It’s interesting, because I know I’ve read a lot of books in which food features prominently. Some were about food, others had it worked in as part of a cultural experience, and yet others used it as a crucial plot point. And yet, I had trouble remembering many of these at first. I did manage to find a selection, and they’re pretty mixed.
What about you guys? Did anyone else have a hard time remembering food-focused books they had read? Are any of my picks on your list?
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly link-up feature created by The Broke and the Bookish and hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Every week TTT has a different topic, and everyone who links up has to create a link of ten items that fit that topic. To see past and upcoming topics, go here.
Oh The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake was really intriguing! It wasn’t my favourite but I really enjoyed moments
I completely agree. I loved the idea, and there were bits in it that really hit, but overall it didn’t quite manage to work fully for me! I’m glad I read it, though.
We don’t have any overlap on our lists, but you’ve reminded me I still haven’t read Crying in H Mart.
I have a “food” tag but I don’t always get every book I read posted on my blog. And I’m not always good about adding tags to the list I keep on LibraryThing, so I have trouble pulling books out for TTT lists quite often.
A Little Princess was my favorite book for a long time! I read it many times, but wouldn’t have remembered food playing a large role. I guess she used to receive hampers of food from her father? Time for a reread!
Be warned, pretty much everyone who reads H Mart requires Kleenex! Oh, I don’t really have any way of sorting my books, so I just have to peruse my shelves and scroll through my read list every time! In retrospect, tags would have been a good idea! The thing with A Little Princess was one scene where she finds some money and goes to buy buns from the bakery that she has been smelling and craving each day as she got barely any food to eat. But after she bought them she sees someone who is even worse off than she is and gives them away. At least, I think that’s what it was, though it’s been a little while since I read it. But that scene always got me in the guts!
Oh, OK! That sounds familiar to me!
The Peter Mayle books are so perfect for this theme! Great list!
I adore those books and the tv show. So comforting somehow!
Those noodles are making me hungry.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
Haha!
Crying in H Mart made it to my list as well. Happy reading. My TTT https://readwithstefani.com/books-involving-food-that-are-not-cookbooks/
Yes, it’s definitely one that fits the prompt perfectly!
You have a great list. I’ve read a couple of these and enjoyed them both.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/foodies-in-books-ten-books-featuring-food/
Thank you!
Oh my, I loved Watercress, and it makes me so happy to see it listed on your post today.
Oh yay! I have tried to find a wide variety of books about different cultures and experiences, and this was one I found that had really great reviews. I think it was also one that my kid had read or seen in the school library. It ended up being a favourite of ours and is such a lovely story!
I found this topic tough, but you can always count on Jenny Colgan’s books involving a lot of food. Even though the storyline is quite thin.
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2024/09/03/top-ten-tuesday-books-involving-food/
Oooh, I didn’t know that about her books – I think I’ve only read one or two, and I don’t remember that much food in them, but I could see her writing lending itself to comforting food!
Crying in H Mart is on my list, too. It was a powerful book about the importance of food in both culture and family1
Food in Books
Yes, oddly I think I responded more to that part of the book than some of the relationship stuff, which was complicated and a bit hard for me. But the food connection, that seemed like something so central to their connection that I found it very powerful.