Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast” (a memoir) and his novels, too. The guy liked his food—and drink. Laurie Colwin wrote for Gourmet magazine, but I can’t remember much about food in her novels. George...

I just picked up the new issue of Gourmet, which is all about Southern food. I really enjoyed reading it last night in bed, and wondered what y’all think of it.

thank you. I very much appreciate all the help. these are great suggestions. I do not mind doing the reading, was just not sure of the books. the idea of a memoir is a good starting point. I’m discovering that there are not...

if there are food related books out there that would be of interest to the non-chef. Could be a novel, fact book, whatever. Something besides a cookbook. Age range and lifestyles are so different, (24 yr old college student to 70...

are inundated with food when they first get home... so a fresh baked pie or bread (or batch of soup/stew, etc.) a few weeks later are always good. also quick bread.. like zucchini/banana/carrot bread are good because they freeze...

What are your favorite books with a food related theme? My earliest encounter with a food theme came via Winnie the Pooh. Remember he had rabbit read him a cookbook while he was stuck in rabbit’s hole awaiting weight loss....

i’d suggest you check out the book Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses by isabel allende (http://www.amazon.com/Aphrodite-Memoir-Senses-Isabel-Allende/dp/0060930179/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206103225&sr=8-3)....

I’m certain that some of the people posting to this board are members of Slow Food, U.S.A. and are already aware of several upcoming events put on by the Chicago Convivium. For those who are not, there are three events in...

Thanks for your lovely memoir of Hungarian Jewish food. I sent it to my 84 year old Hungarian Jewish friend and now we are getting ready to make some pickled tongue! She wonders if you remember pickled cherries?

It’s amazing what dreadful food Seinfeld eats. Elaine likes the Big Salad just because it’s big. Food is often used as a proxy for something else. Everyone wants to be given a free meal at Mendy’s, not because...

," though these are not food movies, if I remember correctly. Thanks in advance for any help.

as possible), reading about food and food people (memoirs, biographies, novels, food origins, food politics), food movies, joined a CSA, shopping the farmer’s markets, scoping out local artisanal products (at home and while...

I can recommend Jeffrey Steingarten’s THE MAN WHO ATE EVERYTHING. It is very funny. Also, anything by M. F. K. Fisher, who’s the classic food/ memoir writer. Also, Jacques Pepin’s MY LIFE AS AN APPRENTICE.

, Chinese (from several regions) French, Costa Rican, Italian(several regions, my husband is Italian/Sicilian, and we just recently returned from the Cinque Terre area of Italy for our honeymoon), soul food, Indian, Pakistani,...

of the great writers of our time. Another wonderful read by a great contemporary Latin American author is Aphrodite: A memoir of the Senses by Isabelle Allende. It is 2/3 luxurious reading and 1/3 cookbook. Another book in the...