Food-Related Non-Fiction

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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly 4.18 avg rating — 359,861 ratings
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals 4.19 avg rating — 208,898 ratings
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life 4.05 avg rating — 112,354 ratings
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 3.75 avg rating — 206,251 ratings
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto 4.07 avg rating — 118,650 ratings
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My Life in France
My Life in France 4.16 avg rating — 92,232 ratings
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Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table 4.08 avg rating — 38,840 ratings
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Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise 3.94 avg rating — 47,449 ratings
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World 4.06 avg rating — 58,652 ratings
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Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen 3.71 avg rating — 160,372 ratings
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Salt: A World History
Salt: A World History 3.75 avg rating — 75,175 ratings
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Eating Animals
Eating Animals 4.21 avg rating — 80,064 ratings
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Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany 3.90 avg rating — 25,084 ratings
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A Year in Provence (Provence, #1)
A Year in Provence (Provence, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 81,429 ratings
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On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen 4.46 avg rating — 16,092 ratings
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Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy 3.77 avg rating — 329,143 ratings
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A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines
A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines 4.10 avg rating — 30,199 ratings
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Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table
Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table 4.05 avg rating — 22,171 ratings
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Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef 3.77 avg rating — 36,936 ratings
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The Man Who Ate Everything
The Man Who Ate Everything 3.88 avg rating — 9,154 ratings
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Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating — 1,819,829 ratings
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Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook 3.86 avg rating — 46,956 ratings
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The Art of Eating
The Art of Eating 4.32 avg rating — 6,144 ratings
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The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute
The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute 4.10 avg rating — 8,111 ratings
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World 3.92 avg rating — 24,362 ratings
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A History of the World in 6 Glasses
A History of the World in 6 Glasses 3.81 avg rating — 32,782 ratings
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Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual 3.99 avg rating — 48,348 ratings
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Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen
Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen 4.10 avg rating — 8,620 ratings
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The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food 3.69 avg rating — 5,103 ratings
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The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection
The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection 4.06 avg rating — 6,321 ratings
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Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America
Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America 3.76 avg rating — 5,653 ratings
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The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School 3.69 avg rating — 10,587 ratings
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Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think 3.93 avg rating — 12,214 ratings
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A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table
A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table 3.94 avg rating — 16,699 ratings
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French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure
French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure 3.55 avg rating — 19,506 ratings
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Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous!
Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous! 3.34 avg rating — 32,912 ratings
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The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen 4.19 avg rating — 10,676 ratings
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Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally
Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally 3.74 avg rating — 3,881 ratings
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The Gastronomical Me
The Gastronomical Me 4.17 avg rating — 4,191 ratings
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Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World 3.81 avg rating — 5,279 ratings
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The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health
The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health 4.23 avg rating — 30,874 ratings
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The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation
The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation 3.63 avg rating — 3,701 ratings
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Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What America Eats
Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What America Eats 3.38 avg rating — 2,318 ratings
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Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health 3.94 avg rating — 4,624 ratings
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What to Eat
What to Eat 4.03 avg rating — 5,956 ratings
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It Must've Been Something I Ate: The Return of the Man Who Ate Everything
It Must've Been Something I Ate: The Return of the Man Who Ate Everything 4.08 avg rating — 3,795 ratings
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The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food—Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When the Nation's Food Was Seasonal
The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food—Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When the Nation's Food Was Seasonal 3.47 avg rating — 2,682 ratings
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An Edible History of Humanity
An Edible History of Humanity 3.77 avg rating — 6,021 ratings
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Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter
Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter 3.46 avg rating — 4,160 ratings
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The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars
The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars 4.06 avg rating — 2,001 ratings
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Consider the Oyster
Consider the Oyster 4.19 avg rating — 1,906 ratings
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The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones
The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones 3.89 avg rating — 14,309 ratings
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Yes, Chef
Yes, Chef 3.86 avg rating — 18,533 ratings
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Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater
Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater 4.05 avg rating — 1,222 ratings
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Don't Eat This Book
Don't Eat This Book 3.70 avg rating — 2,113 ratings
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The Language of Baklava: A Memoir
The Language of Baklava: A Memoir 3.97 avg rating — 2,510 ratings
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Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen 3.95 avg rating — 22,339 ratings
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Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter
Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter 3.54 avg rating — 14,394 ratings
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The Tummy Trilogy: American Fried; Alice, Let's Eat; Third Helpings
The Tummy Trilogy: American Fried; Alice, Let's Eat; Third Helpings 4.16 avg rating — 1,318 ratings
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The True History of Chocolate
The True History of Chocolate 3.80 avg rating — 1,519 ratings
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Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease
Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease 4.17 avg rating — 9,837 ratings
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The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter
The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter 4.09 avg rating — 3,988 ratings
63.
