- The Art of Eating by M.F.K. Fisher
- The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael Twitty
- Counter Intelligence: Where to Eat in the Real Los Angeles by Jonathan Gold
- Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
- Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
- The Language of Baklava by Diana Abu-Jaber
- On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee
- Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat
- Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen
- Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl
- Where I Come From: Life Lessons From a Latino Chef by Aarón Sánchez