Food Memoirs

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Memoirs involving food, cooking, and other culinary pursuits. Add and vote for your own favorites.
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food memoir
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
by Anthony Bourdain
11,453 members
290 reviews
3.9
5 Members
hipdeep, eelspear, ahef1963, AnitaNgaire, wipesmart
2
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan
14,996 members
366 reviews
4.2
3 Members
inge87, vincemccarrie, eelspear
3
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
by Lucy Knisley
1,053 members
95 reviews
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, inge87
4
A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table
by Molly Wizenberg
1,126 members
60 reviews
3.9
2 Members
inge87, lespchef
5
Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China
by Fuchsia Dunlop
512 members
19 reviews
4.1
2 Members
inge87, AnitaNgaire
6
My Life in France
by Julia Child
5,619 members
213 reviews
4.2
2 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963
7
Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally
by Alisa Smith
830 members
34 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
inge87, lespchef
8
Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater
by Calvin Trillin
373 members
9 reviews
4
2 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963
9
Taste: My Life Through Food
by Stanley Tucci
1,417 members
59 reviews
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963
11
The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection
by Robert Farrar Capon
826 members
16 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
eelspear
12
Fed, White, and Blue: Finding America with My Fork
by Simon Majumdar
52 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
hipdeep
13
The Sweet Life in Paris
by David Lebovitz
1,115 members
55 reviews
3.8
Member
AnitaNgaire
14
The Land Where Lemons Grow: The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit
by Helena Atlee
298 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
inge87
15
How I Learned To Cook: Culinary Educations from the World's Greatest Chefs
by Kimberly Witherspoon
191 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Not a single-author memoir, but multiple short memories.
16
Yes, Chef: A Memoir
by Marcus Samuelsson
920 members
88 reviews
3.8
Member
AnitaNgaire
17
Franklin Barbecue: A Meat-Smoking Manifesto [A Cookbook]
by Aaron Franklin
401 members
5 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Has memoir components.
18
Delancey: A Man, a Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage
by Molly Wizenberg
329 members
23 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
AnitaNgaire
19
Four Kitchens: My Life Behind the Burner in New York, Hanoi, Tel Aviv, and Paris
by Lauren Shockey
101 members
7 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
AnitaNgaire
20
At Mesa's Edge: Cooking and Ranching in Colorado's North Fork Valley
by Eugenia Bone
32 members
1 review
4
Member
inge87
21
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
by Ruth Reichl
3,205 members
150 reviews
3.9
Member
AnitaNgaire
22
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen
by Jacques Pépin
907 members
23 reviews
4
Member
hipdeep
23
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing
by Anya Von Bremzen
516 members
25 reviews
4
Member
inge87
24
Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table
by Ruth Reichl
2,070 members
39 reviews
3.9
Member
AnitaNgaire
25
Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine
by Edward Lee
235 members
12 reviews
3.9
Member
hipdeep
26
Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China
by Jen Lin-Liu
204 members
8 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
inge87
27
Cooking from the Heart: 100 Great American Chefs Share Recipes They Cherish
by Michael J. Rosen
78 members
3.2
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Maybe a stretch - a multi-author cookbook where each recipe includes a short statement by the chef about why they chose the dish. Many are based in memories sparked by the dish.
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The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones
by Anthony Bourdain
2,064 members
38 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
hipdeep
30
The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love
by Michelle Maisto
77 members
2 reviews
4.2
Member
AnitaNgaire
31
Watching What We Eat: The Evolution of Television Cooking Shows
by Kathleen Collins
77 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
hipdeep
32
Two for the Road: Our Love Affair With American Food
by Jane Stern
283 members
16 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
hipdeep
33
The Tummy Trilogy
by Calvin Trillin
453 members
2 reviews
4.1
Member
hipdeep
35
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
by Ruth Reichl
3,156 members
81 reviews
4
Member
AnitaNgaire,lespchef
36
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
by Michael Pollan
1,882 members
59 reviews
4
37
Toast
by Nigel Slater
1,444 members
64 reviews
½ 3.6
38
Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen
by Laurie Colwin
1,189 members
35 reviews
4.2
39
