Memoirs
Kitchen confidential : adventures in the culinary underbelly / Anthony BourdainCall Number: TX649.B68 A3 2000ISBN: 158234082X
Tender at the bone : growing up at the table / Ruth ReichlCall Number: TX714 .R444 1998ISBN: 0767903382
History & Culture
Apicius : a critical edition with an introduction and an English translation of the Latin recipe text Apicius / [edited and translated by] Christopher Grocock and Sally GraingerCall Number: TX713 .A67 2006ISBN: 1903018137
Candyfreak : a journey through the chocolate underbelly of America / Steve AlmondCall Number: HD9330.C653 U513 2005ISBN: 0156032937
The omnivore's dilemma : a natural history of four meals / Michael PollanCall Number: GT2850 .P65 2006ISBN: 1594200823
Thomas Jefferson's Creme Brulee by Call Number: E332.745 .C73 2012ISBN: 1594745781Publication Date: 2012-09-18
Biographies & Autobiographies
Food & Travel
California wine country / John Doerper, Constance Jones, and Sharron WoodCall Number: TP557 .D64 2007ISBN: 1400017831
Cookbooks & Recipes
How to cook everything : 2,000 simple recipes for great food / Mark BittmanCall Number: TX714 .B573 2008ISBN: 0764578650
Reviews & Critiques
Reference
Larousse gastronomique : the world's greatest culinary encyclopediaCall Number: TX349 .L365 2009ISBN: 0307464911Note: Library use only
The new food lover's companion : more than 6,700 A-to-Z entries describe foods, cooking techniques, herbs, spices, desserts, wines, and the ingredients for pleasurable dining / Sharon Tyler Herbst, Ron HerbstCall Number: TX349 .H533 2007ISBN: 0764135775Note: Located at the library desk; Library use only
The Oxford companion to food / Alan DavidsonCall Number: TX349 .D36 2006ISBN: 0192806815Note: Located at the library desk: Library use only
Introduction
This page provides examples of food writing in several different genres. All of these titles can be found at the Harborside Library.
Advice for Future Food Writers
Thinking about food writing for a living? Check out this blog posting by Amanda Hesser at Food 52.
Food Writing Resource Guides
A taste for writing : composition for culinarians / Vivian C. Cadbury ; photographs by the authorCall Number: TX644 .C33 2008ISBN: 1418015547Note: Library use only
Will write for food : the complete guide to writing cookbooks, restaurant reviews, articles, memoir, fiction, and more-- / by Dianne JacobCall Number: TX644 .J33 2005ISBN: 1569243778
Writer's Market Deluxe EditionCall Number: PN161 .W83 2010ISBN: 1582975809Note: Located at the library desk: Library use only
Blogs & RSS News Feeds
Find a whole page of food blogs and news on the "Food News" page of this Culinary Studies LibGuide!
How Blogs Work has a great overview on what blogs are and how to create one.
Writing with all Five Senses
Check out this slide show from a presentation by author Kathleen Flinn at the 2010 International Food Blogger Conference.
Investigative Reporting & Journalism
Fast food nation : the dark side of the all-American meal / Eric SchlosserCall Number: TX945.3 .S355 2002ISBN: 0060938455
The making of a chef : mastering heat at the Culinary Institute of America / Michael RuhlmanCall Number: TX649.R8 A3 1999ISBN: 0805061738
Science Writing
Cookwise : the hows and whys of successful cooking / Shirley O. CorriherCall Number: TX714 .C6917 1997ISBN: 0688102298
On food and cooking : the science and lore of the kitchen / Harold McGeeCall Number: TX651 .M27 2004ISBN: 0684800012Note: Located at the library desk: Library use only
What Einstein told his cook : kitchen science explained / Robert L. WolkeCall Number: TX652 .W643 2002ISBN: 0393011836
Food & Health
In defense of food : an eater's manifesto / Michael PollanCall Number: RA784 .P643ISBN: 1594201455Note: Located in the Harborside Bestsellers Section
Essays
The man who ate everything : and other gastronomic feats, disputes, and pleasurable pursuits / Jeffrey SteingartenCall Number: TX631 .S74 1997ISBN: 0679430881
The tummy trilogy : with a new foreword / Calvin TrillinCall Number: TX737 .T76 1994ISBN: 0374524173
Fiction & Poetry
Anecdotes of destiny ; and, Ehrengard / Isak DinesenCall Number: PR6003.L545 A6 1993ISBN: 0679743332Note: Includes "Babette's Feast"
Like water for chocolate : a novel in monthly installments, with recipes, romances, and home remedies / Laura EsquivelCall Number: PQ7298.15.S638 C6613 1995ISBN: 038542017X
Writing for Children
The Little house cookbook : frontier foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic stories / by Barbara M. Walker ; ill. by Garth WilliamsCall Number: TX715 .W1818 1979ISBN: 0060264187
Moonbeams, dumplings & dragon boats : a treasury of Chinese holiday tales, activities & recipes / Nina Simonds, Leslie Swartz, & the Children's Museum of BostonCall Number: GT4883.A2 S56 2002ISBN: 0152019839
Compilations
American food writing : an anthology with classic recipes / edited by Molly O'NeillCall Number: TX651 .A63 2007ISBN: 1598530054
