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Food for Thought

Explore the deeper meaning behind our meals through these non-fiction works.

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21 items

  • Food

    a Love Story

    Gaffigan, Jim,
    Book, 2014New York : Crown Archetype, [2014] — 817 G
  • Taste

    My Life Through Food

    Tucci, Stanley,
    Book, 2021New York : Gallery Books, 2021. — TX649.T83 A3 2021
  • Book, 2011New York : Penguin Press, 2011. — 613.16 Pol
  • The Food Book

    the Stories, Science, and History of What We Eat

    Woolf, Alex, 1964-
    Book, 2024New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2024. — 641.01 Sto
  • Fast Food Nation

    the Dark Side of the all-American Meal

    Schlosser, Eric,
    Book, 2001Boston : Houghton Mifflin, ©2001. — 394.109 S34
  • Book, 2025New York : Gallery Books, 2025. — 641.5092 B81
  • Gastro Obscura

    a Food Adventurer's Guide

    Wong, Cecily,
    Book, 2021New York : Workman Publishing, [2021] — NF 641.3 W846
  • Animal, Vegetable, Junk

    a History of Food, From Sustainable to Suicidal

    Bittman, Mark,
    Book, 2021Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021. — GT2853.U5 B58 2021
  • Strong Roots

    a Memoir of Food, Family, and Ukraine

    Hercules, Olia,
    Book, 2025New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025. — 947.7 HER
  • In the Devil's Garden

    a Sinful History of Forbidden Food

    Allen, Stewart Lee
    Book, 2002New York : Ballantine Books, 2002. — 641.01 AL
  • Dinner With the President

    Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House

    Prud'homme, Alex,
    Book, 2023New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. — 973.09 PRU
  • A Call to Farms

    Reconnecting to Nature, Food, and Community in a Modern World

    Grayson, Jennifer,
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Countryman Press, [2024] — 630 GR
  • Blessing the Hands That Feed Us

    What Eating Closer to Home Can Teach Us About Food, Community, and Our Place on Earth

    Robin, Vicki,
    Book, 2014New York : Viking, 2014. — 363.8097 ROB 2014
  • The Emperors of Chocolate

    Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars

    Brenner, Joël Glenn
    Book, 1999New York : Random House, ©1999. — 338.7664 B75
  • Taste Makers

    Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America

    Sen, Mayukh,
    Book, 2022New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2022] — 641.5 SE5
  • At the King's Table

    Royal Dining Through the Ages

    Groom, Susanne
    Book, 2013London : Merrell, in association with Historic Royal Palaces, 2013.