Read About 10 Different Cuisines/Food Cultures From Around The World

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Overview

A challenge with the aim of exploring, learning about and enjoying how the concept of everyday eating means different things to people all over the world! For this challenge, you need to read books about the food/cuisines of 10 DIFFERENT countries, regions or cultural groups of people from around the world. 

These might be themed cookbooks, travel memoirs, autobiographies of living in another country, travel inspiration guides, sociological studies, or health books about why the eating habits of another country/culture might be better for promoting physical and/or mental health. Plus, if you've read any fiction with a really strong focus on regional/national cuisine where you felt like you learned something about the topic, you can count that too. Hope you enjoy :)

Challenge Books

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Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine by René Redzepi

Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine

René Redzepi

354 pages • hardcover

nonfiction food and drink informative medium-paced
The Sultan's Feast: A Fifteenth-Century Egyptian Cookbook by Ibn Mubarak Shah

The Sultan's Feast: A Fifteenth-Century Egyptian Cookbook

Ibn Mubarak Shah

280 pages • paperback

nonfiction essays food and drink history
Rose Petal Jam: Recipes & Stories from a Summer in Poland by Simon Target, Beata Zatorska

Rose Petal Jam: Recipes & Stories from a Summer in Poland

Simon Target, Beata Zatorska

320 pages • hardcover • 2011

nonfiction food and drink lighthearted medium-paced
Enebla: Recipes from an Ethiopian Kitchen by Luladey Moges

Enebla: Recipes from an Ethiopian Kitchen

Luladey Moges

176 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction cookbook food and drink emotional informative lighthearted medium-paced
Sabor Judío: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook by Margaret E. Boyle, Ilan Stavans

Sabor Judío: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook

Margaret E. Boyle, Ilan Stavans

280 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction cookbook emotional informative lighthearted medium-paced
Serendip: My Sri Lankan Kitchen by Peter Kuruvita

Serendip: My Sri Lankan Kitchen

Peter Kuruvita

300 pages • paperback • 2009

nonfiction emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream by Lyn Nguyen, Tung Nguyen, Katherine Manning

Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream

Lyn Nguyen, Tung Nguyen, Katherine Manning

224 pages • digital • 2021

nonfiction cookbook food and drink memoir emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
Zaitoun: Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen by Yasmin Khan

Zaitoun: Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen

Yasmin Khan

256 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction cookbook food and drink informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
At the Chinese Table: A Memoir with Recipes by Carolyn Phillips

At the Chinese Table: A Memoir with Recipes

Carolyn Phillips

288 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction cookbook food and drink memoir emotional informative lighthearted slow-paced
Motherland: A Jamaican Cookbook by Melissa Thompson

Motherland: A Jamaican Cookbook

Melissa Thompson

304 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction cookbook emotional informative medium-paced