I came up with a list of foodie memoirs that I rated at 4 or 5 stars in the last few years. What am I missing? http://readingenvy.blogspot.com/2017/07/recommended-reads-in-biography-and.html ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Karkar I really enjoyed this on 7y
Yes, Chef: A Memoir
Kboltz I can never find the Julia Child one😩 7y
saresmoore Fun! 7y
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aurora.dawn I loved 7y
Eating Animals
DreesReads I loved 7y
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
DogEaredBooks I loved 7y
Blood, Bones, & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
seebiscan I really liked 7y
The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America
seebiscan And 7y
32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line
SaraFair Loved 32 Yolks as well and 7y
Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen
ReadingEnvy @DogEaredBooks I have that on my shelf but for some reason haven't read it! 7y
ReadingEnvy @seebiscan oh yeah I read the Ruhlmans when I worked in a restaurant and was thinking I'd head that direction also 7y
The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection
ReadingEnvy @SaraFair @seebiscan I wondered if 32 Yolks was any good or just celebrity, so good to know! 7y
ReadingEnvy @thenamesbondvagabond oh yeah I think I read that, must have missed labeling it on my foodie shelf!! 7y
ReadingEnvy @Kboltz which one, the letters or the bio? 7y
seebiscan 32 Yolks was really good! I'd definitely recommend it. And I agree with @SaraFair on Apprentice! 7y
ReadingEnvy @Karkar oh man! I loved that! And in audio! Totally missed.it. 7y
ReadingEnvy @AudreyMorris thanks I didn't know of farm city! 7y
Kboltz @ReadingEnvy , The Bio..... 7y
MicheleinPhilly I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed 7y
Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir
Avanders I loved 7y
Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen
ReadingEnvy @MicheleinPhilly ooh thanks 7y
Bookchipmunk 7y
Delancey: A Man, a Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage
Bookchipmunk (edited) 7y
The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious - and Perplexing - City
Bookchipmunk 7y
Provence, 1970: M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste
Bookchipmunk And not a memoir but related to food and a favorite 7y
The Cookbook Collector: A Novel
ReadingEnvy @Bookchipmunk re: Delancey - you know, I have an ebook of her earlier book which I haven't read - 7y
A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table
ReadingEnvy @Bookchipmunk you know, I have four stars on this one but left it out, not on purpose. I even made his chocolate macarons. 7y
ReadingEnvy @Bookchipmunk thanks for Provence 1970 too! This makes me think I also left the MFK fisher book out 7y
Bookchipmunk My brother's friend wrote this biography of MFK which is a good and informative read 7y
Extravagant Hunger: The Passionate Years of M.F.K. Fisher