Recommended Reads from Megan Chrusciel, Adult Services Librarian
Smoke & Pickles By Edward Lee
Lee’s unique background – he was raised in Brooklyn by Korean immigrants and eventually settled in Kentucky – is reflected in his patchwork cuisine featuring recipes and stories in a Southern tradition.
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Ultimate Food Journeys By Julie Oughton, Sarah Tomley and Marek Walisiewicz
Travelers who relish authentic food experiences all over the world will love these insights into a vast array of destinations and interesting things to eat.
Groundbreaking Food Gardens By Niki Jabbour
These fully-illustrated vegetable garden plans from a variety of contributors cater to almost every lifestyle imaginable and will help make your food garden dreams come true.
100 Days of Real Food By Lisa Leake
Following 100 days without serving her family highly processed foods, Leake offers insights and cost-conscious recipes to help families eat more natural, healthful food.
The Hundred-Foot Journey By Richard C. Morais
An Indian family settles in a small town in the French Alps, where they open a restaurant to the consternation of their Michelin-star neighbor, launching the town into a culinary war.
Food: A Love Story By Jim Gaffigan
Bacon. Cinnabon. Kale. Comedian Jim Gaffigan waxes poetic over food, his greatest love. Find out why pretzel bread ranks third on his list of most important inventions of humankind.
Recommended Reads from Susan Carr, Youth Services Librarian
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich (picture book) By Julia Sarcone-Roach
How a bear finds its way from the forest to a city park, and back again, is part of the fun in this humorous, colorful picture book. Wait for the twist at the end!
All Four Stars (juvenile fiction) By Tara Dairman
Gladys Gatsby gets the offer of her dream job: restaurant reviewer for a local newspaper. Trouble is, she’s only 11, and she’s grounded for nearly setting the kitchen on fire.
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen (teen) By Lucy Knisley
This appealing graphic memoir, illustrating how food shapes the arc of Lucy’s life, will send you to the kitchen. Fortunately, each chapter includes an illustrated recipe celebrating food with passion.
Garden to Table: A Kid’s Guide to Planting, Growing, and Preparing Food (juvenile nonfiction) By Katherine Hengel and Lisa Wagner
Basil, carrots, green beans, leaf lettuce, potatoes and tomatoes – each plant gets its own chapter, with instructions on planting (in containers), cultivating and harvesting, followed by six easy recipes.
Shoo, Fly Guy! (reader) By Tedd Arnold
With Buzz, his human buddy, off on a picnic, Fly Guy hits the air in search of his favorite treat: something “brown, oozy, lumpy and smelly.” Beginning readers will love the surprise ending.
Lunchbox Laughs: A Book of Food Jokes (reader) By Mark Ziegler
Get ready to giggle at this collection of food jokes that the beginning reader will share with anyone lucky enough to be within earshot. If hunger is the best sauce, laughter is the best dessert!
