Restaurants


Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Sweetbitter
Arsenic and Adobo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #1)
Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
Last Night at the Lobster
Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Marrying the Ketchups
Restaurant Success by the Numbers: A Money-Guy's Guide to Opening the Next Hot Spot
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
Seconds
What Happened to Goodbye
The Van Gogh Cafe
Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
Close to Famous by Joan BauerSave the Cupcake! by Lisa PapademetriouCake Pop Crush by Suzanne   NelsonScones and Sensibility by Lindsay ElandPizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous by Kathryn Williams
YA & MG Baking Fiction
150 books — 65 voters
Just Be Cool, Jenna Sakai by Debbi Michiko FlorenceSo We Can Glow by Leesa Cross-SmithWell, Actually by Mazey EddingsUp Close & Personal by Ana HolguinAlways the Almost by Edward  Underhill
Restaurant Booths
9 books — 2 voters

Wrong by Jana AstonBig Pickle by J.J.  KnightBabygirl and the Mean Boss by Pepper PaceFor Real by Alexis  HallHoliday Weekend by Charley Descoteaux
Romance Novels With Food Service
112 books — 5 voters
A Cook's Tour by Anthony BourdainThe Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey MooreWaiter Rant by Steve DublanicaEverything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chin
Restaurant Guest Checks
4 books — 1 voter

The Girl with No Shadow by Joanne HarrisChocolat by Joanne HarrisLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelComo agua para chocolate by Laura EsquivelBone In The Throat by Anthony Bourdain
Foodies goodies (Culinary fiction)
100 books — 9 voters
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataThe Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi KawakamiThe Factory by Hiroko OyamadaThe Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai MochizukiSweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa
Japanese Workplace Fiction
57 books — 5 voters

...restaurants run by the wrong sort of people, such as an Eskimo Curry House... Or, wait a minute, how about a Slaughterhouse for Vegetables. Wait, I've got it, Protests at Vegetable Vivisection!! ...more
Ian Watson

Chikashi Miyamoto
One of the recurring themes mentioned in this guide is the quality of well water in Kyoto. Their soft water is an essential ingredient in making many of their gastronomic creations exceptional. However, it takes people to recognise its importance and use the resource appropriately and responsibly. It requires care. It requires sensibility. The availability of their superior well water is happenstance, but the creative use of it is hardly an accident. It’s because of the crafts practised by the p ...more
Chikashi Miyamoto, An Insider’s Guide to Authentic Kyoto for Foodies: A Curated List of Where to Eat and Drink in Kyoto

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