Food Fiction and Nonfiction Genre
Book Titles for the Food Enthusiast
Caution: Ongoing List
Nonfiction Genre
1. Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, Gabrielle Hamilton
2. A Year in Provence, Peter Mayle
3. Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany, Bill Buford
4. Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook, Anthony Bourdain
5. The Man Who Ate Everything, Jeffrey Steingarten
6. Burn the Ice, The American Culinary Revolution and Its End, Kevin Alexander
7. Finding the Flavors We Lost From Bread to Bourbon, How Artisans Reclaimed American Food, Patric Kuh
8. Women in the Kitchen, Twelve Essential Cookbook Writers Who Defined the Way We Eat, From 1661 to Today, Anne Willan
9. American Sfoglino, A Master Class in Handmade Pasta, Evan Funke
10. Soup for Syria, Recipes to Celebrate Our Shared Humanity, Barbara Abdeni Massaad
11. Sobremesa, A Memoir of Food and Love in Thirteen Courses, Josephine Oria Caminos
12. In Bibi's Kitchen, The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers From the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean, Hawa Hassan
13. The Best American Food Writing
14. Dirt, Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking, Bill Buford
15. Food, the History of Taste Edited by Paul Freedman
16. Saveur, The New Comfort Food: Home Cooking From Around the World
17. Food Truck Road Trip, A Cookbook: More Than 100 Recipes Colllected From the Best Street Food Vendors Coast to Coast, Kim Pham
18. Saveur Cooks Authentic French
19. Olive Odyssey, Searching for the Secrets of the Fruit That Seduced the World, Julie Angus
20. The Book of Eating, Adventures in Professional Gluttony, Ada Platt
21. Taste of Persia, A Cook's Travels Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan, Naomi Duguid
22. The Art of Escapism Cooking, A Survival Story, With Intensely Good Flavors, Mandy Lee
23. Women on Food, Edited, Charlotte Druckman
24. The Joy of Seafood, the All-purpose Seafood Cookbook With More than 900 Recipes, Barton Seaver
25. Butter, A Rich History, Elaine Khosrova
26. Food of the Italian South,
Recipes for Classic, Disappearing, and Lost Dishes, Katie Parla
27. Night + Market, Kris Yenbamroong
28. Downtime, Deliciousness at Home, Nadine Ley Redzepi
29. Ten Restaurants That Changed America, Paul Freedman
30. The Tuscan Sun Cookbook, Frances Mayes
31. The Course of History, Ten Meals That Changed the World, Struan Stevenson
32. Joe Beef, Surviving the Apocalypse: Another Cookbook of Sorts, Frederic Morin
33. Porto Stories From Portugal's Historic Bolhao Market, Gabrella opaz
34. Wine Food, New Adventures in Drinking and Cooking, Dana Frank
35. The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen, Sean Sherman
36. The MeatEater Fish and Game Cookbook: Recipes and Techniques for Every Hunter and Angler, Steven Rinella
37. Basque Country, a Culinary Journey Through a Food Lover's Paradise, Marti Buckley
38. Bangkok: Recipes and Stories from the Heart of Thailand. Leela Punyaratabandhu
39. Pasta, Pane, VinoPasta, Pane, Vino
Deep Travels Through Italy's Food Culture, Matt Goulding
40. Eating My Way Through Italy,Heading Off the Main Roads to Discover the Hidden Treasures of the Italian Table, Elizabeth Minchilli
41. Unforgettable, the Bold Flavors of Paula Wolfert's Renegade Life, Emily Kaiser Thelin
42. 32 Yolks, From My Mother's Table to Working the Line, Eric Ripert
43. Shaya: An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel: A Cookbook, Alon Shaya
44. Hawker FareHawker Fare, BookStories & Recipes From A Refugee Chef's Isan Thai & Lao Roots, Syhabout, James
45. Pok Pok. The Drinking Food of ThailandPok Pok. The Drinking Food of Thailand, Andy Ricker
46. Driving Hungry: A Memoir, Layne Mosler
47. Between Harlem and HeavenBetween Harlem and Heaven, BookAfro Asian American Cooking for Big Nights, Weeknights, & Every Day, Johnson, J. J.
