5 Top food and drink books like How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places by Diana Henry

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How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

By: Diana Henry

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When Diana Henry was sixteen she started a menu notebook (an exercise book carefully covered in wra…

If you liked the food and drink plot in How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places by Diana Henry , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Mastering the Art of French Cooking

By: Julia Child , Simone Beck , Louisette Bertholle , Sidonie Coryn

4.25

Format: 684 pages, Hardcover

For over fifty years, New York Times bestseller Mastering the Art of French Cooking has been the de… read more

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  • foodie
  • culinary
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • reference
"Just like becoming an expert in wine–you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford–you learn about great food by finding the best there is, whether simply or luxurious. The you savor it, analyze …"

-Julia Child, Mastering the Art of French Cooking

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2. Wide Sargasso Sea

By: Jean Rhys

3.59

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Wide Sargasso Sea, a masterpiece of modern fiction, was Jean Rhys’s return to the literary center s… read more

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"When trouble comes, close ranks"

-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea

"I thought I'd try to write her a life"

-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea

"Have all beautiful things sad destinies?"

-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea

"I thought if I told no one it might not be true."

-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea

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3. The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen with Nigel Slater

By: Nigel Slater , Jonathan Lovekin

4.02

Format: 426 pages, Hardcover

Following the success of Real Food and Appetite, this is the tenth book from Nigel Slater, the awar… read more

Similar categories in Nigel Slater's The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen with Nigel Slater book and Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

  • culinary
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • food writing
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4. The Collector

By: John Fowles

3.77

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obse… read more

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5. The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country

By: Helen Russell

4.10

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Denmark is officially the happiest nation on Earth. When Helen Russell is forced to move to rural J… read more

Similar categories in Helen Russell's The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country book and Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

  • nonfiction
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6. Notes from the Larder: A Kitchen Diary with Recipes

By: Nigel Slater

3.99

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

Following on the success of Tenderand Ripe, this companion to the bestselling Kitchen Diariesis a b… read more

Similar categories in Nigel Slater's Notes from the Larder: A Kitchen Diary with Recipes book and Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

  • foodie
  • culinary
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • reference

7. The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

By: Shawn Achor

4.00

Format: 96 pages, ebook

Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that if we work har… read more

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8. How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

By: Michael Greger , Gene Stone

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

From the physician behind the wildly popular website NutritionFacts.org, How Not to Die reveals the… read more

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9. M Train

By: Patti Smith

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, … read more

Similar categories in Patti Smith's M Train book and Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"We sometimes eclipse our own dreams with reality."

-Patti Smith, M Train

"He picks the lock of her dreams with her own hairpin."

-Patti Smith, M Train

"Those were mystical times. An era of small pleasures."

-Patti Smith, M Train

"I may not know what is in your mind, but I know how your mind works."

-Patti Smith, M Train

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10. Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary

By: Nina Stibbe

3.66

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

How do I get rid of the mosquitoes infesting the garden? Should my kids be drinking so much? And wh… read more

Similar categories in Nina Stibbe's Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary book and Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

  • nonfiction
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11. Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live)

By: Eve Rodsky

3.56

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A revolutionary, real-world solution to the problem of unpaid, invisible work that women have shoul… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Resentment grows out of perceived unfairness."

-Eve Rodsky, Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live)

"From where we sat, this man appeared to be enjoying a luxury all of the women we know couldn't imagine: the freedom to focus on one task at a time."

-Eve Rodsky, Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live)

"A reminder, in itself, takes tremendous mental effort by you . It requires knowing what needs to be done, remembering what needs to be done, and reminding someone to get it done, whereas the person b…"

-Eve Rodsky, Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live)

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12. Ready For Absolutely Nothing

By: Susannah Constantine

3.91

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

'A rollicking ride . . . What a life' SUNDAY TIMESEssential reading for anyone who secretly just wa… read more

Similar categories in Susannah Constantine's Ready For Absolutely Nothing book and Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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13. These Precious Days: Essays

By: Ann Patchett

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in … read more

Similar categories in Ann Patchett's These Precious Days: Essays book and Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"It is possible to love someone with all your heart and still know your union would never have survived having children together."

-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays

"The future is not one thing. So many possibilities can arise as a result of intelligence, education, curiosity, and hard work. No one ever told me that, and I'm sorry it took this long for me to figu…"

-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays

"People want you to want what they want. If you want the same things they want, then their want is validated. If you don’t want the same things, your lack of wanting can, to certain people, come acros…"

-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays

"Without ever meaning to, my father taught me at a very early age to give up on the idea of approval. I wish I could bottle that freedom now and give it to every young writer I meet, with an extra bot…"

-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays

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14. Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things: Bold, Vegetable-Forward Recipes Plus Homemade Sauces, Condiments, and More to Build a Flavor-Packed Pantry: A Cookbook

By: Noor Murad

4.15

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The Globe and Mail bestselling author Yotam Ottolenghi and his superteam of chefs bring you the sec… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • reference
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15. Taste: My Life Through Food

By: Stanley Tucci

4.21

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of … read more

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  • cookbooks
  • biography memoir
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • cooking
"And anyway one is never drinking alone. Someone else is always drinking somewhere."

-Stanley Tucci, Taste: My Life Through Food

"Cooking for her is at once a creative outlet and a way of feeding the family well."