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer 3.97 avg rating — 10,356 ratings
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Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit
Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit 3.96 avg rating — 4,506 ratings
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The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious - and Perplexing - City
The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious - and Perplexing - City 3.84 avg rating — 15,593 ratings
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I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking
I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking 4.12 avg rating — 23,890 ratings
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Food in History
Food in History 3.97 avg rating — 1,596 ratings
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Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger
Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger 3.79 avg rating — 7,923 ratings
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Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front 4.19 avg rating — 2,009 ratings
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Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat 3.85 avg rating — 10,086 ratings
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Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation 4.08 avg rating — 25,638 ratings
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What Einstein Told His Cook
What Einstein Told His Cook 3.85 avg rating — 4,225 ratings
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Diet for a Small Planet: The Book That Started a Revolution in the Way Americans Eat
Diet for a Small Planet: The Book That Started a Revolution in the Way Americans Eat 3.97 avg rating — 6,178 ratings
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Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil
Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil 3.77 avg rating — 4,070 ratings
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The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell 3.95 avg rating — 5,151 ratings
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Eating for England: The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table
Eating for England: The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table 3.75 avg rating — 976 ratings
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Waiter to the Rich and Shameless: Confessions of a Five-Star Beverly Hills Server
Waiter to the Rich and Shameless: Confessions of a Five-Star Beverly Hills Server 3.51 avg rating — 2,713 ratings
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The Oxford Companion to Food
The Oxford Companion to Food 4.42 avg rating — 350 ratings
79.
No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach
No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach 4.01 avg rating — 4,752 ratings
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In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food
In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food 3.67 avg rating — 1,297 ratings
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Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat
Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat 4.12 avg rating — 5,600 ratings
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Breakfast: A History
Breakfast: A History 3.60 avg rating — 179 ratings
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Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal 3.93 avg rating — 50,607 ratings
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French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew
French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew 3.91 avg rating — 10,834 ratings
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Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It 4.03 avg rating — 22,366 ratings
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The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home Cooks
The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home Cooks 4.09 avg rating — 5,327 ratings
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Stealing Buddha's Dinner
Stealing Buddha's Dinner 3.56 avg rating — 4,098 ratings
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Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucía
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucía 3.84 avg rating — 18,045 ratings
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An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace
An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace 4.19 avg rating — 7,641 ratings
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The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table
The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table 3.59 avg rating — 3,513 ratings
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Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone 3.77 avg rating — 3,761 ratings
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Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us 4.01 avg rating — 32,460 ratings
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Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats
Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats 4.19 avg rating — 13,991 ratings
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Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table
Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table 3.96 avg rating — 905 ratings
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Bento Box In The Heartland
Bento Box In The Heartland 3.77 avg rating — 932 ratings
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Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health
Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health 3.72 avg rating — 31,239 ratings
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American Pie: Slices of Life (and Pie) from America's Back Roads―a Delicious Food Journey Across America
American Pie: Slices of Life (and Pie) from America's Back Roads―a Delicious Food Journey Across America 3.85 avg rating — 616 ratings
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Confections of a Closet Master Baker: One Woman's Sweet Journey from Unhappy Hollywood Executive to Contented Country Baker
Confections of a Closet Master Baker: One Woman's Sweet Journey from Unhappy Hollywood Executive to Contented Country Baker 3.75 avg rating — 2,884 ratings
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Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father's Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater
Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father's Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater 3.79 avg rating — 2,174 ratings
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Spice: The History of a Temptation
Spice: The History of a Temptation 3.64 avg rating — 2,540 ratings
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