48. The Drinkable GlobeThe Drinkable Globe, BookThe Indispensable Guide to the Wide World of Booze, Jeff Cioletti
49. A Taste of Paris, A History of the Parisian Love Affair With Food, David Downie
50. Gastrophysics : the new science of eating, Charles Spence
51. Poole's, Recipes and Stories From a Modern Diner, Ashlely Christensen
52. Duck SeasonDuck Season, BookEating, Drinking, and Other Misadventures in Gascony-- France's Last Best Place David McAninch
53. The American Plate: A Culinary History in 100 Bites, Libby H. O'Connell
54. On the Noodle Road: From Beijing to Rome, with Love and Pasta, Jen Lin-Liu
55.Tasting Rome, Fresh Flavors and Forgotten Recipes From An Ancient City, Katie Parla
56. Lucky Rice, Stories and Recipes From Night Markets, Feasts, and Family Tables, Danielle Chang
57. The People's Place: Soul Food Restaurants and Reminiscences from the Civil Rights Era to Today
Book, Dave Hoekstra
58. Bitter, a Taste of the World's Most Dangerous Flavor, Jennifer McLagan
59. The Taste of Tomorrow: Dispatches from the Future of Food, Josh Schonwald
60. Food Heroes: 16 Culinary Artisans—Preserving Tradition,
61. Manresa: An Edible Reflection, Christine Muhlke and David Kinch
62. Death by Pad Thai: And Other Unforgettable Meals, Douglas Bauer
63. My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a Convenience Store, Ben Ryder Howe
64. Lunch in Paris: A Delicious Love Story, with Recipes, Elizabeth Bard
65. Fire in My Belly: Real Cooking, Kevin Gillespie
66. American Terroir: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields, Rowan Jacobsen
67. The Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of France, John Baxter
68. The James Beard Foundation's Best of the Best, A 25th Anniversary Celebration of America's Outstanding Chefs,
Kit Wohl
69. The Sharper your Knife, the Less You Cry, Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School, Kathleen Flinn
70. The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook, Anne Willan
72. How Italian Food Conquered the World, John Mariani
73. The way we cook : portraits from around the world, Saveur
74. Red Sauce, How Italian Food Become American, Ian Macallen
75. The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken: A Search for Food and Family, Laura Schenone
76. A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove: A History of American Women Told through Food, Recipes, and Remembrances, Laura Schenone
77. The Fortune cookie chronicles (A Book Adventure through the Mysteries of Chinese Food), Jennifer 8. Lee
78. Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States [Hardcover], Andrew Coe
79. The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation, David Kamp
80. Taco USA, Gustavo Arellano
81. 97 Orchard: An Edible History of 5 Immigrant Families in one Tenement in New York, Jane Ziegelman
82. 52 loaves: One Man’s Relentless Pursuit of Truth, Meaning, and Perfect Crust, William Alexander
83.Fannie Farmer’s Last Supper, Chris Kimball
84. Sweet Invention-A History of Dessert, Michael Krondl
85. Save the Deli ,David Sax
86. Saveur Cooks Authentic American-Celebrating the recipes and diverse traditions of our rich heritage, the editors of Saveur Magazine
87. Star Spangled Cooking-A Food Lover’s Tour of America,Chateau Ste. Michelle
88.One Big Table-A Portrait of American Cooking, Molly O’Neill
89.The Saucier’s Apprentice, Bob Spitz
90.It Must Be Something I Ate, Jeffrey Steingarten
91.The Man Who Ate The World-in search of the perfect dinner, Jay Rayner
92.Food Journeys of a lifetime-500 Extraordinary places to eat around the globe
93.My Last Supper-50 great chefs and their final meals, Melanie Dunea
94.Around the World in 80 Dinners, Cheryl and Bill Jamison
95.Eat My Globe-one year to go everywhere and eat anything, Simon Majumdar
96. Medium Raw, Anthony Bourdain
97. Don’t Try This at Home: culinary catastrophes from the world’s greatest chefs, Kimberly Witherspoon & Andrew Friedman
98. Fork it over-the intrepid adventures, Alan Richman
99.Provence, 1970 MFS Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the reinvention of American taste by Luke Barr
100. Food heroes : the story of sixteen culinary artisans fighting to preserve tradition by Pellegrini, Georgia
101. Try this : traveling the globe without leaving the table Freeman, Danyelle
101. No experience necessary : the culinary odyssey of Chef Norman Van Aken, Norman Van Aken
102.Shark’s fin and Sichuan pepper: a sweet –sour memoir of eating in china, Fuchsia Dunlop
103.The perfect meal : in search of the lost tastes of France, John Baxter
104. The sharper your knife, the less you cry : love, laughter, and tears at the world's most famous cooking school, Kathleen Flinn
106. The food and feasts of Jesus : inside the world of first century fare, with menus and recipes, Neel, Douglas
107. Gastrophysics : the new science of eating, Charles Spence
108. The American plate : a culinary history in 100 bites, Libby Haight O'Connell
109.The cookbook library: four centuries of the cooks, writers, and recipes that made the modern cookbook, Anne Willan
110. Gastro Obscura, A Food Adventurer's Guide, Cecily Wong
111. Mango and Peppercorns, Tung Nguyen
112. Filipinx, Heritage Recipes From the Diaspora, Angela Dimayuga & Ligay Mishan
113. Dinner in Rome. A history of the world in one meal, Andreas Viestad
Fiction Genre
1. Miss Eliza's English Kitchen, Annabel Abbs
2. The Chocolate Maker's Wife, Karen Brooks
3. Feast of Sorrow, a Novel of Ancient Rome, Crystal King
4. Margherita's Notebook, Elisabetta Flumeri
5. The last days of Cafe Leila, Donia Bijan
6. Under the Table, Stephanie Evanovich
7. The Chef's Secret, Crystal King
8. The Saturday Night Supper Club
Book, Carla Laureano
9. The Simplicity of Cider, Amy E. Reichert
10. Cooking for Picasso, Camille Aubray
11. Food Whore: A Novel of Dining and Deceit, Jess Tom
12. The Whiskey Rebels, David Liss
13.The Hunger and the Howling of Killian Lone, Will Storr
14. The Love Goddess' Cooking School, Melissa Senate
15. Pastries, A Novel of Desserts and Discoveries, Bhart Kirchner
16. The Wedding Bees: A Novel of Honey, Love, and Manners, Sarah-Kate Lynch
17. Delicious!, Ruth Reichl
18. Bread and Butter, Michelle Wildgen
19. Cinnamon and Gun Powder, Eli Brown
20. Soy Sauce for BeginnersSoy Sauce for Beginners, Kirstin