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Snapshot taken from Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers in Gastronomy Essays

  • Breaking Bread: A Baker's Journey Home in 75 Recipes book cover
  • Stir-Frying to the Sky's Edge: The Ultimate Guide to Mastery, with Authentic Recipes and Stories book cover
  • Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly book cover
  • Let Them Eat Pancakes: One Man's Personal Revolution in the City of Light book cover
  • Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir book cover
  • The Truck Food Cookbook: 150 Recipes and Ramblings from America's Best Restaurants on Wheels book cover
  • Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir book cover
  • In Search of the Perfect Loaf: A Home Baker's Odyssey book cover
  • Zaitoun: Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen book cover
  • The Mad Feast: An Ecstatic Tour through America's Food: An Ecstatic Tour through America’s Food book cover
  • The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen book cover
  • Milk Street: Cookish: Throw It Together: Big Flavors. Simple Techniques. 200 Ways to Reinvent Dinner. book cover
  • Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise book cover
  • The Full Plate: Flavor-Filled, Easy Recipes for Families with No Time and a Lot to Do book cover
  • The Best American Food Writing 2018 (The Best American Series) book cover
  • The Best American Food Writing 2020 (The Best American Series ®) book cover
  • Feast: True Love in and out of the Kitchen book cover
  • The Happy in a Hurry Cookbook: 100-Plus Fast and Easy New Recipes That Taste Like Home (The Happy Cookbook Series) book cover
  • This Will Make It Taste Good: A New Path to Simple Cooking book cover
  • The Art of Eating: 50th Anniversary Edition book cover
  • Rachael Ray 50: Memories and Meals from a Sweet and Savory Life: A Cookbook book cover
  • Gordon Ramsay's Home Cooking: Everything You Need to Know to Make Fabulous Food book cover
  • On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen book cover
  • The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food: A Cookbook book cover
  • A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal book cover
  • Heat: An Amateur Cook in a Professional Kitchen book cover
  • My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life: A Cookbook book cover
  • Jacques Pépin Heart & Soul in the Kitchen book cover
  • My Life in France book cover
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger: A Memoir book cover
  • The Happy Cookbook: A Celebration of the Food That Makes America Smile (The Happy Cookbook Series) book cover
  • Mastering the Art of French Eating: From Paris Bistros to Farmhouse Kitchens, Lessons in Food and Love book cover
  • Fannie Flagg's Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook: Featuring : Fried Green Tomatoes, Southern Barbecue, Banana Split… book cover
  • The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South book cover
  • Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table (Random House Reader's Circle) book cover
  • Xi'an Famous Foods: The Cuisine of Western China, from New York's Favorite Noodle Shop: Western Chinese Cooking from New… book cover
  • Japanese Soul Cooking: Ramen, Tonkatsu, Tempura, and More from the Streets and Kitchens of Tokyo and Beyond [A Cookbook] book cover
  • Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught… book cover
  • We Will Feast: Rethinking Dinner, Worship, and the Community of God book cover
  • Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation book cover
  • Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook (P.S.) book cover
  • Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection book cover
  • The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter book cover
  • Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don't Know What You're Eating and What You Can Do About It book cover
  • Nourishing Broth: An Old-Fashioned Remedy for the Modern World book cover
  • The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table book cover
  • My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food book cover
  • Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes book cover
  • The Fire of Peru: Recipes and Stories from My Peruvian Kitchen book cover
  • Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table book cover
  • Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal, 10th Anniversary Edition book cover
  • Molly on the Range: Recipes and Stories from An Unlikely Life on a Farm: A Cookbook book cover
  • A Taste of Molecules: In Search of the Secrets of Flavor book cover
  • Mosquito Supper Club: Cajun Recipes from a Disappearing Bayou book cover
  • Alpine Cooking: Recipes and Stories from Europe's Grand Mountaintops [A Cookbook] book cover
  • The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones book cover
  • Craving London: Confessions of an Incurable Romantic with an Insatiable Appetite book cover
  • My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories [A Cookbook] book cover
  • L.A. Mexicano: Recipes, People & Places book cover
  • Dirt: Adventures in French Cooking book cover
  • Dishoom: The first ever cookbook from the much-loved Indian restaurant book cover
  • Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor (Arts and Traditions of the Table Perspectives on Culinary History… book cover
  • Ideas in Food: Great Recipes and Why They Work: A Cookbook book cover
  • Eat Like a Fish: My Adventures Farming the Ocean to Fight Climate Change book cover
  • Culinary Reactions: The Everyday Chemistry of Cooking book cover
  • The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America book cover
  • Ten Restaurants That Changed America book cover
  • Be My Guest: Reflections on Food, Community, and the Meaning of Generosity book cover
  • Pie for Everyone: Recipes and Stories from Petee's Pie, New York's Best Pie Shop book cover
  • Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen book cover
  • The Art of Simple Food II: Recipes, Flavor, and Inspiration from the New Kitchen Garden: A Cookbook book cover
  • Beaten, Seared, and Sauced: On Becoming a Chef at the Culinary Institute of America book cover
  • Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South book cover
  • Casablanca: My Moroccan Food book cover
  • Flavor: The Science of Our Most Neglected Sense book cover
  • Remembrance of Things Paris: Sixty Years of Writing from Gourmet (Modern Library Food) book cover
  • Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas book cover
  • It Was Me All Along: A Memoir book cover
  • The Native Mexican Kitchen: A Journey into Cuisine, Culture, and Mezcal book cover
  • Bottom of the Pot: Persian Recipes and Stories book cover
  • Radiant - Eat Your Way to Healthy Skin book cover
  • Champagne: The Essential Guide to the Wines, Producers, and Terroirs of the Iconic Region book cover
  • American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza book cover
  • Pretty Good Number One: An American Family Eats Tokyo book cover
  • Dinner with Edward: The Story of an Unexpected Friendship book cover
  • The Feast Nearby: How I lost my job, buried a marriage, and found my way by keeping chickens, foraging, preserving… book cover
  • The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu book cover
  • Secrets of the Sommeliers: How to Think and Drink Like the World's Top Wine Professionals book cover
  • Cook's Science: How to Unlock Flavor in 50 of our Favorite Ingredients book cover
  • An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace book cover
  • What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained book cover
  • Last Call: Bartenders on Their Final Drink and the Wisdom and Rituals of Closing Time book cover
  • Taste of Persia: A Cook's Travels Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan book cover
  • Eat: The Little Book of Fast Food [A Cookbook] book cover
  • The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, stories & 100 essential recipes for midwinter book cover
  • Best Food Writing 2015 book cover
  • The Southerner's Cookbook: Recipes, Wisdom, and Stories (Garden & Gun Books Book 3) book cover
  • Hamburger America: A State-By-State Guide to 200 Great Burger Joints book cover
  • Rebel Chef: In Search of What Matters book cover
  • Osteria: Hearty Italian Fare from Rick Tramonto's Kitchen: A Cookbook book cover
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Authors

Authors with:

8 authors with more than one book:

  • 6 - Ruth Reichl
  • 4 - Anthony Bourdain
  • 2 - Jacques Pepin
  • 2 - Steve Doocy
  • 2 - Vivian Howard
  • 2 - Bill Buford
  • 2 - Brad Thomas Parsons
  • 2 - Nigel Slater

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Series & Titles

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Words used 3 times or more excluding series name:

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