Amira Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 What are some food/travel/international books you've enjoyed? They don't have to be all of those (although that would be great). I haven't read something like this in a while and need some new ideas. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubiac Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 * Julia Child's My Time in France * MFK Fisher's The Art of Eating * Jeffrey Steingarten's two books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 My Time in France Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSurprise Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 I enjoyed Honeymoon in Purdah (a Canadian woman traveling through Iran). If you like cookbooks which are half travel memoirs, Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid have a series of Asian-themed ones. I enjoyed paging through Beyond the Great Wall and Mangoes and Curry Leaves with my MIL. Their other books may have more recipes, but those two had some interesting cultural vignettes and focus on regional foods and cooking. The Chinese one even focuses quite a bit on western China and Tibet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shukriyya Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Anything by Elizabeth David but particularly 'Mediterranean Food', 'French Country Cooking' 'Italian Food', and 'French Provincial Cooking' These are so much more than 'food/cookery' books. David's writing inspires both the imagination and the palate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 I enjoyed Honeymoon in Purdah (a Canadian woman traveling through Iran). If you like cookbooks which are half travel memoirs, Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid have a series of Asian-themed ones. I enjoyed paging through Beyond the Great Wall and Mangoes and Curry Leaves with my MIL. Their other books may have more recipes, but those two had some interesting cultural vignettes and focus on regional foods and cooking. The Chinese one even focuses quite a bit on western China and Tibet. Duguid and Alford's books are my favorite cookbooks. I got _Flatbreads and Flavors_ not long after it came out and have been devoted ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 If you like satire (& a spoof of the foodie/travel genre), check out Cooking with Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSurprise Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 In the same travel/memoir/cookbook league I've heard good things about Pretty Good Number One, Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper, and Pok Pok. I haven't read them. I did like The Sharper Your Knife the Less You Cry (woman loses her job and goes to cooking school in France memoir). Of course, Julia Child's autobiography is fun and MFK Fisher is always interesting (already recommended above). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Julia Child's book that has been mentioned here already is great. The Sweet Life in Paris:Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious-and Perplexing-City by David Lebovitz is another really good read. The one Tam linked above sounds good, too - I'll be looking for it at my library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Travel books: Visit Sunny Chernobyl by Andrew Blackwell Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Nigella Lawson's How to Eat. I just love her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Anything Bill Bryson for travel...I also enjoyed Marcus Samuelson's autobiobraphy (Yes, Chef) which dealt with cooking and travel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Any of the books (I have read three) by Ruth Reichel, former editor of Gourmet. Her books are primarily memoirs. Tender at the Bone, is my favorite, and Comfort Me With Apples is my second favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripley Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Trail of Crumbs My friend loved it, I found it somewhat sufferable - but it has elements of food, travel, and international locations :) I didn't hate it, and I finished it, but I didn't get the love my friend and her book club had for it. But they all raved about it! Might be worth checking out. I am pretty particular, so it might just be me. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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