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 The Pioneer Woman Eat This Poem Bad Mama Genny Anything to add? I’m pretty sure it’s impossible to have too many food books.