Crisis Crew Corporate Food History Reading List (nonfiction)
1. 
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by:
Eric Schlosser
3.75 avg rating — 206,251 ratings 2. 
"We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now": The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages
by:
Annelise Orleck
3.69 avg rating — 108 ratings 3. 
4. 
Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America
by:
Michael Ruhlman
3.78 avg rating — 3,344 ratings 
6. 
Pandora's Lunchbox: How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal
by:
Melanie Warner
3.88 avg rating — 2,403 ratings 8. 
For God, Country & Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It
by:
Mark Pendergrast
3.90 avg rating — 815 ratings 8. 
Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
by:
Marion Nestle
3.94 avg rating — 4,625 ratings 
11. 
In Pursuit of the Common Good: Twenty-Five Years of Improving the World, One Bottle of Salad Dressing at a Time
by:
Paul Newman
4.03 avg rating — 311 ratings 11. 
Food, Inc.: Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest
by:
Peter Pringle
4.09 avg rating — 951 ratings 13. 
14. 
In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules
by:
Stacy Perman
3.69 avg rating — 1,524 ratings 15. 
The Burger King: Jim McLamore and the Building of an Empire
by:
Jim McLamore
3.82 avg rating — 221 ratings 15. 
Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats
by:
Maryn McKenna
4.20 avg rating — 883 ratings 17. 
Famous Nathan: A Family Saga of Coney Island, the American Dream, and the Search for the Perfect Hot Dog
by:
Lloyd Handwerker
3.94 avg rating — 224 ratings 
19. 
The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor
by:
Mark Schatzker
4.01 avg rating — 8,989 ratings 
21. 
Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America
by:
Marc Levinson
3.93 avg rating — 585 ratings 
23. 
The Great American Cereal Book: How Breakfast Got Its Crunch really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 180 ratings
25. 
The Fish Market: Inside the Big-Money Battle for the Ocean and Your Dinner Plate
by:
Lee van der Voo
3.94 avg rating — 101 ratings 
29. 
Selling 'em by the Sack: White Castle and the Creation of American Food 4.13 avg rating — 53 ratings
31. 
Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business
by:
Josh Noel
4.34 avg rating — 1,033 ratings 
32. 
Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer 4.04 avg rating — 5,826 ratings
34. 
Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time
by:
Howard Schultz
4.02 avg rating — 12,218 ratings 34. 
Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause
by:
Tom Gjelten
4.08 avg rating — 1,340 ratings 36. 
Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America's Whiskey
by:
Reid Mitenbuler
3.97 avg rating — 1,562 ratings 37. 
Kentucky Bourbon: The Early Years of Whiskeymaking
by:
Henry G. Crowgey
3.40 avg rating — 40 ratings 38. 
Bourbon: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of an American Whiskey
by:
Fred Minnick
3.79 avg rating — 624 ratings 39. 
Whiskey Business: How Small-Batch Distillers Are Transforming American Spirits
by:
Tom Acitelli
3.63 avg rating — 46 ratings 40. 
Quench Your Own Thirst: Business Lessons Learned Over a Beer or Two
by:
Jim Koch
4.25 avg rating — 1,185 ratings 41. 
The Search for God and Guinness: A Biography of the Beer That Changed the World 3.84 avg rating — 2,395 ratings
42. 
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
by:
Mark Kurlansky
3.92 avg rating — 24,363 ratings 
45. 
A Perfect Score: The Art, Soul, and Business of a 21st-Century Winery
by:
Kathryn Hall
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 158 ratings 46. 
Fast Food Genocide: How Processed Food is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It
by:
Joel Fuhrman
3.78 avg rating — 900 ratings 47. 
Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World
by:
Mark Pendergrast
3.69 avg rating — 2,998 ratings