What We’re Reading: Durham Tech’s Favorite Food-Themed Books

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Just a reminder that Durham Tech will be closed Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 23-25.

The Main Campus Library will close at 1:00 on Wednesday, Nov. 22.

Regular hours (library and other) resume on all campuses Monday, Nov. 27.

In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech and just in time for the season of eating, here’s Durham Tech’s awesome faculty and staff’s favorite culinary or food-related reads:

heat by bill buford
Available at the Main Campus (TX 723.2 .T86 B83 2006)
yes chef by marcus samuelsson book cover
Available through ILL
The Splendid table's, how to eat supper : recipes, stories, and opinions from public radio's award-winning food show by Lynne Rossetto Kasper book cover
Available through ILL
bread, wine, chocolate by Simran Sethi book cover
Available at the Main Campus Library (S 494.5 .A43 S425 2015)
kitchen confidential by anthony bourdain book cover
Available at the Main Campus Library (TX 649 .B58 A3 2007)
how to cook a wolf by mkf Fisher book cover
Available through ILL (maybe). And a NY Times book review.
some we love, some we hate, some we eat by hal herzog
Available at the Main Campus Library (QL 85 .H47 2010)
the fruit hunters by adam gollner book cover
Available at the Main Campus Library (SB 354.8 .G65 2008)
deep run roots by vivian howard book cover
Available at the Main Campus (TX 715.2 .S68 H69 2016)
The Southern Vegetarian Cookbook: 100 Down-Home Recipes for the Modern Table by Justin Fox Burks and Amy Lawrence book cover
Available through ILL
the plant paradox by steven gundry book cover
Available through ILL
real cooking by nigel slater
Available through ILL
animal vegetable miracle by barbara kingsolver book cover
Available at the Main Campus Library (S 521.5 .A67 K56 2007)
blood, bones, & butter by gabrielle hamilton book cover
Available through ILL
chocolat by joanne harris book cover
Available through ILL
it must have been something i ate by jeffrey steingarten book cover
Available through ILL
hannibal by thomas harris book cover
LOL and available at the Main Campus Library (PS 3558 .A6558 H36)
like water for chocolate by laura esquivel book cover
Available at the Main, Northern Durham, and OCC Libraries (PQ 7298.15 .S638 C6613 1992)
delicious by ruth reichl book cover
Available at the Main Campus Library (PS 3618 .E5239 D45 2014)
Life from scratch : a memoir of food, family, and forgiveness by Sasha Martin book cover
Available through ILL
Sourdough by Robin Sloan book cover
Available at the Main Campus (PS 3619 .L6278 S67 2017)

Need help finding a book in-library or requesting a book through ILL or don’t yet have a library card? Ask in the library.

Have any suggestions of books to add to the list? Email Meredith Lewis, OCC Librarian.

Is your department, club, campus, committee, or subgroup interested in participating in a What We’re Reading blog post? The goal of the What We’re Reading posts is to highlight books, professional literature, blogs, or any other things you might be currently reading or have recently finished. Contact OCC librarian Meredith Lewis for more information.

About Meredith Lewis

Meredith is a librarian at Durham Tech on both the Main and Orange County Campuses.