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Love Is My Favorite Flavor: A Midwestern Dining Critic Tells All. By Wini Moranville. July 2024. 204p. Univ. of Iowa, paper, $22 (9781609389611). 641.3. To the cache of restaurant critics-turned-authors [...]

Big Heart Little Stove: Bringing Home Meals and Moments from the Lost Kitchen. By Erin French. Oct. 2023. 304p. Macmillan/Celadon, $38 (9781250832313); e-book (9781250832320). 641.3. The daughter of a rural [...]

Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook. By Sohla El-Waylly. Oct. 2023. 656p. Illus. Knopf, $45 (9780593320464); e-book (9780593320471). 641.3. Building on her own experiences as a culinary novice [...]

* The Kitchen Whisperers: Cooking with the Wisdom of Our Friends. By Dorothy Kalins. Sept. 2021.304p. Morrow, $26.99 (9780063001640). 641.3. The founding editor of Metropolitan Home and Saveur and an [...]

* Dinner in Rome: A History of the World in One Meal. By Andreas Viestad. Tr. by Matt Bagguley. Nov. 2022. 240p. illus. Reaktion, $22.50 (9781789146745). 641.3. Combining history, gastronomic [...]

Mushroom Foraging and Feasting: Recollections and Recipes from a Lifetime on the Hunt. By Victoria Romanoff. June 2022. 128p. illus. Abbeville, $25 (9780789214294). 641.3. Living in displaced persons' camps at [...]

The Comfortable Kitchen: 105 Laid-Back, Healthy, and Wholesome Recipes. By Alex Snodgrass. Jan. 2022. 272p. illus. Morrow, $29.99 (97800630754121: e book, $16.99 (9780063075474). 641.3. Blogger and author Snodgrass brings readers [...]

* Grains for Every Season: Rethinking Our Way with Grains. By Joshua McFadden and Martha Holmberg. Nov. 2021.368p. Artisan, $40 (9781579659561); e-book, $19.95 (9781648291135). 641.3. In this follow-up to his [...]

Savor Every Bite: Mindful Ways to Eat, Love Your Body, and Live with Joy. By Lynn Rossy. May 2021. 232p. New Harbinger, paper, $16.95 (9781684037469). 641.3. Psychologist Rossy offers a [...]

Byline: Nathan DiCamillo First Republic Bank's second-quarter earnings jumped 19.9% from a year earlier, as the institution ramped up lending to its wealthy clientele. The $80.9 billion-asset company earned $641.3 [...]

Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food. By Julia Turshen. Mar. 2021. 304p. illus. HarperWave, $32.50 (9780062993335); e-book, $16.99 (9780062993342). 641.3. New Yorker Turshen (Small Victories, 2016) has [...]

The U.S. exported 641.3 million lbs. of pork in April, which was a record for the month but down 8.6% from the all-time high in March. Despite slowdowns from Covid-19, [...]

* Infused: Adventures in Tea. By Henrietta Lovell. Oct. 2019. 256p. Faber & Faber, $26.95 (9780571324392). 641.3. Founder of the Rare Tea Company, renowned 'Tea Lady' Lovell has single-handedly raised [...]

* The Taste of Empire: How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World. By Lizzie Collingham. Oct. 2017. 384p. illus. Basic, $30 (9780465056668). 641.3. That storied empire on which [...]

The Book of Spice: From Anise to Zedoary. By John O'Connell. July 2016. 288p. illus. Pegasus, $26.95 (9781681771526). 641.3. More than just culinary reference, this book delves into the rich [...]

Meat on the Side: A Better Way to Cook and Eat. By Nikki Dinki and Ellen Silverman. June 2016. 288p. illus. St. Martin's/Griffin, $26.99 (9781250067166); e-book (9781466875197). 641.3. Cooking Channel [...]

100 Million Years of Food: What Our Ancestors Ate and Why It Matters Today. By Stephen Le. Feb. 2016.320p. Picador, $26 (9781250050410); e book (9781250050427). 641.3. When it comes to [...]

Foods That Changed History: How Foods Shaped Civilization from the Ancient World to the Present. By Christopher Cumo. 2015. 464p. ABC-CLI0, $100 (9781440835360). 641.3. Learning about foods and their importance [...]

