Most Read This Week In 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

Most Read This Week Tagged "Food"

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
Wonka
Just Our Luck
Love & Saffron
Desserts for Stressed People (Love & Other Recipes)
My Magnolia Summer
Magnolia Table, Volume 2: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering
Accidentally on Purpose
Vianne (Chocolat, #0)
Coffee Shop Girl (Coffee Shop, #1)
The Secret War of Julia Child
The Bakery Dragon (The Bakery Dragon, #1)
Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
The Friendship Club
So Easy So Good: Delicious Recipes and Expert Tips for Balanced Eating (A Cookbook)
Sugar Shack
Tartufo
Know Your Newlywed
The Chicken Sisters
A Killer Cupcake (Beachfront Bakery #1)
The Great Eggscape!
Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes
Baking Across America: A Vintage Recipe Road Trip
Taiwan Travelogue
The Smart Cookie (The Food Group #5)
Keep It Simple, Y'all: Easy Dinners from Your Barefoot Neighbor: A Cookbook
ダンジョン飯 13 [Dungeon Meshi 13] (Delicious in Dungeon, #13)
The Problem with Dating (Problems, #1)
Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 12
ダンジョン飯 11 [Dungeon Meshi 11]
The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County
A Fashionably French Murder (An American In Paris Mystery, #3)
Love & Other Disasters (Nashville Love, #1)
The Galveston Diet: The Doctor-Developed, Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fat and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms
The Big Cheese (The Food Group, #7)
Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots (Includes Behind-the-Scenes Stories, Personal Photos, Delicious Recipes, and Lifestyle Tips)
What's for Dessert: Simple Recipes for Dessert People
RecipeTin Eats Dinner
Guilt and Ginataan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #5)
Recipe for Second Chances
ダンジョン飯 9 [Dungeon Meshi 9]
Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World
The Same Bright Stars
The Little Teashop in Tokyo (Romantic Escapes, #6)
Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand
Pink Lemonade Cake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #29)
The Glucose Goddess Method: The 4-Week Guide to Cutting Cravings, Getting Your Energy Back, and Feeling Amazing
ダンジョン飯 10 [Dungeon Meshi 10]
Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files
A Grave in the Woods (Bruno, Chief of Police #17)
Do Me a Favor
The Sour Grape (The Food Group #6)
ダンジョン飯 14 [Dungeon Meshi 14] (Delicious in Dungeon, #14)
Battle Royal (Palace Insiders, #1)
I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying
The Family Recipe
Sugar and Salt (Bella Vista Chronicles, #4)
Colton Gentry's Third Act
The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
Beta Vulgaris
De mens is een plofkip
The Cosy Cottage in Ireland (Romantic Escapes,  #8)
The Romance Recipe
A Town with Half the Lights On
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake (Winner Bakes All, #1)
May You Have Delicious Meals
The Little Swiss Ski Chalet (Romantic Escapes, #7)
Cook This Book: Techniques That Teach and Recipes To Repeat
Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs
World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
The Secret Ingredient
Murder and Mamon (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #4)
Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch
Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie
She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat, Vol. 1
The Couch Potato (The Food Group #4)
Eliza, from Scratch
Caramel Pecan Roll Murder (Hannah Swensen, #28)
How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love, and Plenty
Blackmail and Bibingka (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3)
Super Gut: A Four-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight
Salty, Spiced, and a Little Bit Nice
Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories
Texture Over Taste
Ms. Demeanor
Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly
A Murder Most French (American In Paris Mystery, #2)
Murder is a Piece of Cake (Baker Street Mystery, #2)

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Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.
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Cakes are healthy too, you just eat a small slice.
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