Who needs a new, mouthwatering book to read? Well, we’ve got you covered with a list and display of food-related biographies and memoirs. You can either browse the full display in the Athenaeum or click on a title to head over to the catalog to request it. Go ahead, take a taste!
The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard by John Birdsall
Paula Deen: It Ain’t All About the Cookin’ by Paula Deen
Frontier Follies: Adventures in Marriage & Motherhood in the Middle of Nowhere by Ree Drummond
Finding Freedom: A Cook’s Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch by Erin French
My Mother’s Kitchen: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and the Meaning of Life by Peter Gethers
Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line by Michael Gibney
Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food by Ann Hood
Making Piece: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Pie by Beth Howard
Rachael Ray 50: Memories and Meals from a Sweet and Savory Life by Rachael Ray
Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl
Braided: a journey of a thousand challahs by Beth Ricanati
32 Yolks: From My Mother’s Table to Working the Line by Eric Ripert
From Scratch: The Uncensored History of the Food Network by Allen Salkin
Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen
What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food that Tells Their Stories by Laura Shapiro
The Cooking Gene: A Journey through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael Twitty
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing by Anya Von Bremzen
Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook by Alice Waters
Only in Naples: Lessons in Food and Famiglia from my Italian Mother-in-law by Katherine Wilson
Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Laurie Woolever
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
