita Mace WalstonThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlTender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl
Fabulous Reads for Foodies
618 books — 179 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBlood River by Tim ButcherThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,129 books — 1,852 voters

The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerMastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia ChildBetter Homes and Gardens New Cook Book by Better Homes and GardensHow to Cook Everything by Mark BittmanThe New Best Recipe by Cook's Illustrated
Best Cookbooks
1,447 books — 1,106 voters
Chocolat by Joanne HarrisLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Food-Related Fiction
898 books — 603 voters

The China Study by T. Colin CampbellThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe 2 Week Diet Plan by Brian Flatt by Brian FlattWhy We Get Fat by Gary TaubesIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
A Nutrition Reading List
385 books — 416 voters
Tagged by Joseph M. ChironHELP! A Bear is Eating Me! by Mykle HansenThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisJaws by Peter Benchley
Best Books about Being Eaten
104 books — 178 voters


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