Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
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Have you ever read a book where the foods described in such detail that they either made your mouth water, or made you want to gag in disgust?
Have you ever read a book where food as an essential part of their plots in particular?
If you have, then CONGRATULATIONS!
You’ve been reading
Culinary Fiction.
Here is a list of 10 authors who I’ve read in this genre, and the books of theirs that I’ve read and reviewed (in alphabetical order of the author’s last name).
- Brooks, Karen – The Chocolate Maker’s Wife
- Flagg, Fannie – Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café
- Grimwood, Jonathan – The Last Banquet
- Harris, Joanne – Chocolat, Blackberry Wine, and Five Quarters of the Orange
- King, Crystal – The Chef’s Secret and Feast of Sorrow
- LaBan, Elizabeth – The Restaurant Critic’s Wife
- Mah, Ann – The Lost Vintage
- McHenry, Jael – The Kitchen Daughter
- Prior, Lily – La Cucina
- Tom, Jessica – Food Whore
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I’ve never thought of culinary fiction as a genre as I usually think of food books as cookbooks, but I’m surprised to know that it is a thing! 😀
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Yeah, it is a thing. A fun thing, too!
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What a great idea for a theme. There are 2 books I can think of where the meals described are frankly disgusting. One was The Gourmand by Muriel Barbery and the other was The Sea The Sea by Irish Murdoch.
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I read The Gourmand, but never reviewed it. It was nowhere near as good as her Hedgehog book!
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I didn’t know this was a thing, although Tweet Cute does involve a rivalry between the children of two restaurant owners and they go into detail of the food there.
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I should read BLACKBERRY WINE, I liked Harris’ other two books quite a lot.
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What a great topic! I really loved the movie of Fried Green Tomatoes but I haven’t read the book!
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Culinary fiction is always fun, although it often makes me feel very, very hungry!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Nice take on this week’s topic! Anything with the word chocolate is going to grab my attention right away! Here is my Top Ten Tuesday.
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My favorite culinary fiction is Cream of the Crop by Alice Clayton.
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I don’t know that one. I’ll make a note Thanks!
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It’s part of the Hudsen Valley series. It’s romance.
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I always enjoy when food is featured in a book.
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I haven’t read any of these yet, but one of the most memorable books I’ve read featuring amazing descriptions of food is Where the Wild Cherries Grow by Laura Madeline. It made me so hungry! 😉 Great choice this week. ❤
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Your list made me so hungry this week. 😀
My TTT .
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Oh yum! What a great idea this is — and a bunch of new titles I didn’t know about! Grea t list!
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Love a good foodie fiction book!
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Great list! I’ve heard really good things about Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café and I’ve seen the film of Chocolat and enjoyed it, so I should give the book a try.
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Ooh I like this topic! I loved the movie Fried Green Tomatoes but haven’t read the book. I should give it a shot. Blackberry Wine looks interesting too.
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I enjoyed Fried Green Tomatoes, but immediately also thought of Like Water for Chocolate, set in Mexico.
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Never read that…
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Love this Davida! 👍😍
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I’ve got a weighty tome called “Food in History” which I’ve never had time to read. As we are now pretty much on lockdown here in the UK, maybe now’s the time!
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Maybe!
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