What’s Cooking in Food Writing and Cookbooks

Books and Bites Podcast, Ep. 46

JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.

We’re closing out the Books & Bites 2020 Reading Challenge with cookbooks and books about food. Don’t forget to turn in your 2020 Reading Challenge form, either by mail, curbside or on our website.

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Book Notes

Adam and Michael recommend:

• Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan

Michael also recommends:

• Matty Matheson: Home Style Cookery by Matty Matheson
• Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, With Recipes by Ronni Lundy
• The World Atlas of Coffee by James Hoffmann
  

Adam also recommends:

• The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill
• The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart
• With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

Carrie recommends:

• Eat Joy, edited by Natalie Eve Garrett
• An Everlasting Meal by Tamar Adler
• Be My Guest : Reflections on Food, Community, and the Meaning of Generosity by Priya Basil
• Jacques Pépin Quick + Simple : Simply Wonderful Meals with Surprisingly Little Effort by Jacques Pépin
• As Always, Julia : The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto : Food, Friendship, and the Making of a Masterpiece
• Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz

Bite Notes

• Jim Gaffigan would approve of The Famous Original Genuinely Not Ray’s Sandwich Extravaganza, which is also the perfect sandwich to eat while driving.
• Another pairing for Jim Gaffigan’s Food is the L. A. Dirty Dog. The recipe can be found in Roy Choi’s L. A. Son. 
• According to Claire Messud, one of the writers contributing to Eat Joy, Mrs. Hemmings’s Chocolate Brownies have helped her “through exams, loneliness, even despair.” They are just the thing for a cold pandemic night.