19 must-read nonfiction books like Poilâne: The Secrets of the World-Famous Bread Bakery by Apollonia Poilâne

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Poilâne: The Secrets of the World-Famous Bread Bakery

By: Apollonia Poilâne

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Epicurious' "New Fall 2019 Cookbooks We Can't Wait to Cook From"Food & Wine 18 Essential New Cookbo…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Poilâne: The Secrets of the World-Famous Bread Bakery by Apollonia Poilâne , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

By: Eric Ripert

3.95

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Hailed by Anthony Bourdain as “heartbreaking, horrifying, poignant, and… read more

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  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
"the important thing, Jacques instructed me, was to get the pan hot as you could before adding the meat - that, and always give good wine to your butcher."

-Eric Ripert, 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

"my father...there was never any mistaking his love for me. When I walked into the room, his eyes lit up and he wrapped me in his arms as if it was Christmas morning and I was the best gift imaginable."

-Eric Ripert, 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

"We were all hard on our commis because we were always afraid, and cruelty is one of fear's most common by-products. It would take me a very long time to unlearn those methods of surviving under press…"

-Eric Ripert, 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

"Buth this is the thing, my child, " Madame Amparo continued. "You are headed for the same night sky. When it's your turn to burn brightly, remember where you have been. Be careful not to harm all of …"

-Eric Ripert, 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

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2. The Accidental Tourist

By: Anne Tyler

0.00

Format: 798 pages, Paperback

Macon Leary is a travel writer who hates both travel and anything out of the ordinary. He is ground… read more

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3. In Praise of Shadows

By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and e… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. Kristin Lavransdatter (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1-3)

By: Tiina Nunnally , Brad Leithauser , Sigrid Undset

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureat… read more

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5. Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza

By: Ken Forkish

3.64

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From Portland's most acclaimed and beloved baker comes this must-have baking guide, featuring recip… read more

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  • culinary
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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6. Paddle-to-the-Sea

By: Holling Clancy Holling

4.28

Format: 64 pages, Library Binding

A 1942 Caldecott Honor Book A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and na… read more

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7. A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines

By: Anthony Bourdain

4.60

Format: 645 pages, Paperback

From the star of No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain's New York Times-bestselling chronicle of travel… read more

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8. Neighbourhood

By: Hetty McKinnon

3.48

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

When Hetty McKinnon uprooted her beloved Arthur Street Kitchen from Sydney's Surry Hills and reloca… read more

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9. The Black Arrow

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

3.80

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

From the beloved author of Treasure Island Originally serialized in a periodical of boys' adventure… read more

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"Well! marriage is like death, it comes to all."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow

"He is one that goes to bed Lancaster and gets up York."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow

"[H]e began to understand what a wild game we play in life; he began to understand that a thing once done cannot be undone nor changed by saying "I am sorry!"

-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow

"Sir knight,’ observed the messenger, with bitterness, ‘while that ye are here, roaring for five hundred pounds, the realm of England is elsewhere being lost and won."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow

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10. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

By: Malka Ann Older

3.64

Format: 169 pages, Hardcover

The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more

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11. The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

By: Shubnum Khan

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Rebecca meets The House of Spirits in this sweeping, … read more

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"It walked to many places in the world and swam through many seas. It moved among men and watched how they lived and how they fought. Men were the same everywhere—power-hungry creatures always engaged…"

-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

"The end always returns to the beginning; the circle always seeks to be whole, and so when the end comes for Meena Begum, she is remembering the river and the way it runs through the village like a pe…"

-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

"There are things that never see light again. They scream and bang at their fate, hoping they will be discovered. A forgotten letter beneath a file, an ivory button in a couch, a handprint against a w…"

-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

"She tries to lie still, but she's forgotten how. On the farm everything had been still. The silence was a complete thing. She could touch it with her fingers, taste it with her mouth, and sit in it l…"

-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

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12. The Paris Novel

By: Ruth Reichl

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Ruth Reichl takes readers on an adventure of food, art, and fashion in 1980s Par… read more

