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.

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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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 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 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

Another vote for Ruth Reichl.

Aphrodite- Isabel Allende

Crazy rich Asians for Singaporean food

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

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

The School of Essential Ingredients

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).

+1 for Redwall! Great cute stories too.

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.

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)