Nonfiction November: Be the Expert / Ask the Expert

Week 2 (November 10 to 14) : Be The Expert/Ask the Expert/Become the Expert

Love your nonfiction? Nonfiction November is hosted by an awesome bunch of peeps: Kim of Sophisticated Dorkiness, Leslie of Regular Rumination, Becca of I'm Lost In Books and Katie of Doing Dewey.

Be The Expert/Ask the Expert/Become the Expert: Three ways to join in this week! You can either share 3 or more books on a single topic that you have read and can recommend (be the expert), you can put the call out for good nonfiction on a specific topic that you have been dying to read (ask the expert), or you can create your own list of books on a topic that you’d like to read (become the expert).

This is a two-in-one post. I mentioned during the first post that I wanted to read more Foodie Reads and I've also got a few good ones under my belt. I've picked just 5 to elaborate on for this post and hope you can give me more recommendations!

Laurel's Kitchen: A Handbook for Vegetarian Cookery and Nutrition by Laurel Robertson 

My Review | Book Depository

No, I'm not vegetarian and it's unlikely that I ever will be. I credit this book for a better understanding of what it means to “eat intentionally.” Eating, after all, requires discipline, as does preparing what you eat. (This is a very old book, published 1976. In fact the Book Depository link goes to a revised version because its message has stood the past of decades!).

A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal by Anthony Bourdain 
My Review | Amazon.com

I adore the irreverence of Anthony Bourdain and I love that he can suffer a bad stomach to tell us about his eating experiences. In this book he travels to many Asian countries, through the US and Europe in his quest for the perfect meal. 

French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure by Mireille Guiliano 
My Review | Book Depository

It's a lifestyle. French women love their food and there's a lot to learn from their attitudes toward food (no it is not the enemy), fashion, exercise, and life in general. They don't get fat and they don't feel guilty about eating butter. What do you think about that?

Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother's Tokyo Kitchen by Naomi Moriyama
My Review | Book Depository

This is an obvious copycat of the French Women spin, but it is a whole different world in the Japanese kitchen! Moriyama who lives in the US, returns to her mother's kitchen in Tokyo and examines why she doesn't get fat when she eats - and lives - the Japanese way. Lots of authentic Japanese recipes interspersed, and adapted for the American kitchen.

The Breadbaker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread by Peter Reinhart
My Friday 56 quote | Book Depository

Hubby and I swear this is the holy grail of breadbaking. If you love bread, you need this book! Become Reinhart's apprentice and you'll see the magic that you can wield with very simple ingredients.

 

And a few more to check out:

Hungry by Darlene Barnes 

Julie and Julia by Julie Powell

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

Julia Child: A Life by Laura Shapiro 

Eat Now; Talk Later by James Vescovi

So for the Ask the Expert... YOU! What foodie reads should I definitely get into my TBR? As you can see, I'm open to pretty much anything :)