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A side-splitting and mouth-watering plunge into the extreme lengths one man will go to for the perfect bite. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with It must've been something I ate.
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- appetizing
- lighthearted
- 01
The man who ate everything
Jeffrey Steingarten · 1997
An outrageously funny, mouth-watering journey fueled by gluttonous curiosity and offbeat erudition.
- 02
Food
Jim Gaffigan
A hilarious, unapologetic love letter to the worst foods in the American diet, delivered with the timing of a master stand-up.
- 03
Tender at the bone
Ruth Reichl · 1998
A warm, mouth-watering journey that proves the best way to understand the people around you is to watch what they eat.
- 04
Cooked
Michael Pollan
A sensory, philosophical journey into the kitchen that transforms the everyday act of cooking into elemental magic.
- 05
Eating animals
Jonathan Safran Foer
An urgent, deeply personal reckoning with the stories we tell ourselves about the food on our plates.
- 06
How to Cook Everything
Mark Bittman · 1998
An empowering, encyclopedic kitchen companion that turns culinary anxiety into quiet, everyday confidence.
- 07
The Debt to Pleasure
John Lanchester · 1996
A wickedly funny, sensory-drenched culinary memoir that slowly rots into a brilliant, sinister psychological portrait.
- 08
Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton
A fierce, sensory journey through the grit of professional kitchens and the hunger for a place to call home.
- 09
The Food Lab
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
A geeky, joyous deep-dive into the science of everyday cooking that turns the kitchen into a playground of delicious experiments.
- 10
I was told there'd be cake
Sloane Crosley
A wry and hilarious celebration of well-intentioned haplessness in the modern city.
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Drop dead healthy
Jacobs, A. J.
A hilarious, immersive dive into the exhausting and contradictory world of modern wellness.