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  • food
"That is the most expensive spice in the world. It comes from the Valley of Flowers, where everyone's hands are red from separating the saffron from the blossoms. Each flower has just three strands, s…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"The fat was bubbling in a pot on the stove. The potatoes went in, were snatched out, then plunged back in. They emerged crisp and golden; Richard sprinkled them with salt and piled them on a platter,…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"The oysters arrived on a deep bed of ice. She had never eaten an oyster, and she stared down at the platter. A ruffle of black encircled each opalescent heart; she thought of orchids. Triangles of le…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"A waiter set a small tart of caramelized pears before each of them and added a dab of licorice ice cream. Next came bananas topped with passion fruit and black pepper, little pirouettes of pleasure. …"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

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13. Under Lock & Skeleton Key (Secret Staircase Mystery, #1)

By: Gigi Pandian

3.53

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

Under Lock & Skeleton Key layers architecture with mouthwatering food in an ode to classic locked-r… read more

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14. 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

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  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
"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

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15. BAKE: My Best Ever Recipes for the Classics

By: Paul Hollywood

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! The ultimate baking book from internationally beloved baker Paul Hollyw… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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16. Home Is Where the Eggs Are: Farmhouse Food for the People You Love

By: Molly Yeh

4.10

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

Home Is Where the Eggs Are is a beautiful, intimate book full of food that’s best enjoyed in the co… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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17. Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life

By: Delia Ephron

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling, beloved writer of romantic comedies like You've Got Mail tells her own late-in-lif… read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks

By: Crystal Wilkinson

4.43

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, through powerful … read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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19. Bad Cree

By: Jessica Johns

3.92

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping debut tinged with supernatural horror, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a p… read more

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"On cloudless days I swear the prairies are closer to the sun than anywhere else in the world. Not because of the heat. It's the size of the floating orb when nothing else is around it. Beating like a…"

-Jessica Johns, Bad Cree

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20. Calm Your Mind with Food: A Revolutionary Guide to Controlling Your Anxiety

By: Uma Naidoo

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary look at the surprising connections between anxiety, immunity, and gut health, with … read more

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  • cookbooks
  • food
  • nonfiction
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21. Swan Dive: The Making of a Rogue Ballerina

By: Georgina Pazcoguin

3.83

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives reade… read more

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  • nonfiction
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22. The Travelers

By: Regina Porter

3.61

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet James Samuel Vincent, an affluent Manhattan attorney who shirks his modest Irish American back… read more

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23. Science Of Spice

By: Stuart Farrimond

4.31

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Break new ground with this spice book like no other, from TV personality, food scientist and bestse… read more

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  • culinary
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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24. New World Sourdough: Artisan Techniques for Creative Homemade Fermented Breads; With Recipes for Birote, Bagels, Pan de Coco, Beignets, and More

By: Bryan Ford

4.19

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

New World Sourdough is your go-to guide to baking delicious, inventive sourdough breads at home. Le… read more

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  • culinary
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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25. Tenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds

By: Hetty Lui McKinnon

4.40

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

ONE OF BON APPETIT 'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • The acclaimed author of To Asia, With Love explores … read more

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  • culinary
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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26. Let's Make Ramen!: A Comic Book Cookbook

By: Hugh Amano

4.20

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A comic book cookbook with accessible ramen recipes for the home cook, including simple weeknight b… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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27. Preppy Kitchen: Recipes for Seasonal Dishes and Simple Pleasures (A Cookbook)

By: John Kanell

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Decadent, delicious seasonal comfort foods and desserts you can make at … read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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28. Bittman Bread: No-Knead Whole-Grain Baking for Every Day

By: Mark Bittman

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

75 to 85 recipes plus essential information and advice for making delicious and nourishing whole-gr… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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29. The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z

By: Tamar Adler

4.10

Format: 543 pages, Kindle Edition

*A National Bestseller * Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Vogue and more * Award-winning aut… read more

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  • culinary
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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30. Lemon, Love & Olive Oil

By: Mina Stone

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR Author of the cult-favorite Cooking for Artists, Mina St… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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31. Poilâne: The Secrets of the World-Famous Bread Bakery

By: Apollonia Poilâne

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Epicurious' "New Fall 2019 Cookbooks We Can't Wait to Cook From"Food & Wine 18 Essential New Cookbo… read more

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  • nonfiction

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Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza

Ken Forkish

3.64

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BAKE: My Best Ever Recipes for the Classics

Paul Hollywood

4.28

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Home Is Where the Eggs Are: Farmhouse Food for the People You Love

Molly Yeh

4.10

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Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks

Crystal Wilkinson

4.43

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Katherine Arden

4.02

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Leigh Bardugo

3.84

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3.87

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Jennifer Marie Thorne

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