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The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu by Dan Jurafsky

The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu

Dan Jurafsky

246 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history informative medium-paced
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South

Michael W. Twitty

480 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history informative reflective slow-paced
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

Tom Standage

336 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history informative medium-paced
Delicious: The Evolution of Flavor and How It Made Us Human by Rob Dunn, Monica Sanchez

Delicious: The Evolution of Flavor and How It Made Us Human

Rob Dunn, Monica Sanchez

280 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink science technology informative medium-paced
The True History of Chocolate by Michael D. Coe, Sophie D. Coe

The True History of Chocolate

Michael D. Coe, Sophie D. Coe

280 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Let's Make Ramen!: A Comic Book Cookbook by Hugh Amano, Sarah Becan

Let's Make Ramen!: A Comic Book Cookbook

Hugh Amano, Sarah Becan

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction comics cookbook informative lighthearted slow-paced
The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket by Benjamin Lorr

The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket

Benjamin Lorr

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction business history informative medium-paced
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

The Science and Lore of the Kitchen #1

Harold McGee

884 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink science informative slow-paced
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World by Dan Koeppel

Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World

Dan Koeppel

281 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
Pickled, Potted, and Canned: How the Art and Science of Food Preserving Changed the World by Sue Shephard

Pickled, Potted, and Canned: How the Art and Science of Food Preserving Changed the World

Sue Shephard

368 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced