Food

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

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Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories
Laying Down the Latte (A Bakeshop Mystery, #21)
Sugar Shack
Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes
Cheesecake
Donut Summer
We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate
The Fourth Daughter
The Dead Husband Cookbook
Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar
Milk Fed
The Pairing
I Regret Almost Everything
Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health
The Convenience Store by the Sea
The Artist
Food Person
The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen (Meals to Remember at the Chibineko Kitchen, #1)
Laying Down the Latte (A Bakeshop Mystery, #21)
What Hunger
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Just Our Luck
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The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanSalt by Mark KurlanskyFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserAn Edible History of Humanity by Tom StandageIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Books about Food
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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
My Life in France
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
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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