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Food
14 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
14 posts
Where to Start with Chris van Tulleken: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Chris van Tulleken — how to approach Ultra-Processed People, his investigation into the science of ultra-processed food and its health effects. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with David Chang: A Reading Guide
Where to start with David Chang — how to approach Momofuku, his raw memoir and technically serious cookbook about building one of America's most influential restaurant empires from near-failure. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Ina Garten: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Ina Garten — how to approach The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, her debut that established the philosophy of elegant, reliable home cooking that has defined her career. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Irma S. Rombauer: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Irma S. Rombauer — how to approach The Joy of Cooking, the definitive American cooking reference she self-published in 1931 and which has never gone out of print. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with J. Kenji López-Alt: A Reading Guide
Where to start with J. Kenji López-Alt — how to approach The Food Lab, his landmark culinary science book that explains the science behind everyday cooking through hundreds of rigorously tested recipes. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Julia Child: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Julia Child — how to approach Mastering the Art of French Cooking, the landmark cookbook that taught a generation of Americans classical French technique. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Karen Page: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Karen Page — how to approach The Flavor Bible, the essential culinary reference to ingredient affinities used by professional chefs and serious home cooks worldwide. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Michelle Zauner: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Michelle Zauner — how to approach Crying in H Mart, her memoir of grief, Korean-American identity, and the food that held a mother-daughter relationship together. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Peter Mayle: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Peter Mayle — how to approach A Year in Provence, the book that invented a genre, his warmly funny account of abandoning an advertising career to renovate a farmhouse in the Luberon and discover a way of life organised around food. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Samin Nosrat: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Samin Nosrat — how to approach Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, the James Beard Award-winning cookbook that teaches the four universal elements of great cooking. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Tamar Adler: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Tamar Adler — how to approach An Everlasting Meal, her extraordinary collection of essays on cooking with economy and grace that is the most beautifully written food book of the past generation. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Yotam Ottolenghi: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Yotam Ottolenghi — whether to begin with Plenty, Ottolenghi Simple, or Jerusalem. A complete reading guide to the influential chef-author.
Best Books About Food: Essential Reading List
The best books about food — from Kitchen Confidential and The Omnivore's Dilemma to Salt Fat Acid Heat and In Defense of Food. Food writing at its most essential.
Where to Start with Michael Pollan: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Michael Pollan — whether to begin with The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food, or How to Change Your Mind. A complete reading guide.
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