Gifts for the Foodie Who Reads - a list by GourmetGlam

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Bookish gifts for the food freak who loves to read about food, cooking, and well, more food.

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Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany

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Bill Buford started out to do a profile of [celebrity chef] Mario Batali, and in the process he got obsessed with Italian cooking.... (via NPR)

Updated Jun 29, 2007

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My Life in France by Julia Child

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In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child’s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found ‘her true calling.’ (via dancingspoon.com)

Updated Apr 25, 2007

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Roasting in Hell's Kitchen: Temper Tantrums, F Words, and the Pursuit of Perfection

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For anyone who find horrible delight in the shouting, cursing and temper tantrums of Chef Gordon Ramsay on his show Hell's Kitchen, this book is him, in written format.

Updated Nov 25, 2007

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The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones

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The latest book from celebrity chef and author, Anthony Bourdain, guaranteed to be a good read simply because...it's Anthony Bourdain.

Updated Nov 25, 2007

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

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"I don't think anybody has ever made food sound more delicious," Reichl says of writer Nigel Slater. "When he describes a beet, for instance, it comes alive for you on the page and you suddenly want to run out and eat as many beets as you possibly can," Reichl says. "It's just sheer pleasure and sensuousness."

Updated Jun 29, 2007

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Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter

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Almost similar in premise to a blog, this book is by a former waiter who recounts her experience at the New York City restaurant Per Se: training, becoming the head waiter, a romance with Andre the sommelier, the delivery of the Fabergé egg as a marriage proposal, and the parade of celebrities she meets along the way.

Updated Nov 25, 2007

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Two for the Road: Our Love Affair with American Food

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Two For the Road, written by a husband and wife team, is part memoir, part guidebook, and part cookbook, detailing 30 years of eating regional American fare on the back roads.

Updated Nov 25, 2007

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Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise

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Though you may not have ever dreamed of being a food or restaurant critic, you can still enjoy Ruth Reichl's memoir of her tenure as the critic for the New York Times because her writing is so engaging.

Updated Nov 25, 2007

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Insatiable: Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess

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Probably the only food book you'll ever read that starts off with "Elvis Presley was coming to town to do two shows at Olympia Stadium," and that's exactly why this book is so good. Gael Greene is a fantastic writer, as evidenced by her long career as a food critic, and her books are just as rowdy, engaging, and saucy.

Updated Nov 25, 2007

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