BOOK RIOT’S 2021 READ HARDER CHALLENGE - hosted by bookriot

Read a food memoir by an author of color
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Be My Guest: Reflections on Food, Community, and the Meaning of Generosity by Priya Basil

Be My Guest: Reflections on Food, Community, and the Meaning of Generosity

Priya Basil

144 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction essays food and drink memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Meaty by Samantha Irby

Meaty

Samantha Irby

250 pages • paperback • 2013

nonfiction essays memoir funny reflective fast-paced
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

Arsenic and Adobo

A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery #1

Mia P. Manansala

372 pages • digital • 2021

fiction mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
The Language of Baklava: A Memoir by Diana Abu-Jaber

The Language of Baklava: A Memoir

Diana Abu-Jaber

328 pages • digital • 2005

nonfiction biography memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
My Soul Looks Back by Jessica B. Harris

My Soul Looks Back

Jessica B. Harris

272 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction biography memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Monsoon Diary: A Memoir With Recipes by Shoba Narayan

Monsoon Diary: A Memoir With Recipes

Shoba Narayan

240 pages • 2003

nonfiction memoir informative reflective slow-paced
Ma Africa. Das Kochbuch by Hawa Hassan

Ma Africa. Das Kochbuch

Hawa Hassan

280 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction cookbook informative lighthearted medium-paced
Paimuri cocina by Montserrat Brandan

Paimuri cocina

Montserrat Brandan

160 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction cookbook
Carla Hall's Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration by Carla Hall, Genevieve Ko

Carla Hall's Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration

Carla Hall, Genevieve Ko

336 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction lighthearted fast-paced
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Like Water for Chocolate

Como agua para chocolate #1

Laura Esquivel

246 pages • paperback • 1989

fiction historical magical realism romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced