15 Best nonfiction books like The Best American Food Writing 2022 by Sohla El-Waylly

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The Best American Food Writing 2022

By: Sohla El-Waylly

3.96

Format: 256 pages, ebook

A collection of the year's top food writing, selected by guest editor Sohla El-Waylly and series ed…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Best American Food Writing 2022 by Sohla El-Waylly , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. The Best American Short Stories 2022

By: Andrew Sean Greer

3.67

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer … read more

Similar categories in Andrew Sean Greer's The Best American Short Stories 2022 book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • anthologies
  • audiobook
Cover of The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading by Dwight Garner

2. The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

By: Dwight Garner

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Garner gathers a literary chorus to capture the joys of reading and eating in this comic, personal … read more

Similar categories in Dwight Garner's The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • audiobook
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • food writing
"There's no verb for traveling while hopping from swimming pool to swimming pool. Perhaps "cheevering" would suffice."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

"A friend once told her that he had seen graffiti in a restaurant's men's room that read, "Gael Greene uses a thesaurus."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

Cover of National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home by Anya von Bremzen

3. National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home

By: Anya von Bremzen

3.55

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed international food writer and award-winning author of Mastering the Art of Soviet Coo… read more

Similar categories in Anya von Bremzen's National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • food writing
Cover of Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See by Bianca Bosker

4. Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See

By: Bianca Bosker

4.16

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The author of Cork Dork takes readers on another fascinating, hilarious, and revelatory journey—thi… read more

Similar categories in Bianca Bosker's Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Art Lovers pitied me: They said I lacked "Visual literacy", which they swore was downright dangerous in a world so saturated with pictures."

-Bianca Bosker, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See

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5. Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business

By: Roxane Gay

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, “a strikingly fresh cultural critic” (Washington Po… read more

Similar categories in Roxane Gay's Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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6. The Clergyman's Wife: A Pride & Prejudice Novel

By: Molly Greeley

3.78

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

For everyone who loved Pride and Prejudice—and legions of historical fiction lovers—an inspired deb… read more

Similar categories in Molly Greeley's The Clergyman's Wife: A Pride & Prejudice Novel book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • audiobook
"Sometimes I have moments of pure astonishment when I realize that William, it seems, is very sure that he knows all of me. He believes that I am the person he sits across from at dinner every evening…"

-Molly Greeley, The Clergyman's Wife: A Pride & Prejudice Novel

Cover of Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World by Cheuk Kwan

7. Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World

By: Cheuk Kwan

3.57

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

From Haifa, Israel, to Cape Town, South Africa, Chinese entrepreneurs and restaurateurs have brough… read more

Similar categories in Cheuk Kwan's Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • food writing
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food

By: Fuchsia Dunlop

4.26

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The world’s most sophisticated gastronomic culture, brilliantly presented through a banquet of thir… read more

Similar categories in Fuchsia Dunlop's Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"In cooking as with love, it's not easy to ensure that both ingredients reach their climaxes of perfection simultaneously."

-Fuchsia Dunlop, Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food

"Appetite for food and sex is human nature, shi se xing ye ,' as the philosopher Gaozi said. Or, as the popular saying derived from the Book of Rites puts it: 'Eat, drink, man, woman' ( yin shi nan nü…"

-Fuchsia Dunlop, Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food

"A successful dish, as my cooking school teachers always used to say, must hit all the targets of se, xiang, wei, xing – colour, fragrance, flavour and form. It should first delight the eyes with its …"

-Fuchsia Dunlop, Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food

"Trying to categorize Chinese regional cuisines makes me dizzy. You can travel and travel and travel around China and taste new foods every single day, which is pretty much what I have been doing for …"

-Fuchsia Dunlop, Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food

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9. Good Taste

By: Caroline Scott

3.45

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

With delectable prose, a sharp heroine ahead of her time, and an adventure across the English count… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Scott's Good Taste book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • food
  • audiobook
"I'll permit you to comfort me with soothing words and caresses later."

-Caroline Scott, Good Taste

"Stella stood at the queue outside the butcher's shop and tried to pin a name to all the shades of red. Carmine, cadmium, Venetian red, she thought, vermillion, rose madder, magenta."

-Caroline Scott, Good Taste

"Stella leaned her head back and saw the sun flashing between rooftops, pale pearly clouds and then the corner of Peter Jones', the windows full of hats and dresses in the spring colors, all geranium …"

-Caroline Scott, Good Taste

"What brings you to Gloucestershire?" "I was halfway between Banbury cakes and Bath buns," she said. He raised an eyebrow in response, which made her feel like she'd let a double entendre slip out. "I…"

-Caroline Scott, Good Taste

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10. The Best American Essays 2022

By: Alexander Chee

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A collection of the year's best essays, selected by award-winning writer Alexander Chee. Alexand… read more

Similar categories in Alexander Chee's The Best American Essays 2022 book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • anthologies
  • essays
Cover of The Best American Food Writing 2023 by Mark Bittman

11. The Best American Food Writing 2023

By: Mark Bittman

3.63

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A collection of the year's top food writing, selected by prolific food writer and author of How to … read more

Similar categories in Mark Bittman's The Best American Food Writing 2023 book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • anthologies
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • gastronomy
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12. The Best American Food Writing 2019 (The Best American Series)

By: Samin Nosrat

4.21

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

James Beard Award winner Samin Nosrat collects the year’s finest writing about food and drink. “Goo… read more

Similar categories in Samin Nosrat's The Best American Food Writing 2019 (The Best American Series) book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • anthologies
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • gastronomy
  • food writing
Cover of The Best American Food Writing 2022 by Sohla El-Waylly

13. The Best American Food Writing 2022

By: Sohla El-Waylly

3.96

Format: 256 pages, ebook

A collection of the year's top food writing, selected by guest editor Sohla El-Waylly and series ed… read more

Similar categories in Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022 book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • audiobook
  • anthologies
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • gastronomy
  • food and drink
  • food writing
Cover of The Best American Food Writing 2020 by J. Kenji López-Alt

14. The Best American Food Writing 2020

By: J. Kenji López-Alt

4.02

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The year’s top food writing from writers who celebrate the many innovative, comforting, mouthwateri… read more

Similar categories in J. Kenji López-Alt's The Best American Food Writing 2020 book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • anthologies
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • food writing
Cover of Snacking Bakes: Simple Recipes for Cookies, Bars, Brownies, Cakes, and More by Yossy Arefi

15. Snacking Bakes: Simple Recipes for Cookies, Bars, Brownies, Cakes, and More

By: Yossy Arefi

4.28

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

60 accessible, anytime recipes for delectable cookies, cakes, brownies, and bars that need only one… read more

Similar categories in Yossy Arefi's Snacking Bakes: Simple Recipes for Cookies, Bars, Brownies, Cakes, and More book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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16. American Pop

By: Snowden Wright

3.25

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

The story of a family. The story of an empire. The story of a nation. Moving from Mississippi to… read more

Similar categories in Snowden Wright's American Pop book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • audiobook
"The man wore a black suit rather than a tuxedo, which made him both stand out from and blend into the crowd, a sore thumb on a broken hand."

-Snowden Wright, American Pop

Cover of The Best American Food Writing 2021 by Gabrielle Hamilton

17. The Best American Food Writing 2021

By: Gabrielle Hamilton

3.88

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

The year’s top food writing, from writers who celebrate the many innovative, comforting, mouthwater… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Hamilton's The Best American Food Writing 2021 book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • anthologies
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • food writing
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18. Entitlement

By: Rumaan Alam

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A novel of money and morality from the New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind … read more

Similar categories in Rumaan Alam's Entitlement book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • audiobook
Cover of The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2022 by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

19. The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2022

By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A collection of the best science and nature articles written in 2021, selected by guest editor reno… read more

Similar categories in Ayana Elizabeth Johnson's The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2022 book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • anthologies
  • essays
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20. Everything Is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes

By: Phyllis Grant

3.44

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Phyllis Grant's Everything Is Under Control is a memoir about appetite--as it comes, goes, and refo… read more

Similar categories in Phyllis Grant's Everything Is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • food writing
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21. Creation Lake

By: Rachel Kushner

3.67

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake book and Sohla El-Waylly's The Best American Food Writing 2022

  • audiobook
"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

14 Best audiobook books like The Best American Food Writing 2022 by Sohla El-Waylly

Transform Your Habits

The Best American Short Stories 2022

Andrew Sean Greer

3.67

Transform Your Habits

The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

Dwight Garner

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See

Bianca Bosker

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business

Roxane Gay

4.01

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20 Top nonfiction books like Snacking Bakes: Simple Recipes for Cookies, Bars, Brownies, Cakes, and More by Yossy Arefi

Transform Your Habits

Scandinavian from Scratch: A Love Letter to the Baking of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden [A Baking Book]

Nichole Accettola

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Magnolia Table, Volume 3: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering

Joanna Gaines

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Pioneer Woman Cooks―Dinner's Ready!: 112 Fast and Fabulous Recipes for Slightly Impatient Home Cooks (The Pioneer Woman Cooks, 8)

Ree Drummond

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s

B. Dylan Hollis

4.47

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