18 books like Blood, Bones & Butter

What to read after Blood, Bones & Butter — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Glutton for punishment Cecile Lamalle · 2000 · ★ 4.0 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Sleuth and master chef Charly Poisson is back in this followup to Appetite for Murder. The winter holidays are over, and Charly and the staff of La Fermette are settling down for a quiet season when a ring of antique thieves terrorize their wealthy, weekend patrons. Things get worse when Charly finds the corpse of a local antiques dealer in the freezer. Despite warnings from the police chief,… Shares: Restaurateurs, Cooks, Food, New york

How to Eat Nigella Lawson · 1998 · 537p · ≈ 17h · Moderate The New York Times–bestselling cookbook author "reveals her mastery not only of the stove but also of the essay" with these recipes and reflections (Booklist). "Food, for me, is a constant pleasure: I like to think greedily about it, reflect deeply on it, learn from it; it provides comfort, inspiration, meaning, and beauty . . . More than just a mantra, 'cook, eat, repeat' is the… Shares: Food, Cooking

The Apprentice Jacques Pépin · 2003 · ★ 4.2 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A culinary legend tells his story, from boyhood in wartime France to stardom in America, and shares favorite recipes: "A delicious book…a joy."—The New York Times Book Review   In this memoir, the man Julia Child called "the best chef in America" tells of his rise from a frightened apprentice in an exacting Old World kitchen to an Emmy Award-winning superstar who taught millions of… Shares: Cooks, Cooking, Biography & Memoir

Bear Cookin' Stanley Hunter · 2003 · 134p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Please DO feed the bears! Bear Cookin': The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods takes a good-natured approach to good eating, presenting home-style recipes with a light-hearted touch. Aimed at husky, hairy gay menand their admirersthe book presents convenient and satisfying recipes for anyone who loves to cookand eat! Bear Cookin' includes helpful hints, tributes to favorite foods, and meal… Shares: LGBTQ gastronomy, Cooking

A treatise of the materia medica William Cullen · 1789 · 610p · ≈ 20h · Demanding This volume presents the texts of three Englishwomen remarkable both for writing and publishing their work during the first half of the sixteenth century. They also proved themselves nimble survivors of political and religious turmoil, Beaufort suffering for her Lancastrian connections and Roper and Basset for their Catholic allegiance. Significantly, these women turned to translation and to… Shares: Food, Cooking

Tender at the bone Ruth Reichl · 1998 · ★ 4.3 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate For better or worse, almost all of us grow up at the table. It is in this setting that Ruth Reichl's brilliantly written memoir takes its form. For, at a very early age, Reichl discovered that "food could be a way of making sense of the world . . . if you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were." Tender at the Bone is the story of a life determined, enhanced, and defined in… Shares: Cooks, Cooking, Biography & Memoir

Bone in the throat Anthony Bourdain · 1995 · ★ 3.1 · 388p · ≈ 12h · Moderate When up-and-coming chef Tommy Pagana settles for a less than glamorous stint at his uncle's restaurant in Manhattan's Little Italy, he unwittingly finds himself a partner in big-time crime. And when the mob decides to use the kitchen for a murder, nothing Tommy learned in cooking school has prepared him for what happens next. With the FBI on one side, and his eccentric wise-guy superiors on the… Shares: Cooks, New york, Cooking

Food fundamentals Margaret McWilliams · 1966 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate "Food Fundamentals, 10th Edition" integrates the scientific principles of safe and nutritious food preparation with the basic techniques students need to work effectively with food. It introduces the scientific basis of current practices and procedures, and explains ingredients both as nutrient sources and as food product components. The effects of preparation techniques are discussed in the… Shares: Food, Cooking

Cooked Michael Pollan · 2013 · ★ 4.1 · 475p · ≈ 15h · Moderate "Fire, water, air, earth--our most trusted food expert recounts the story of his culinary education In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements--fire, water, air, and earth--to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink. Apprenticing himself to a succession… Shares: Cooks, Food, Cooking

Table for Two (Lessons Learned / Summer Desserts) Nora Roberts · 2002 · ★ 3.8 · 507p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Two tempting classics from the master of romance! Summer Desserts: When love-resistant dessert chef Summer Lyndon develops a taste for her delectable boss Blake Cocharan, her legendary willpower is put to the ultimate test. Lessons Learned: Publicist Juliet Trent never mixes business with pleasure, but her newest client, charming ladies' man and chef Carlo Franconi, is determined to whet her… Shares: Cooks, Cooking

White Heat Marco Pierre White · 1990 · ★ 4.4 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate With its unique blend of outspoken opinion, recipes and dramatic photographs by the late legendary photographer Bob Carlos Clarke, White Heat captures the magic and spirit of Marco Pierre White in the heat of his kitchen. This 25th anniversary edition features brand new material, including photographs from the late Bob Carlos Clarke and contributions from James Steen, Lindsey Carlos Clarke and a… Shares: Cooks, Cooking, Biography & Memoir

The food of love Anthony Capella · 2004 · ★ 4.3 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Moderate In the sumptuous tradition of Chocolat and Captain Corelli's Mandolin, and already optioned for a major motion picture, comes a magical tale of romantic passion, culinary delight—and Italy.Captain James Gould arrives in wartime Naples assigned to discourage marriages between British soldiers and their gorgeous Italian girlfriends. But the innocent young officer is soon distracted by an… Shares: Cooks, Cooking

The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book Alice B. Toklas · 1954 · ★ 4.0 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "A collection of traditional French recipes... [and] memories of Paris... and of rural France, Spain, and America"--P. [4] of cover. Shares: LGBTQ gastronomy, Cooking

Icarus Russell Andrews · 2001 · ★ 3.9 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate In the 2003 album Full Circle by Dan Fogelberg there is a song called Icarus Ascending Shares: Restaurateurs, Cooking

An alphabet for gourmets M. F. K. Fisher · 1949 · ★ 4.2 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Challenging An Alphabet for Gourmets A playful, thoughtful, and delicious A to Z of M.F.K. Fisher’s food writing.In An Alphabet for Gourmets, M.F.K. Fisher creates a wide-ranging, whimsical, and profound miscellany of food that moves readers from A (for dining alone) to Z (zakuski, the classic accompaniments to a shot of Russian vodka), traversing a broad swath of human history, taste, and sensation along… Shares: Food, Cooking

Hering's dictionary of classical and modern cookery Richard Hering · 1958 · 852p · ≈ 28h · Moderate Shares: Food, Cooking

A Cook's Tour Anthony Bourdain · 2001 · ★ 4.4 · 292p · ≈ 9h · Moderate From the host of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown and bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential, this wonderful book sees Bourdain travelling the world discovering exotic foods. Dodging minefields in Cambodia, diving into the icy waters outside a Russian bath, Chef Bourdain travels the world over in search of the ultimate meal. The only thing Anthony Bourdain loves as much as cooking is… Shares: Food, Cooking

Peter Hunt's Cape Cod Cookbook Peter Hunt · 1954 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares: LGBTQ gastronomy, Cooking

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