There has been a slew of high-profile cookbooks published in 2013, from major chef tomes to influential restaurant cookbooks. But in addition to all these great cookbooks, 2013 has also been a good year for food books that aren't cookbooks.
This year's crop of food books range from provocative memoirs to exposés of the junk food industry. This wide spectrum of titles proves that when it comes to food, there are infinite interesting topics. Plus, all of these books are great cocktail party fodder.
Check out nine of the best books of 2013:
1
Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss
2
Blue Plate Special by Kate Christensen
3
From Scratch: Inside The Food Network by Allen Salkin
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4
Pandora's Lunchbox by Melanie Warner
5
Russ & Daughters: Reflections And Recipes From The House That Herring Built by Mark Russ Federman
6
Candy: A Century Of Panic & Pleasure by Samira Kawash
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7
Cooked: A Natural History Of Transformation by Michael Pollan
8
Anything That Moves: Renegade Chefs, Fearless Eaters, and the Making of a New American Food Culture by Dana Goodyear
9
Best Food Writing 2013
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