-Stanley Tucci, Taste: My Life Through Food

"Losing a beloved family heirloom is a very real personal loss; they're things that cannot ever be replaced or re-created. But perhaps the most precious heirlooms are family recipes. Like a physical h…"

-Stanley Tucci, Taste: My Life Through Food

"It is the connection between customer and purveyor that makes our interactions stronger, to me eating well is not just about what tastes good but about the connections that are made through the food …"

-Stanley Tucci, Taste: My Life Through Food

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16. The Pact

By: Sharon J. Bolton

3.98

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

'The Secret History for Millennials' Belinda Bauer A golden summer, and six talented teenagers a… read more

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17. Magnolia Table

By: Joanna Gaines

4.20

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Magnolia Table is infused with Joanna Gaines' warmth and passion for all things family, prepared an… read more

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  • foodie
  • culinary
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • food and drink
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18. This Much is True

By: Miriam Margolyes

4.09

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

BAFTA-winning actor, voice of everything from Monkey to the Cadbury's Caramel Rabbit, creator of a … read more

Similar categories in Miriam Margolyes's This Much is True book and Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"...it is the vulnerabilities in people, rather more than their strengths, which allow us to love them."

-Miriam Margolyes, This Much is True

"And I was in love with him because, when he ended it, I can remember the feeling of being annihilated - a pure, wrenching grief and loss."

-Miriam Margolyes, This Much is True

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19. Cat Lady

By: Dawn O'Porter

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

CAT LADY [n.] Single, independent, crazy, aloof, on-the-shelf, lives alone... It’s safer for … read more

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"People who hate cats are like atheists, they cannot get through a conversation without telling you their views. There is such a righteousness that comes with it. You tell someone you have a cat, and …"

-Dawn O'Porter, Cat Lady

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20. You Could Make This Place Beautiful

By: Maggie Smith

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Smith's You Could Make This Place Beautiful book and Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"At our wedding, our college creative writing professor read a poem—John Ciardi’s “Most Like an Arch This Marriage."

-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful

"How I picture it: We are all nesting dolls, carrying the earlier iterations of ourselves inside. We carry the past inside us. We take ourselves–all of our selves–wherever we go. Inside forty-somethin…"

-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful

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21. People Person

By: Candice Carty-Williams

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Dimple Pennington knew of her half siblings, but she didn't really know them. Five people who don't… read more

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22. The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

By: Robert Waldinger

4.16

Format: 352 pages, ebook

What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? In their book, the directors of the Ha… read more

Similar categories in Robert Waldinger's The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness book and Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

  • nonfiction
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23. Ottolenghi Simple

By: Yotam Ottolenghi

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A collection of 130 easy, flavor-forward recipes from beloved chef Yotam Ottolenghi. In Ottoleng… read more

Similar categories in Yotam Ottolenghi's Ottolenghi Simple book and Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

  • foodie
  • culinary
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • food and drink
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24. This Is Not A Pity Memoir

By: Abi Morgan

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

What happens when your partner of twenty years suddenly believes you’re nothing but a stranger?  Wh… read more

Similar categories in Abi Morgan's This Is Not A Pity Memoir book and Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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25. The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, Stories and 100 Essential Recipes for Midwinter

By: Nigel Slater

3.99

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

From the BBC1 presenter and bestselling author of Eat, The Kitchen Diaries and Toast comes a new b… read more

Similar categories in Nigel Slater's The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, Stories and 100 Essential Recipes for Midwinter book and Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • food and drink
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26. A Cook's Book

By: Nigel Slater

4.44

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

A Cook’s Book is the story of Nigel Slater’s life in the kitchen . . . . . . from the first jam ta… read more

Similar categories in Nigel Slater's A Cook's Book book and Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

  • culinary
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • food writing
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27. RecipeTin Eats Dinner

By: Nagi Maehashi

4.68

Format: 372 pages, ebook

150 dinner recipes. Fail-proof. Delicious. Addictive. The food you want to cook, eat and share, nig… read more

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  • culinary
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • food and drink
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28. How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

By: Diana Henry

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When Diana Henry was sixteen she started a menu notebook (an exercise book carefully covered in wra… read more

Similar categories in Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places book and Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

  • foodie
  • culinary
  • cookbooks
  • biography memoir
  • cooking
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • reference
  • food and drink
  • food writing
Cover of A Table for Friends: The Art of Cooking for Two or Twenty by Skye McAlpine

29. A Table for Friends: The Art of Cooking for Two or Twenty

By: Skye McAlpine

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

'This is a beautiful cookbook, full of joyous, life-enriching recipes. I love it.' Nigel Slater'Its… read more

Similar categories in Skye McAlpine's A Table for Friends: The Art of Cooking for Two or Twenty book and Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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30. Salads Are More Than Leaves

By: Elena Silcock

3.60

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Salads to get excited about Salads for all seasons, moods, occasions and cravings For too long sa… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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31. The Sunday Night Book: 52 Short Recipes to Make the Weekend Feel Longer

By: Rosie Sykes

4.05

Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition

'Rosie is one of the great cooks of our time – so humble, brilliant ideas, wonderful cooking and wr… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Sykes's The Sunday Night Book: 52 Short Recipes to Make the Weekend Feel Longer book and Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places

  • cookbooks
  • food

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Transform Your Habits

Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Julia Child , Simone Beck , Louisette Bertholle , Sidonie Coryn

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen with Nigel Slater

Nigel Slater , Jonathan Lovekin

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country

Helen Russell

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Notes from the Larder: A Kitchen Diary with Recipes

Nigel Slater

3.99

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Caledonian Road

Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

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You Are Here

David Nicholls

4.08

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Anne Enright

3.55

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Nina Stibbe

3.66

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