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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Books that have food or food items in the title or books
that evoke reflections stimulated by food.
FICTION
Abu-Jaber, Diana. Crescent
Never married, living with an Iraqi-immigrant uncle and devoted dog, and
working as a chef in a Lebanese restaurant, thirty-nine-year-old Sirine finds
her life turned upside down by a handsome Arabic literature professor. Fic Abu
(Main)
Averill, Thomas Fox. Secrets of the Tsil Café
Young Weston Hingler becomes caught in the middle of his parents' culinary
diversity, secrets, histories, infidelities, and needs as he grows up in a
cross-cultural extended family that exists between two kitchens--one new world,
the other traditional. Fic Ave (Main)
Binchey, Maeve. Scarlet Feather
Scarlet Feather is a new catering company formed by two friends from cooking
school, Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather. Their dream is to have the best business
in Dublin. Over the course of a year, we follow their lives, as well as those of
their extended family, as they meet the trials and rewards of life head on. Fic
Bin (Main)
Capella, Anthony. The Food of Love
Enchanted by Italy's rich culture, first-time American visitor Laura finds
herself falling for the handsome Tomasso, who woos her with magnificent meals
and hides the fact that shy, enamored Bruno is actually the chef. Fic Capella
(Main)
Conant-Park, Jessica. Steamed
Known in local chatrooms as GourmetGirl, Chloe Carter, a food connoisseur
and expert in failed romances, continues her quest to find the perfect man, but
a blind date with a fellow food lover goes horribly wrong when he is stabbed to
death. LP Conant-Park (Main)
Davidson, Diane Mott. Catering to Nobody
Caterer Goldy Bear has been able to pay her bills from the income from her
catering business until rat poison is put in the food of her buffet and the
police close her business. First in light, enjoyable series. Mys. Davidson
(Main)
Esquivel, Laura. Like Water for Chocolate
At the beginning of the 20th century, Tita, the youngest of three daughters,
is expected to serve her mother for the rest of her life, but in order to show
her love to Pedro, who is engaged to her sister, Tita cooks for him. Fic Esqivel
(Main)
Flagg, Fannie. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop
Café
Mrs. Threadgoode's tale of two high-spirited women of the 1930s, Idgie and
Ruth, helps Evelyn, a 1980s woman in a sad slump of middle age, to begin to
rejuvenate her own life. Fic Fla (Main & West)
Fluke, Joanna. The Cherry Cheesecake Murder
When Main Street in Lake Eden becomes a movie set, a clever killer rewrites
the script and bakery owner Hannah Swenson must sift through a cast of suspects
before the film wraps with an even deadlier ending. Mys Fluke (Main)
Harris, Joanne. Five Quarters of the Orange
A sensual novel follows a woman as she returns to the French village where
she lived as a girl during the German occupation. Fic Har (Main & West)
Hinton, J. Lynne. Friendship Cake
Five women, working together to create a church cookbook, share their
passions, loves, and losses, including pastor Charlotte Stewart, who is
suffering a crisis in faith; widow Margaret, the town confidante; and Jessie,
the only African American in an all-white church. Fic Hinton (Main)
Killham, Nina. How to Cook a Tart
Cookbook author Jasmine March's life is turned upside down after her
publisher drops her, her husband begins an affair with an aspiring actress, and
her sixteen-year-old daughter plans to lose her virginity. Fic Kil (Main)
Liss, David. Coffee Trader
In seventeenth-century Amsterdam, Miguel Lienzo, a Portuguese-Jewish trader
desperate to recover his lost fortune, enters into a partnership with seductive
Geertruid Damhuis to introduce coffee to the city, and confronts a ruthless
adversary. Fic Lis (Main & West)
Page, Katherine Hall. The Body in the Ivy
Caterer and part-time investigator Faith Fairchild is lured to a private
island along with a group of college classmates, one of whom their host believes
is responsible for the death of her sister thirty years earlier. Mys Page (Main)
Ray, Jeanne. Eat Cake
Ruth draws on her talent for concocting delectable cakes and desserts when
her family begins to disintegrate around her--her husband loses his job, her
mother moves in, and her long-estranged father shows up at the door with no
place to go. Fic Ray (Main)
Richman, Phyllis C. The Butter Did It: A Gastronimic
Tale of Love and Murder
Restaurant critic Chas Wheatley enlists the aid of detective/gourmand Homer
Jones to investigate the death of Laurence Levain, Washington's finest French
chef and an ex-lover, who supposedly died of an overdose of foie gras. Mys Ric
(Main)
Russo, Richard. Empire Falls
Milo Roby tries to hold his family together while working at the Empire
Grill in the once-successful logging town of Empire Falls, Maine, with his
partner, Mrs. Whiting, who is the heir to a faded logging and textile legacy.
Fic Rus (Main)
Temple, Lou Jane. Death du Jour
In the midst of the revolutionary fervor sweeping 1790 Paris, Fanny Delarue,
a young cook for a wealthy family, and her head chef, Henri, embark on a
high-stakes investigation into the murder of Etienne de la Porte, Henri's
mentor. LT Mys Temple (Main)
Truong, Monique. The Book of Salt
Considering whether he will accompany his employers, Gertrude Stein and
Alice B. Toklas, to America, a personal cook remembers his youth in
French-colonized Vietnam and his days cooking for the doyennes of the Lost
Generation. Fic Truong (West)
Wells, H.G. Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth
One of Wells’ lesser known novels, this one offers an early examination of
scientific ethics as two scientists develop a super food that causes life forms
to grown into giants. Their lack of forethought brings on terrifying results as
the substance is ingested by those for which it was not intended. Was Wells’
book an early warning about the ethics of scientific experimentation and
genetically engineered food??? SF Wells (Main)
NON-FICTION & MEMOIRS
Ausubel, Ken. Seeds of Change: The Living Treasure: The
Passionate Story of the Growing Movement to Restore Biodiversity and
Revolutionize the Way We Think about Food 631.5 Ausubel (Main)
Bourdain, Anthony. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in
the Culinary Underbelly B Bourdain (Main), also Nasty Bits: Collected
Varietal Cuts, Useable Trim, Scraps and Bones 641.5092 Bourdain (Main)
Child, Julia. My Life in France B Child
(Main)
Kingsolver, Barbara. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A
Year of Food Life
641.09 Kingsolver (Main)
Kramer, Jack. The Suburban Farmer’s Handbook : A
Comprehensive Guide to Growing and Preserving Your Own Food and Drink. 635
Kra (Main)
Ledraulec, Pascale. American Pie: Slices of Life (and
Pie) From America’s Back Roads 641.8 Led (Main)
Lust, Teresa. Pass the Polenta: And Other Writings from
the Kitchen 641.01 Lust (Main)
Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural
History of Four Meals 394.1 Pollan (Main)
Reichl, Ruth. Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the
Table B Reichl (Main) also, Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a
Critic in Disguise B Reichl
Robb, Peter. Midnight in Sicily: On Art, Food, History,
Travel and La Cosa Nostra 945 Robb (Main)
Schlosser, Eric. Fast-Food Nation: The Dark Side of
the All-American Meal
YA 394.1 Schlosser (Main)
Silva, Nikki. Hidden Kitchens: Stories Recipes and More
from NPR’s The Hidden Kitchen Sisters 641.5973 Silva (Main)
Waterhouse. Debra. Why Women Need Chocolate: Eat What
You Crave to Look Good and Feel Great. 613.2 Wat (Main)
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