Milk! A 10,000-Year Food Fracas. By Mark Kurlansky. May 2018.384p. Bloomsbury, $29 (9781632863829). 641.3. The author of Salt (2002) and Cod (1997) tackles another staple food in this chatty history [...]

Ham: A Savor the South Cookbook. By Damon Lee Fowler. Sept. 2017. 152p. Univ. of North Carolina, $20 (9781469635897). 641.3. It's virtually impossible to imagine southern cooking without ham. Its [...]

My Favorite Food. 2017.12p. illus. Scholastic/Children's Press, $8.95 (9780531237236). 641.3. PreS. From the Words Are Fun series, this point-and-say book presents foods for young children to identify. Double-page spreads feature [...]

Eat Up! An Infographic Exploration of Food. By Antonia Banyard and Paula Ayer. Illus. by Belle Wuthrich. Apr. 2017. 72p. Annick, $22.95 (9781554518845); paper, $12.95 (9781554518838). 641.3. Gr. 4-7. The [...]

Gorman, T. M. Fruit: The Ripe Pick. July 2001. 128p Vine, P.O. Box 17912, Honolulu, HI 96817-9998, paper, $9.95 (1-931141-20-7). 641.3. Summer's arrival evokes images of lazy days spent in [...]

Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms. By Robert A. Palmatier. 2000. 488p. Greenwood, $89.50 (0-313-31436-5). 641.3. Perhaps overestimating the demand for phrase books, this compendium of food metaphors [...]

Food: A 20th-Century Anthology. Ed. by Clarissa Dickson Wright. Jan. 2001. 320p. illus. index. Ebury; dist. by Trafalgar, paper, $24.95 (0-09-187821-7). 641.3. Women authors have always held a respected place [...]

* The Cambridge World History of Food. 2v. Ed. by Kenneth F. Kiple and Kriemhild Conee Ornelas. 2000. 2,153p. bibliogs. illus. indexes. tables. Cambridge, $150 (0-521-40216-6). 641.3. Kiple, who edited [...]

Allport, Susan. The Primal Feast: Food, Sex, Foraging, and Love. Mar. 2000. 288p. index. Crown/Harmony, $23 (0-609-60149-0). DDC: 641.3. A Turkish proverb says, 'He who has no bread has no [...]

Tisdale, Sallie. The Best Thing I Ever Tasted: The Secret of Food. Feb. 2000. 320p. Putnam/Riverhead, $25.95 (1-57322-130-9). DDC: 641.3. Tisdale continues her inquiry into the cultural accretions surrounding our [...]

Goldberg, Jake. Food: The Struggle to Sustain the Human Community. 1999. 208p. index, illus. Watts, lib. ed., $26 (0-531-11411-2). DDC: 641.3. Gr. 8-12. Goldberg takes on the monumental task of [...]

Rinzler, Carol Ann. The New Complete Book of Food: A Nutritional, Medical and Culinary Guide. Nov. 1999. 448p. index. Facts On File, $40 (0-8160-3987-9); paper, $19.95 (0-8160-3988-7). DDC: 641.3. This [...]

Harbutt, Juliet. Cheese: A Complete Guide to Over 300 Cheeses of Distinction. 1999. 192p. index, illus. Willow Creek, P.O. Box 300, Wautoma, WI 54982, $29.50 (1-57223-200-5). BBC: 641.3. After enduring [...]

Food: A Culinary History. Ed. by Jean-Louis Flandrin and Massimo Montanari. Nov. 1999. 624p. index, illus. Columbia, $39.95 (0-231-11154-1). DDC: 641.3. Albert Sonnenfeld has emended Flandrin and Montanari's original French [...]

Fussell, Betty. My Kitchen Wars. Oct. 1999. 240p. Farrar/North Point, $23 Cookery (0-86547-577-6). DDC: 641.3. Readers who assume that cookbook author Fussell's autobiography is just another charming foodie memoir will [...]

Ibsen, Gary and Nielsen, Joan. The Great Tomato Book. June 1999. 160p. index. illus. Ten Speed, paper, $14.95 (1-58008-048-0). DDC: 641.3. The authors tell us that there are about 34 [...]

