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Food History Books
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Salt: A World History (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.75 — 75,784 ratings — published 2002
An Edible History of Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.76 — 6,106 ratings — published 2010
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.85 — 10,191 ratings — published 2012
In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.67 — 1,299 ratings — published 2002
A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.81 — 33,236 ratings — published 2005
Food in History (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,601 ratings — published 1973
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.92 — 24,705 ratings — published 1997
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as food-history)
avg rating 4.19 — 209,476 ratings — published 2006
Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.69 — 695 ratings — published 2001
Spice: The History of a Temptation (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.64 — 2,546 ratings — published 2004
Swindled: From Poison Sweets to Counterfeit Coffee—The Dark History of the Food Cheats (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.82 — 663 ratings — published 2008
Food: A Culinary History from Antiquity to the Present (European Perspectives)
by (shelved 25 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.95 — 211 ratings — published 1996
The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food—Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When the Nation's Food Was Seasonal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.47 — 2,693 ratings — published 2009
Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.79 — 874 ratings — published 2004
Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,245 ratings — published 2005
Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.78 — 2,791 ratings — published 1985
Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.62 — 553 ratings — published 2008
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South (ebook)
by (shelved 21 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.87 — 8,087 ratings — published 2017
Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.77 — 4,100 ratings — published 2011
97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.78 — 3,189 ratings — published 2010
A History of Food in 100 Recipes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.72 — 715 ratings — published 2012
The Taste of Conquest: The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.74 — 930 ratings — published 2007
History of Food (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as food-history)
avg rating 4.00 — 409 ratings — published 1987
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.81 — 5,331 ratings — published 2007
A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,223 ratings — published 2016
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as food-history)
avg rating 4.08 — 25,743 ratings — published 2013
White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.63 — 823 ratings — published 2012
The True History of Chocolate (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,530 ratings — published 1996
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.69 — 5,127 ratings — published 2008
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.75 — 206,373 ratings — published 2001
The Hungry Empire: How Britain’s Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.95 — 976 ratings — published 2016
Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century (California Studies in Food and Culture, 24)
by (shelved 16 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.79 — 453 ratings — published 1986
Food: The History of Taste (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.98 — 329 ratings — published 2007
Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.88 — 849 ratings — published 1986
How Carrots Won the Trojan War: Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables
by (shelved 16 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.53 — 590 ratings — published 2011
Breakfast: A History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.61 — 180 ratings — published 2013
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as food-history)
avg rating 4.02 — 10,555 ratings — published 2013
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as food-history)
avg rating 4.06 — 58,962 ratings — published 2001
The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.62 — 4,671 ratings — published 2021
The American Plate: A Culinary History in 100 Bites (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.65 — 989 ratings — published 2014
Vanilla: The Cultural History of the World's Favorite Flavor and Fragrance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.71 — 136 ratings — published 2004
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,210 ratings — published 2005
Ten Restaurants That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,393 ratings — published
Butter: A Rich History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,105 ratings — published 2016
High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as food-history)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,408 ratings — published 2010
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.88 — 4,072 ratings — published 2009
Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.92 — 456 ratings — published 2007
Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.69 — 3,021 ratings — published 1999
The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.93 — 663 ratings — published 2007
Paradox of Plenty: A Social History of Eating in Modern America (California Studies in Food and Culture, 8)
by (shelved 13 times as food-history)
avg rating 3.79 — 193 ratings — published 1988
“A discussion of the pie in movies would hardly be complete without mention of the classic comic device of custard-pie throwing, now legitimized and made semi-serious as the subversive political act of 'entarting'. 'Entarting' is delivering (by 'lovingly pushing', not throwing) a cream pie into the face of a deserving celebrity, preferably in full view of the world's media, in order to make a point.”
― Pie: A Global History
― Pie: A Global History
“A whole generation of Australians may well agree that abolition of school milk was one of the finer achievements of the Whitlam government, up there with free university education and ending conscription.”
― A Timeline of Australian Food: From Mutton to Masterchef
― A Timeline of Australian Food: From Mutton to Masterchef
