Horror's Greatest Hits
Genres > Food and Drink

Food Writing

Food writing is writing that focuses on the topic of food, both widely and narrowly defined, and includes work by food critics and food historians.

Most Read This Week Tagged "Food Writing"

What I Ate in One Year (And Related Thoughts)
Food Person
Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations
Love & Saffron
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
Eat a Peach
Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal: A Food Science Nutrition History Book
Bröd och mjölk
Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America's Youngest Sommelier
Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
What's Cooking in the Kremlin: From Rasputin to Putin, How Russia Built an Empire with a Knife and Fork
The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat
More most read this week tagged "food writing"...

Food Writing Books

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
My Life in France
Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
The Man Who Ate Everything
More food writing books...

Lists

Colombiana by Mariana VelásquezArt of South American Cooking by Felipe Rojas-LombarPeru by Gastón AcurioLima by Virgilio MartínezSeven Fires by Francis Mallmann
Best South American Cookbooks
42 books — 1 voter
Jubilee by Toni Tipton-MartinWhere Cooking Begins by Carla Lalli MusicLiving Bread by Daniel LeaderThe Nomad Cocktail Book by Leo RobitschekWorld Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson
2020 James Beard Award Winners
13 books — 3 voters

The Food of Spain by Claudia RodenTapas by Penelope CasasThe Foods and Wines of Spain by Penelope CasasLa Cocina de Mama by Penelope CasasGrape, Olive, Pig by Matt Goulding
Best Spanish Cookbooks
72 books — 10 voters
Memories of Philippine Kitchens by Amy BesaTikim by Doreen G. FernandezKulinarya by Glenda Rosales BarrettoLet's Cook With Nora by Nora V. DazaI Am a Filipino by Nicole Ponseca
Must-Read Filipino Cookbooks
6 books — 3 voters

Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper by Fuchsia DunlopEvery Grain of Rice by Fuchsia DunlopServe the People by Jen Lin-LiuThe Breath of a Wok by Grace YoungThe Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones
CHINESE Food Writing & Cookbooks
50 books — 20 voters
Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella HazanThe Silver Spoon by Clelia D'OnofrioThe Splendid Table by Lynne Rossetto KasperMarcella's Italian Kitchen by Marcella HazanMade in Italy by Giorgio Locatelli
Best Italian Cookbooks
155 books — 57 voters


Related Genres

Nonfiction
Food and Drink

Quotes Tagged “Food Writing”

“ Mrs Beeton writes in anticipation of her absence. ”
― Rebecca May Johnson, Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen
0 likes

Bee Wilson
“ It is genuinely possible to reach the point where you desire broccoli more than fries and wholemeal sourdough more than sliced white bread. ”
― Bee Wilson, First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
0 likes

More quotes...

Videos Tagged “Food Writing”

Barry Estabrook introduces "Pig Tales: An Omnivore's Quest for Sustainable Meat"
Barry Estabrook introduces "Pig Tales: An Omnivore's Quest for Sustainable Meat"
Kingdom of Cooks
Kingdom of Cooks
More videos...

Groups Tagged "Food Writing"

Reflections Book Club A group for all genres.
1 member, last active 12 years ago

Tags

Tags contributing to this page include: food-writing and food-lit