Pendergrast, Mark. Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World. June 1999. 400p. index. illus. Basic, $27.50 (0-465-03631-7). DDC: 641.3. Pendergrast's sprightly, yet thoroughly scholarly, history [...]

Marshall, Elizabeth L. High-Tech Harvest: A Look at Genetically Engineered Foods. 1999. 144p. index, illus. Watts, lib. ed., $24 (0-531-11434-1). DDC: 641.3. Gr. 6-9. The answer to Marshall's opening riddle--'What [...]

A Really Big Lunch: Meditations on Food and Life from the Roving Gourmand. By Jim Harrison. Mar. 2017. 288p. Grove, $25 (9780802126467). 641.3. Poet and novelist Harrison's food writing was [...]

Eat the Beetles! An Exploration into Our Conflicted Relationship with Insects. By David Waltner-Toews. May 2017.368p. ECW, paper, $16.95(9781770413146). 641.3. Epidemiologist Waltner-Toews (Food, Sex and Salmonella, 2008; The Origin of [...]

As Long as We Both Shall Eat: A History of Wedding Food and Feasts. By Claire Stewart. Apr. 2017. 236p. illus. Rowman & Littlefield, $36 (9781442257139). 641.3. Of all the [...]

ROOKIE STAR: FACT FINDER SERIES. SCHOLASTIC/ CHILDREN'S PRESS. GR. 1-3. 10 Fascinating Facts about Chewing Gum. By Jessica Cohn. 2016. 32p. illus. lib. ed' $23 (9780531228166). 641.3. 10 Fascinating Facts [...]

World Atlas of Tea: From the Leaf to the Cup, the World's Teas Explored and Enjoyed. By Krisi Smith. 2016. 240p. illus. Firefly, $35 (9781770858169). 641.3. A tea mixologist and [...]

Good Housekeeping Easy Paleo: 75 + Pure & Delicious Recipes. By Good Housekeeping. Jan. 2017. 128p. illus. Hears!, $16.95 (9781618372246). 641.3. The paleo diet, which favors lean protein, healthy fats, [...]

Hot Sauce Nation: America's Burning Obession. By Denver Nicks. Oct. 2016. 224p. Chicago Review, $17.99 (9781613731840). 641.3. America's lust for hot sauces, which used to be a regional habit, has [...]

Grow! Raise! Catch! How We Get Our Food. By Shelley Rotner. 2016.32p. illus. Holiday, $16.95 (9780823436439); e book, $16.95 (9780823437207). 641.3. PreS-Gr. 2. Who grows the crops, raises the animals, [...]

Wheat. DeBeck. 1997; rel. 1998. 30min. $35 (pp). CC. 641.3 Wheat Ages 5 up. The life cycle of the wheat plant, the harvest cycle of the modern wheat farm, and [...]

Browning, Frank. Apples. Sept. 1998. 256p. illus. Farrar/North Point, $24 (0-86547-537-7). DDC: 641.3. Browning was raised in Kentucky, where his parents grew apples for a living and where Browning and [...]

How to Cook like a Man: A Memoir of Cookbook Obsession. By Daniel Duane. May 2012. 224p. Bloomsbury, $24 (9781608191024). 641.3. Duane's title is nicely tongue-in-cheek. Facing fatherhood, the climber [...]

How Did That Get in My tunchbox? The Story of Food. By Chris Butterworth. Illus. by Lucia Gaggiotti. 2011. 32p. Candlewick, $12.99 (9780763650056). 641.3. K-Gr. 3. Everyone knows that, as [...]

Healthy Foods: Fact versus Fiction. By Myrna Chandler Goldstein and Mark A. Goldstein. 2010. 310p. illus. Greenwood, $55 (9780313380969). 641.3. Every day consumers are bombarded with information about food--what's healthy [...]

Savor: Rustic Recipes by Forest, Field, and Farm. By Ilona Oppenheim. Apr. 2016.272p. illus. Artisan, $29.95 (9781579656669). 641.3. It's a bit romantic, really, this notion of foraging and gathering foodstuffs [...]