Books that have really good food descriptions

[Anonymous]

Like Water for chocolate

Mastering the art of Soviet cooking (which is a memoir not an instructional manual and one of the most interesting things I’ve ever read about Russia)

[Anonymous]

Farmer Boy probably set the standard for many of us. As a kid, I had the Little House Cookbook.

There’s a series of children’s books on the All of a Kind Family that have good food descriptions. They’re set on the Lower East Side in NYC. ( I think in the 1920s.

[Anonymous]

+1 for Redwall! Great cute stories too.

[Anonymous]

I haven’t read them, but the tv show recipe for love and murder is based on a series of books - the tannie maria mysteries. Given the show, I would expect good food descriptions in the books (which I do intend to read).

[Anonymous]

The School of Essential Ingredients

[Anonymous]

Padma Lakshmi’s memoir: Love, Loss and What We Ate.

[Anonymous]

DP - Kitchens of the Great Midwest fans, any other recommendations? I feel like you are my bookish kind of people!

[Anonymous]

Crazy rich Asians for Singaporean food

[Anonymous]

Aphrodite- Isabel Allende

[Anonymous]

Another vote for Ruth Reichl.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP - Kitchens of the Great Midwest fans, any other recommendations? I feel like you are my bookish kind of people!

I’m one of them. What other books do you like? Just so I can get a sense when making any other recs

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Anonymous wrote:Louise Penny has great descriptions of meals in her Inspector Gamache series.

I was going to say this. Honestly I'm not wild about the books and don't get why people love them so much, but the food descriptions definitely are great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Mastering the art of Soviet cooking (which is a memoir not an instructional manual and one of the most interesting things I’ve ever read about Russia)

This is such a great book - it’s a mix of Russian history, food writing, tragedy, pathos all tied together with a big dose of biting humor

Another food related memoir I recommend is ‘Day of Milk and Honey’ by Annia Ciezadlo

[Anonymous]

Both the Laurie Colwin ‘Home Cooking’ books. I learnt of her untimely death after I had read her books and looked to read more of her work and was so sad to hear that. A NYTimes article about her described her as the proto blogger and that is so true.

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Anonymous wrote:Both the Laurie Colwin ‘Home Cooking’ books. I learnt of her untimely death after I had read her books and looked to read more of her work and was so sad to hear that. A NYTimes article about her described her as the proto blogger and that is so true.

I was about to recommend her. She was incredibly talented. Her cooking essays are fabulous, and her novels are imbued with an appreciation of good food and nurturing.