If you loved
Books like Food
A hilarious, unapologetic love letter to the worst foods in the American diet, delivered with the timing of a master stand-up. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Food.
- lighthearted
- cozy
- convivial
- hungry
- 01
It must've been something I ate
Jeffrey Steingarten · 2002
A side-splitting and mouth-watering plunge into the extreme lengths one man will go to for the perfect bite.
- 02
Dear Girls
Ali Wong
A raunchy, laugh-out-loud love letter to the next generation that hides surprising tenderness beneath layers of unapologetic filth.
- 03
Yes Please
Amy Poehler
Like sitting down for a boisterous, wine-fueled dinner with your funniest, wisest friend who isn't afraid to tell you the messy truth.
- 04
The man who ate everything
Jeffrey Steingarten · 1997
An outrageously funny, mouth-watering journey fueled by gluttonous curiosity and offbeat erudition.
- 05
Little Weirds
Jenny Slate
A tender, surreal exploration of heartbreak and healing that feels like sitting in a sunlit garden with your weirdest, most empathetic friend.
- 06
I might regret this
Abbi Jacobson
A funny, vulnerable road trip through the messy realities of relationships and self-discovery.
- 07
Born Round
Frank Bruni · 2009
A funny, vulnerable exploration of how a lifelong, complicated obsession with food transformed into a professional calling and a balanced life.
- 08
Drop dead healthy
Jacobs, A. J.
A hilarious, immersive dive into the exhausting and contradictory world of modern wellness.
- 09
Why not me?
Mindy Kaling
A hilarious, cocktail-hour catch-up with your most successful, unapologetically ambitious friend.
- 10
I was told there'd be cake
Sloane Crosley
A wry and hilarious celebration of well-intentioned haplessness in the modern city.
- 11
Furiously Happy
Jenny Lawson
A wildly tangential, laugh-out-loud manifesto on fighting crippling depression with weaponized absurdity.
- 12
Eating animals
Jonathan Safran Foer
An urgent, deeply personal reckoning with the stories we tell ourselves about the food on our plates.
