We’re back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic is a Freebie! I decided to go for books about food or books where food plays a big role in the story or character arcs!
Despite having a list of potential TTT topics on my Notes app, I struggled to choose what type of books to spotlight today because none of my “saved” topics were calling my name. But then I thought… As tomorrow is Eid Al-Fitr I thought it would be nice to spotlight books about food and (hopefully, if I can find any) family. I decided not to limit myself too much so basically, any book where food plays a role would fit. 😂
I don’t celebrate Eid but as I live in Indonesia, a country with the single largest population of Muslims in the world, it’s a pretty big deal and I know the celebration is about family, giving thanks and togetherness with a lot of delicious food. 🤤 I don’t know how successful I’ll be but let’s see what I can find!
Sourdough
With the Fire On High
Chef’s Kiss
Pumpkinheads
Shucked
The Surprising Power of A Good Dumpling
Fake It Till You Bake It
Battle Royal
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Legends & Lattes
And that’s all for my list today! Do you love when food plays a big role in whatever book you’re reading? What are some of your favourite books where food plays a big role? Any of these make the list? I’d love more recs! 😍
dinipandareads 
ooh, this list is making me hungry!
Here is my <a href=”https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-quotes-for-spring/“>Top Ten Tuesday.</a>
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Thinking back on all the food in these books made me hungry too! 🤭
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What a great theme! I’ve only read a couple off this list, but I do tend to love books about food and family 🙂
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I loved Before the Coffee Gets Cold when I read it. I plan on continuing the series. I went a little off topic with my list.
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I love a good book with food! It always makes me hungry haha.
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Shucked! I loved that book. Food and family is a fun thing to try to match with books. I am sure it was harder than you thought. Nice list!
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Shucked had a great family aspect to it as well. I can’t wait for the next Canterbary book she announced will come out in June or July (I think, lol)! 😍
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I’m so excited for that!
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Love this! I adored all the sweets in Parker’s book, and the food was interesting in Acevedo’s.
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I need to read more of Parker’s books cos I’ve heard great things about them. I loved the cooking and family aspect in Acevedo’s book 😍
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Great list! I love books that feature food, too. There’s also the Noodle Shop cozy mystery series by Vivien Chien, and Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu.
Here’s my TTT this week: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2024/04/09/top-ten-tuesday-bookbound-update-1/
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I need more books that feature food in my life! I adored Mooncakes (and totally forgot to add it to my list!) but I haven’t heard of the Noodle Shop cosy mystery. I’ll have to check it out! Thanks for the recco 😍
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You’re welcome! I hope you enjoy it if you try it. Oh, there’s also Deadly Sweet by Lola Dodge, that was a fun YA paranormal with magic baking.
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Love this idea, Dini! I have Shucked on my TBR (I’m pretty sure I added it because of you) and am obviously so behind on not picking up Legends and Lattes lol. Great list 🙂
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Kate Canterbary is a favourite so I’m always recommending her! 😂 I hope you love Shucked whenever you get around to reading it! And ooh, why did I think you’d already picked up Legends? I hope you enjoy it too whenever you read it 😃
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Hopefully I’ll get round to it soon! I read Bookshops & Bonedust first which I loved, so fingers crossed I’ll love Legends & Lattes as much 😊
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Ooh, I still haven’t read Bookshops & Bonedust but I do have it on my TBR. I’m so glad to hear you loved it 😃
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Great topic for today, Dini. I am loving the variety. I must have read a review of Shucked that you posted, as when I just checked it is already on my TBR, listed as a blog recommendation.
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Thanks, Carla! I’m a big Canterbary fan so I post her books a fair bit on my blog (I think, lol). I hope you enjoy it if you ever get around to reading it! 😍
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Great topic choice! I do love experience food through a foodie in a book. You have some great picks here, and a few I still need to pick up. Her Big City Neighbor by Jackie Lau is one that always comes to mind for me when I think of foodies in books.
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Thanks, Ali! Ooh, I’ve only read the first book of Her Big City Neighbor series and I can’t remember all the details anymore but the FMC baked pies often, didn’t she? 🤔 I still need to continue that series!
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I love reading food-based books! For Butter or Worse by Erin La Rosa is a romance I read and enjoyed. It’s about two reality TV hosts and their work to save their restaurants. A cozy mystery series I’ve enjoyed is The Grilled Cheese Mysteries by Linda Reilly.
Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/the-ds-have-it-ten-titles-starting-with-d/
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That is one I’ve had on my TBR wish list for ages. I keep waiting for the Kindle price to drop but it hasn’t yet since it’s come out so I may as well just get it soon! 😂 So glad to hear you loved it. I also can’t wait to read the other book La Rosa put it after that! The cosy mystery sounds fun too and so I’ll be sure to check it out. Thanks for the recco, Pam!
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I like food being a big part of books. I also enjoy reading cookbooks. Here is our <a href=”https://www.longandshortreviews.com/miscellaneous-musings/top-ten-tuesday-our-recent-5-star-reads/“>Top Ten Tuesday.</a> Thank you!
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I haven’t ever actually read a cookbook from start to finish but I do have a few on my TBR that I want to purchase one day. Thanks for stopping by!
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What a creative topic! I love this💕
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Thanks, Tessa! 💜
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This is a cool idea for a topic. I loved Legends & Lattes a lot more than I thought I would.
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I’m so glad to hear you loved it. It’s such a feel good cosy fantasy 🥰
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So many good choices! I love With The Fire on High and Battle Royal and I really enjoyed Legends and Lattes & Before The Coffee Gets Cold as well.
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They’re all so good! I need more foodie related books in my life!
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This is a great topic choice!! The first book that came to mind was With the Fire on High!!
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It’s such a good book. I feel like it’s high time for a re-read soon (maybe, lol)
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haha! Right along with all the other books we want to read!
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Ooh, I love this topic! With the Fire on High was the first book I thought of when I saw your topic. Great choices!
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Thanks, Alicia. WTFOH is one of my favourites! 😍
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I love this topic! I’ve read quite a few on your list. I especially loved With the Fire On High and Pumpkinheads; you picked some awesome choices!
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WTFOH and Pumpkinheads is so great. I especially loved the cooking aspect in WTFOH and the family aspect with the recipes. Pumpkinheads made me want to go to a pumpkin patch so bad, haha!
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What a great topic, Dini! And I love your book choices. 🙂
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Thanks Julie! 😃
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Great topic! I’m in the Netherlands but some kids at my sons (small) school also had celebrations for Eid Al-Fitr.
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Aw, that’s lovely. Great to have that inclusivity 🙂
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Fun theme! I loved Battle Royal, it was so witty but sweet
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So witty and sweet! It made me want all the baked goods, lol
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Great idea for a list! I love books where food and family are both central to the story. I’ve read a couple of the ones on your list.
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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I love foodie type books. Makes me so hungry every time! 🤣
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Love this topic! I’ve only read Legends & Lattes but the food in there sounded so mouth-wateringly good, I wish it was a real place I could visit for sure 🙂
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That book sent me on a baking spree the next morning. I made a whole bunch of cinnamon rolls but I still don’t think that they’d be half as good as the ones from the book 😂
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What a great idea for a list! Legends and Lattes has been hanging out on my TBR pile for a while now.
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Thank you! I hope you enjoy Legends & Lattes when you read it. It’s one of my favourite cosy fantasies! 😍
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Great topic, Dini! Books that are food centered always make me snack more when I read them. 😉 I adored Acevedo’s and Rowell’s. Legends & Lattes is on my tbr!
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