Books about cooking that arent cookbooks?Books about cooking that arent cookbooks??? Tessa #recommend #cookbooks
Chateau of Echoes by Siri Mitchell – falls under historical fiction but food plays a huge role and the book has recipes in it.
An Embarrassment of Mangoes, and the sequel, The Spice Necklace by Ann Vanderhoof. Based on their travels around the world, is non fiction, & has recipes.
Julie and Julia.by Julie Powell. The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester. Babette’s Feast Isak Dinesen.
This is a great list with lots of fantastic reads! https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/140.Food_Related_Fiction
Under The Tuscan Sun was made up of a lot of food descriptions and recipes but primarily about Tuscany Italy and fixing up her villa.
The faMily frying pan by bryce courtney
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15945697-sustained-by-eating-consumed-by-eating-right
The Art of Eating In by Cathy Erway
Delicious by Ruth Reichl
Chateau of Echoes by Siri Mitchell – falls under historical fiction but food plays a huge role and the book has recipes in it.
Stir by Jessica Fechtor
Julie and Julia
Eat cake by Jeanne Ray. It’s about baking though
Cravat-a-licious by Matt Preston
Ruth Reichl books
Julie and Julia
Tamar Myers Penn Dutch Inn Series
Like Water for Chocolate. It’s a little slow, but I enjoyed it years ago
I love that book
Soufflé by Asli E. Parker
An Embarrassment of Mangoes, and the sequel, The Spice Necklace by Ann Vanderhoof. Based on their travels around the world, is non fiction, & has recipes.
Anthony Bourdain’s “Kitchen Confidential.”
Mysteries by Joanne Fluke
Julie and Julia.by Julie Powell. The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester. Babette’s Feast Isak Dinesen.
Spilling the beans
The food of love
Adriana Trigiani includes a lot of reference to food in her books as well as some recipes.
@Mifsud yes. I love her books.
@Letina me too!
Julia Julia
Toast
A biography of the Donner Party. They did a spot of cooking. 😉 jk 🙂
The Travelling Tea Shop by Belinda Jones
Eat, Pray, Love ?
Like Water for Chocolate (it includes recipes!)
Johannes Mario Simmel`s “It Can’t Always Be Caviar”
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
The Hundred Foot Journey
Like water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
When in doubt, add butter by Beth Harbison
Eat, Pray, Love
Joanne Fluke mysteries include recipes as do Diane Mott Davidson mysterues.
Aphrodite from Isabel Allende
Tender at the Bone. Ruth Reichl really funny.
Julie and Julia by Julie Powell…
Cooking for Picasso
Anything by Anthony Bourdain
The Sharper the Knife, The Less You Cry – Kathleen Flinn.
Perfection Salad and Something From The Kitchen.
Julie and julia… the 100 foot journey
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41681.The_Jungle?ac=1&from_search=true
Garden spells by Sarah Addison Allen. All of her books feature someone cooking or baking
The tea shop mysteries series by Laura child
joanne fluke murder series
Diane Mott Davidson’s mysteries.
A Movable Feast ?
Chocolat by Joanne Harris. The Hundred Foot Journey by Richard C Morais.
Like water for chocolate by Laura Esquivel
This is a great list with lots of fantastic reads!
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/140.Food_Related_Fiction
Spilling the Beans, C. Wright, also had BBC TV show.
Julie and Julia – by Julie Powell
Under The Tuscan Sun was made up of a lot of food descriptions and recipes but primarily about Tuscany Italy and fixing up her villa.
Any of the Diane Mott books, 1000 Nights in @Sebastian