This month's collection of books is all about food and food culture. You can blame NPR; I was listening to an Intelligence Squared Debate about organic food and marketing hype when I had to come up with a topic. Be forewarned, some of these books will make you hungry. Some of these books make also make you never want to eat again.
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Michael Pollan
In his oft-cited work, Pollan delves into where our food comes from. He explores mass agriculture from the conventional and organic side, hunting and gathering, and how we interact with food in our culture. Written in an easy to read narrative form, Pollan breaks down everything from a McDonald's hamburger to how we've lost touch with our meals. I read this for my bookclub and it was fantastic. You may, however, swear off corn for awhile.
Food, Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, Poorer - And What You Can Do About It
Participant Media and Karl Weber
This is a tie-in guide to the movie of the same title. Food, Inc. also follows the trend of books and articles coming out that seem to want to scare people to death about how awful food production in the U.S. has become. The book is comprised of a series of essays by experts and ponders of American food industry and culture.
The Butcher and the Vegetarian: One Woman's Romp Through a World of Men, Meat, and Moral Crisis
Tara Austen Weaver
This is a book was written by a favorite blogger (Tea and Cookies) of mine. If her writing in this text is anything like her blog, you're in for a good time. This book chronicles Weaver's journey into the world of meat after being raised in a vegetarian household. She runs into a lot of questions and moments to ponder along the way.
The Art of Eating In: How I Learned to Stop Spending and Love the Stove
Cathy Erway
I cook a lot. I love to try new recipes - which is good because I cannot afford to eat out every meal. In this book, Erway discovers the joy that can come from staying in and preparing food for yourself. The Art of Eating In is a blend of memoir and cookbook. Sometimes the best stories are the ones that are accompanied by a meal.
The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love
Michelle Maisto
Maisto reminisces about what is like to combine two foodie tastes through her courtship and marriage. Their meals are not just food, but a stage for their coming together as two people. It may sound sappy, but the second I found out about this book, I put it on my TBR list. Also, how cute is that cover?
The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken: A Search for Food and Family
Laura Schenone
This one is also on my TBR list. I cannot ignore a book when their are carbs in the title. Anyway. Schenone discusses the family and the immigrant experience from the viewpoint of food. What recipes due we bring with us, save, and pass on. Every culture has it's foods, and this book seems delicious.
Other Food and Food Culture Related Items
The Cheese Chronicles
- Liz Thorpe
Confections of a Closet Master Baker
- Gesine Bullock-Prado
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
- Michael Pollan
A Homemade Life
- Molly Wizenberg
In Defense of Food
- Michael Pollan
Jamie's Food Revolution
- Jaime Oliver
The Sweet Life in Paris
- David Liebovitz
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four MealsMichael Pollan
In his oft-cited work, Pollan delves into where our food comes from. He explores mass agriculture from the conventional and organic side, hunting and gathering, and how we interact with food in our culture. Written in an easy to read narrative form, Pollan breaks down everything from a McDonald's hamburger to how we've lost touch with our meals. I read this for my bookclub and it was fantastic. You may, however, swear off corn for awhile.
Food, Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, Poorer - And What You Can Do About ItParticipant Media and Karl Weber
This is a tie-in guide to the movie of the same title. Food, Inc. also follows the trend of books and articles coming out that seem to want to scare people to death about how awful food production in the U.S. has become. The book is comprised of a series of essays by experts and ponders of American food industry and culture.
The Butcher and the Vegetarian: One Woman's Romp Through a World of Men, Meat, and Moral CrisisTara Austen WeaverThis is a book was written by a favorite blogger (Tea and Cookies) of mine. If her writing in this text is anything like her blog, you're in for a good time. This book chronicles Weaver's journey into the world of meat after being raised in a vegetarian household. She runs into a lot of questions and moments to ponder along the way.
The Art of Eating In: How I Learned to Stop Spending and Love the Stove
Cathy ErwayI cook a lot. I love to try new recipes - which is good because I cannot afford to eat out every meal. In this book, Erway discovers the joy that can come from staying in and preparing food for yourself. The Art of Eating In is a blend of memoir and cookbook. Sometimes the best stories are the ones that are accompanied by a meal.
The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and LoveMichelle MaistoMaisto reminisces about what is like to combine two foodie tastes through her courtship and marriage. Their meals are not just food, but a stage for their coming together as two people. It may sound sappy, but the second I found out about this book, I put it on my TBR list. Also, how cute is that cover?
The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken: A Search for Food and FamilyLaura Schenone
This one is also on my TBR list. I cannot ignore a book when their are carbs in the title. Anyway. Schenone discusses the family and the immigrant experience from the viewpoint of food. What recipes due we bring with us, save, and pass on. Every culture has it's foods, and this book seems delicious.
Other Food and Food Culture Related Items
The Cheese Chronicles
- Liz Thorpe Confections of a Closet Master Baker
- Gesine Bullock-Prado Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
- Michael Pollan A Homemade Life
- Molly WizenbergIn Defense of Food
- Michael PollanJamie's Food Revolution
- Jaime Oliver The Sweet Life in Paris
- David Liebovitz
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