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Food Writing

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Food is memories, and I love reading about cooking and eating. A mix of fiction and nonfiction, I can highly recommend all of these.
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Fiction

For a bit more romantic flair
 
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Strangers become close friends through a cooking class and let those bonds and food shape them into new people with precious memories
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister, Paperback
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Also a movie, a passionate chocolatier moves to a very strict religious small town and encourages them to grow and bond over chocolate and hospitality
Chocolat: A Novel by Joanne Harris, Paperback
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Nonfiction

Real chefs, critics, home cooks, real food, hearty and inviting
 
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An incredible memoir of how Chopped judge Marcus Samuelsson became a chef and his journey being adopted and immigrating to America
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So funny and endearing, full of great recipes and illustrations, Lucy's graphic novel is such a comfort to me
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley, Paperback
 
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His dry sense of sarcastic humor and passion for food makes you crave tomatoes and garlic. Surprisingly heartaching read!
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci, Hardcover
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HILARIOUS read of a critic who gets so famous she has to dress undercover to critique restaurants
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
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The perfect lived in feeling of home cooking and family recipes bringing a home together
A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table
 
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One of my all time favorites!! Real stories of how food got people through rough times and recipes so you can be armed for them when they come.
Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food from 31 Celebrated Writers|Hardcover
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