We’ve recommended a few notable books to help you explore the story of your food. Authors who appear in Nourish are noted with the icon. What are your favorite food books? Let us know.
Food System
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![]() The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It by Anna Lappé Amazon | Powell’s | Fair Food: Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All by Oran B. Hesterman, PhD Amazon | Powell’s | Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser Amazon | Powell’s | ||
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Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food by Paul Greenberg Amazon | Powell’s | ![]() A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan Amazon | Powell’s | |||
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Food in Schools
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![]() A Universal Idea by Alice Waters Amazon | Powell’s | Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children by Ann Cooper Amazon | Powell’s | Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability by Michael K. Stone Amazon | Powell’s | ||
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Young Readers
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Chew On This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson (Grade 7 and up) Amazon | Powell’s | Grow It, Cook It with Kids by Amanda Grant (Grades 4 to 6) Amazon | Powell’s | ![]() Young Readers Edition by Michael Pollan (Grade 7 and up) Amazon | Powell’s | ||
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What the World Eats by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio (All ages) Amazon | Powell’s | ||||
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Farm to Table
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver Amazon | Powell’s | Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry Amazon | Powell’s | Growing Roots: The New Generation of Sustainable Farmers, Cooks, and Food Activists by Katherine Leiner Amazon | Powell’s | ||
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Farm Together Now: A Portrait of People, Places, and Ideas for a New Food Movement by Amy Franceschini and Daniel Tucker Amazon | Powell’s | ||||
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Smart Eating
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![]() An Eater’s Manual by Michael Pollan Amazon | Powell’s | ![]() Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen by Anna Lappé and Bryant Terry Amazon | Powell’s | ![]() An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan Amazon | Powell’s | ||
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![]() Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals by Jamie Oliver Amazon | Powell’s | ||||
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