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GastronautGastronaut by Stefan Gates
Buy new: £9.74 / Used from: £0.01
A funny, quirky book following a man's experiments with food
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-eye View of the WorldThe Botany of Desire: A Plant's-eye View of the World by Michael Pollan
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £4.54
The section on the apple will get you fascinated and humbled by this every-day fruit
The Debt to PleasureThe Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01
Well written tale of a food obsessive who has other nasty peculiarities as well
The Essentials of Classic Italian CookingThe Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan
Buy new: £15.68 / Used from: £9.96
The Grand-Nonna of Italian cooking, if you can't find the recipe in here it's not worth cooking
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the WorldCod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky
Buy new: £5.03 / Used from: £0.92
A social history of European/North American exploration, from the persepctive of...cod
Salt: A World HistorySalt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £4.00
Folllowing on from Cod (Salted Cod, anyone?), Mark Kurlansky takes on the perspective of salt
A Cook's TourA Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01
Written during the filming of his series for the food network, I loved this Bourdain book and his world-wide quest for good food
The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook: Old-Fashioned Recipes from New York's Sweetest BakeryThe Magnolia Bakery Cookbook: Old-Fashioned Recipes from New York's Sweetest Bakery by Jennifer Appel
Buy new: £9.28 / Used from: £9.39
Baking is my favorite manner of cooking, and this book will help you with your classic recipes - sadly, it will also help you gain weight
Casa Moro: The Second CookbookCasa Moro: The Second Cookbook by Sam Clark and Sam Clark
Buy new: £16.22 / Used from: £13.97
I love the restaurant, and the cookbook is one of the rare times you can make your own version at home that is just as succulent as the dish you paid for
The Man Who Ate Everything: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Food, But Were Afraid to AskThe Man Who Ate Everything: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Food, But Were Afraid to Ask by Jeffrey Steingarten
Buy used from: £0.01
A group of essays about food and both the author's, as well as our, experiences with it
The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the KitchenThe Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen by Nigel Slater
Buy new: £11.01 / Used from: £10.45
Nigel does what many foodies aspire to do - he keeps a diary of the meals he's eaten throughout the year. The bonus? We get the recipes.
In the Devil's GardenIn the Devil's Garden by Stuart Lee Allen
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On the bookshelf, waiting to be read...
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four MealsThe Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Buy used from: £6.82
On the bookshelf, waiting to be read...
Kitchen ConfidentialKitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Buy new: £5.69 / Used from: £0.01
The bare-bones-knuckle-fight from Bourdain that opened people's eyes to life in restaurants
Roast Chicken and Other Stories (Ebury Paperback Cookery)Roast Chicken and Other Stories (Ebury Paperback Cookery) by Simon Hopkinson
Buy new: £7.34 / Used from: £0.97
Hailed as the favorite cookbook of several chefs, I found this has some nice recipes as well as is enjoyable to read
Schott's Food and Drink MiscellanySchott's Food and Drink Miscellany by Ben Schott
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £0.01
Fun little book of food facts