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Topic: Non-Cookbook Foodie Books?

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Subject: Non-Cookbook Foodie Books?
Date Posted: 8/14/2009 3:34 PM ET
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I loved MIchael Ruhlman's series -- Making more...
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Date Posted: 8/14/2009 3:49 PM ET
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Have you read any of Anthony Bourdaine's books?  I liked Kitchen Confidential, and I am currently reading The Nasty Bits.  They'r more...
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Date Posted: 8/14/2009 11:58 PM ET
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I'm kind of scared to read Bourdai more...
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Date Posted: 8/15/2009 6:02 PM ET
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I have been reading Don't Try This At Home- Culinary Catastrophes From The World' more...
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Date Posted: 8/25/2009 10:40 AM ET
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I personally enjoyed Cooking for Mr. Latte by Amanda Hesser.  Also, A Homemade Life by Molly Wize more...
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Date Posted: 9/7/2009 1:26 PM ET
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  There's one called "Heat," maybe 2-3 years old, somewhat similar to heart/soul etc of a more...
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Date Posted: 9/20/2009 2:26 AM ET
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I have to second the recommendation for Jeffrey Steingarten's I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing.  His other book The Man Who Ate more...
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Date Posted: 9/20/2009 1:39 PM ET
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I can recommend "In the Kitchen Alone with an Eggplant" which I liked very much. It's a more...
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Date Posted: 9/21/2009 1:13 PM ET
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Date Posted: 9/28/2009 5:51 PM ET
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Date Posted: 9/30/2009 8:26 PM ET
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Peter Mayle's A Year in more...
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I just finished reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, more...
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My favorite MFK Fisher book is Long ago in France. It's an account of time more...
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Waiting by Debra Ginzburg. A memoir of her more...
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Take a look at Marlena d more...
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I have a whole bookcase of these books... more...
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I love these foodie books, and recommend the Reichl's, of more...
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