Feed Me, Seymour: A Round-Up of Recommended Food Writing
Last week, I asked for book recommendations to feed my need to read about food, cooking, and the eating life. You Riot readers did not let me down! Here’s a round-up of the books you suggested in the comments and on Facebook and Twitter.
Books
The Book Lover’s Cookbook by Shaunda Kennedy Wenger
Heat by Bill Buford
Southern Belly by John T. Edge
Spice: The History of a Temptation by Jack Turner
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten
Steak by Mark Schatzker
What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained by Robert L. Wolke
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices by Lisa Abend
The Art of Eating by M.F.K Fisher
Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin
Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
Honey From a Weed by Patience Gray
My Life From Scratch by Gesine Bullock-Prado
Untangling My Chopsticks by Victoria Abbott Riccardi
Hunger by Knut Hamsun
Chocolate and Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen by Clotilde Dusoulier
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen by Jacques Pepin
My Life in France: Julia Child
A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg
An Everlasting Meal by Tamar Adler
Hungry Monkey by Matthew Amster-Burton
Candyfreak by Steve Almond
Simple French Food by Richard Olney
On Rue Tatin and Tarte Tatin by Susan Herrmann
Blogs
Anything to add? I’m pretty sure it’s impossible to have too many food books.
