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Non-Fiction Reading - Food Writing

Womeen with Bowl of FoodAround the Roman Table: Food and Feasting in Ancient Rome by Patrick Faas [641.5937 FAA]

Art, Culture, and Cuisine: Ancient and Medieval Gastronomy by Phyllis Pray Bober [641.013 BOB]

The Art of Dining: A History of Cooking & Eating by Sara Paston-Williams [641.3 PAS]

Best Food Writing 2001, edited by Holly Hughes [641.013 BES]

Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light by Mort Rosenblum [641 .3374 ROS]

The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars by Joël Glenn Brenner [338.7664 BRE]

Endless Feasts: Sixty Years of Writing from Gourmet by Ruth Reichl [641.013 END]

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser [394.10973 SCH]

Feast: A History of Grand Eating by Roy Strong [394 .12 STR]

Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl [641.5 REI]

A Goose in Toulouse: and Other Culinary Adventures in France by Mort Rosenblum [641.013 ROS]

The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America by Michael Ruhlman [641.5092 RUH]

Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto [641.3009 FER]

Olives: The Life and Lore of a Noble Fruit by Mort Rosenblum [641.3463 ROS]

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee [641 .5 MCG]

Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky [553.63 KUR]

A Slice of Life: Contemporary Writers on Food by Bonnie Marranca [641 .013 SLI]

Spice: The History of a Temptation by Jack Turner [641 .3383 TUR]

A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove: A History of American Women Told Through Food, Recipes, and Remembrances by Laura Schenone [641 .50973 SCH]

The True History of Chocolate by Sophie D. Coe [641.3374 COE]

Waiting: True Confessions of a Waitress by Debra Ginsberg [B GINSBERG]

Being Dead is No Excuse : the Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral by Gayden Metcalfe [393 .0976 MET]

Food in History by Reay Tannahill [641.3 TAN]

The Way We Eat : Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer [178 SIN]

What to Eat by Marion Nestle [613.2 NES] 

Here Let Us Feast : a Book of Banquets by M. F. K.Fisher [808.80355 FIS]

Posted: 06/22/06


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