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
by Jennifer Lee
1,006 members
51 reviews
½ 3.7
40
The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen with Nigel Slater
by Nigel Slater
884 members
3 reviews
4.2
41
The Gastronomical Me
by M. F. K. Fisher
683 members
19 reviews
4.2
42
Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India
by Madhur Jaffrey
577 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
43
Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater
by Frank Bruni
501 members
28 reviews
½ 3.5
44
Eating for England: The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table
by Nigel Slater
442 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
45
Long Ago in France: The Years in Dijon
by M. F. K. Fisher
404 members
8 reviews
3.9
46
As They Were
by M. F. K. Fisher
387 members
10 reviews
3.9
47
The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef
by Marco Pierre White
385 members
8 reviews
½ 3.3
48
Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home
by Kim Sunée
352 members
22 reviews
3.2
49
The Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmand
by Jim Harrison
351 members
9 reviews
3.9
50
The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food
by Adam Gopnik
349 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
51
52 Loaves: One Man's Relentless Pursuit of Truth, Meaning, and a Perfect Crust
by William Alexander
330 members
18 reviews
3.9
52
Untangling My Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto
by Victoria Abbott Riccardi
302 members
10 reviews
½ 3.5
53
I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti
by Giulia Melucci
299 members
30 reviews
½ 3.4
54
Spilling the Beans
by Clarissa Dickson Wright
290 members
15 reviews
3.8
55
My Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story With Recipes
by Luisa Weiss
267 members
18 reviews
3.9
56
Delights and Prejudices
by James Beard
254 members
1 review
4
57
Serve It Forth
by M. F. K. Fisher
247 members
8 reviews
4
58
A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France
by Georgeanne Brennan
224 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
59
Immoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas
by John Baxter
223 members
14 reviews
½ 3.6
60
Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy
by Michael Tucker
216 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
61
On the Noodle Road: From Beijing to Rome, with Love and Pasta
by Jen Lin-Liu
201 members
22 reviews
½ 3.3
62
The Unprejudiced Palate: Classic Thoughts on Food and the Good Life
by Angelo M. Pellegrini
192 members
5 reviews
½ 4.4
63
A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family
by Cheryl Lu-lien Tan
189 members
44 reviews
½ 3.4
64
The Tuscan Year: Life and Food in an Italian Valley
by Elizabeth Romer
184 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
66
My Kitchen Wars
by Betty Fussell
180 members
8 reviews
½ 3.7
68
Granta 52: Food : The Vital Stuff
by Ian Jack
150 members
3 reviews
4
71
Blue Trout and Black Truffles: The Peregrinations of an Epicure
by Joseph Wechsberg
132 members
5 reviews
4
72
Best Food Writing 2007
by Holly Hughes
119 members
1 review
4
73
Best Food Writing 2010
by Holly Hughes
117 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
74
Best Food Writing 2005 (Best Food Writing)
by Holly Hughes
103 members
1 review
½ 3.6
75
Katish, Our Russian Cook
by Wanda Frolov
95 members
3 reviews
3.9
76
Best Food Writing 2009
by Holly Hughes
94 members
½ 3.7
77
Mostly True: A Memoir of Family, Food, and Baseball
by Molly O'Neill
90 members
1 review
½ 3.6
78
Best Food Writing 2008
by Holly Hughes
87 members
2 reviews
4.1
79
My Life from Scratch: A Sweet Journey of Starting Over, One Cake at a Time
by Gesine Bullock-Prado
85 members
4 reviews
½ 3.5
80
Best Food Writing 2011
by Holly Hughes
78 members
1 review
½ 3.4
81
Best Food Writing 2003
by Holly Hughes
71 members
½ 3.7
82
Best Food Writing 2004
by Holly Hughes
70 members
1 review
3.9
83
Best Food Writing 2001
by Holly Hughes
70 members
3.9
84
Best Food Writing 2000
by Holly Hughes
66 members
1 review
4
85
Best Food Writing 2013
by Holly Hughes
64 members
1 review
3.8
86
Best Food Writing 2002
by Holly Hughes
61 members
1 review
½ 2.5
87
Food Heroes: 16 Culinary Artisans Preserving Tradition
by Georgia Pellegrini
59 members
4 reviews
½ 4.3
88
Eating with the Pilgrims and Other Pieces
by Calvin Trillin
59 members
1 review
½ 3.4
89
Shucked: Life on a New England Oyster Farm
by Erin Byers Murray
56 members
2 reviews
½ 4.7
90
Best Food Writing 2012
by Holly Hughes
51 members
3.9
92
Wild Flavors: One Chef's Transformative Year Cooking from Eva's Farm
by Didi Emmons
27 members
1 review
½ 4.5
94
Arrazat's Aubergines: Inside a Languedoc Kitchen
by Patrick Moon
17 members
4
95
Eating for Britain
by Simon Majumdar
16 members
1 review
2.8
96
Biting through the Skin: An Indian Kitchen in America's Heartland
by Nina Mukerjee Furstenau
15 members
1 review
4
98
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
by Barbara Kingsolver
8,236 members
273 reviews
4.1
99
Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously
by Julie Powell
6,189 members
272 reviews
½ 3.5
100
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
by Gabrielle Hamilton
1,935 members
126 reviews
½ 3.7