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Well, this is a fun idea! Top Ten Books That Make Me Hungry! I’m not a foodie by any means. I used to be a ridiculously picky eater, in fact. But my husband is a bit of a foodie and as I get older, I’m trying to incorporate more new things into my diet. I could be a lot better but I used to be a lot worse. I don’t actively seek out books about food, and I’m definitely not a cookbook browser (I still despise cooking), but I have stumbled on some books that incidentally made me hungry.
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Bliss by Kathryn Littlewood
Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie, read by Deanna Hurst
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen–Most if not all of Sarah Addison Allen’s books involve food in some fashion.
Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson–This entire cozy mystery series centers around a caterer. Each book ends with pages of recipes.
By Bread Alone by Sarah-Kate Lynch
The Food of Love by Anthony Capella
Sourdough by Robin Sloan, read by Thérèse Plummer
Delicious! by Ruth Reichl, read by Julia Whelan
That’s my list! Have you read any of these? Did they make you hungry? Which books did/would you choose? Link up every Tuesday at That Artsy Reader Girl!
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I had Garden Spells on my list, too. That one gave me all sorts of cravings.
I loved Sourdough! It was one of the books I read when I wasn’t blogging. The descriptions in it where amazing – I nearly considered trying to make my own sourdough starter but decided against it!
I can see why you would decide to avoid a sourdough starter after reading that book!
I am so glad to Food of Love on your list. That was on my list but I had too many books so left it off. I enjoyed the book her wrote about ice cream too.
It’s been so long since I read Food of Love that all I really remember is that it made me hungry! I should pick up more of his books.
I’ve read Delicious, Garden Spells, and (maybe) The Food of Love and Bet Me. A few of the others have been on my TBR for a while, especially The School of Essential Ingredients. I don’t remember the food in Garden Spells (I read it a long time ago) but I do remember all the talk of recipes in Delicious. I didn’t like Ruth Reichl’s fiction as much as I do her nonfiction.
The School of Essential Ingredients is so good! It’s a slow, thoughtful book. I haven’t read Reichl’s nonfiction but I thought Delicious was just okay. It was the food descriptions that really stood out.
I need to read Sourdough since I really liked Mr. Penumbra’s. Garden Spells looks great too!
Sourdough is *very* different from Mr. Penumbra. It got crazy! I love anything written by Sarah Addison Allen, the author of Garden Spells.
I had no idea that Ruth Reichl had written a novel. Wow. And I thought Sourdough was one of the most quirky books I’ve ever read. Bliss, I think, is the first book in the series I read a little of this summer (I read book #2.) Interesting.
Sourdough went a bit off the rails but I do love sourdough bread. And I enjoyed Sloan’s first novel, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore.
I have read two of Ruth Reichl’s books but none of her fiction. She is a good writer. Thanks for visiting my blog.
Reichl wrote so descriptively, she made me hungry for food I don’t even like!
I love the cover of BLISS. Yum!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Right? I could eat everything in that bakery window!