Let's Cook!
Well, actually, the topic is what you like to eat or drink while reading, but since I do most of my reading during my commute, I am not usually eating or drinking. However, I still wanted to stay close to the theme, and though I would feature some of the YA books with teen chefs. All of these books included scenes featuring food and left my mouth watering.
- With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Roll with It by Jamie Sumner
- Love a la Mode by Stephanie Kate Strohm
- North of Happy by Adi Alsaid
- Small Town Hearts by Lillie Vale
- Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler
- The Art of French Kissing by Brianna R. Shrum
- To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
- Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian
- Relative Strangers by Paula Garner
Do you like to cook?
Let us know in the comments!
Let us know in the comments!
I like food in books! Although then I go off in search of snacks lol so maybe that's not always a good thing! Love a la Mode has a neat cover (they all do, really) and makes me want ice cream. Speaking of, that reminds me of the cover for Love & Gelato. That's what I should have done- food covers.
ReplyDeleteGood thing I tend to read on the run, because the food in books makes me hungry too. Gelato, yum! There are some really great food covers out there. I bet you could have come up with a great list.
DeleteOooh! Yummy! I definitely love the cover for The Art of French Kissing. I hadn't seen it before. I'll have to check it out!
ReplyDeleteGenesis @ Whispering Chapters
Ah, yes, macarons are so delish!
DeleteI always enjoy a character who is a foodie. The first one that came to mind was Jill from Katy Upperman's Kissing Max Holden. She baked up a storm and had plans for culinary school.
ReplyDeleteDoh! I wish I had remembered that book. She did cook a lot in the book. I usually work backwards from newest to oldest on my read shelf, when I make these lists. So, that book would be far back, but still a great one.
DeleteLove your take on the topic! In my head I love to cook, but in real life, I'm not very good! OMG, all that ice cream in Stay Sweet, yum!
ReplyDeleteI hate to cook, which is why I miss my kid so much. And, yes! All that ice cream talk and tasting had me salivating as I read Stay Sweet
DeleteCool spin on the topic. I think the only book I’ve read that stars a teen chef is The Doughnut Fix. It was cute and funny.
ReplyDeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
I have The Doughnut Fix on my TBR. It sounds great! I saw it had a sequel too.
DeleteI hope to read With the Fire on High this week! If I had done this TTT I would have added my all-time fav about food, Like Water for Chocolate! Love this list Sam! I'll have to check a few of them!
ReplyDeleteI hope you read With the Fire on High, because Emoni was such a fantastic protagonist. I never read Like Water for Chocolate, because I had seen the film, and I don't usually read the book after seeing the adaptation, though I will watch the film after reading the book. Look, I'm odd like that.
Deletei binge read books i may not review when on vacation or traveling. at least then i'm not binging on (junk) food. lol
ReplyDeletesherry @ fundinmental
Yep, books have never been blamed for weight gain.
DeleteI've not read any of these yet, but TALBILB is really high on my list!
ReplyDeleteSteph - www.nourishmeblog.co.uk
Lara Jean is one of my all-time favorite characters. I fell in love with her and her family, when I read that series. I hope you get to at some point, though, the film did a good job capturing the spirit of the books.
DeleteI love how you switched the theme up! I recently read Small Town Hearts and really enjoyed it. The Art of French Kissing is one of my favorite books, and so underrated!
ReplyDeleteI was surprised by many of the reviews I read after I finished French Kissing. I liked it.
DeleteOh fun topic twist! I can't remember if any of the characters I read had a knack for cooking. I'm sure someone did...but since in my reads, they have so little time to cook, it doesn't get mentioned but once or twice! Lol.
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DeleteI love the twist you put on this theme Sam! And my kids had to learn to cook since they were around 6 years old. Now they are self sufficient and good to marry LOL
ReplyDeleteMy daughter fell in love with cooking, when she took the class in middle school. She is a really cook too. It's good, because our kids can cook for us.
DeleteI need to try With Fire On High. :)
ReplyDeleteBoth Acevedo's books were so good. I heard the audiobooks are great too.
DeleteI like what you did with this week's topic. I don't eat while I read in most cases either. I haven't read any of the books on this list but I do love books that feature food or cooks.
ReplyDeleteBooks featuring food make me want to eat, but I don't keep anything good in the house. It keeps me honest.
DeleteSuch a fun spin on this week's topic. With the Fire On High is one I've really been wanting to read and I didn't even realize several of the others featured cooking.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get to read or listen to With the Fire on High, because Acevedo's books are fantastic.
DeleteI love books that include cooking. Especially the cozies. I've found some delicious recipes!
ReplyDeleteI think it's fabulous, when they include the recipes. The last book I read, which did that, was Natalie Tan's Book of Good Fortune.
DeleteI don't think I've ever read a book with a teen chef. I need to give one of these a try!
ReplyDeleteI feel like they are getting more and more popular these days.
DeleteI like how you creatively tweaked the topic! I don't really eat or drink when I'm reading because all of my attention is on the story, unless it's slower paced then coffee or tea is nice to sip on. My minds blanking and any books I've read that featured food or chefs!
ReplyDeleteLindy@ A Bookish Escape
I love making lists, and I like to try and work with the topic. Yes! I find it very distracting to eat as I read. I don't even drink much, just some sips every now and then of my water.
DeleteThe Taming Demons For Beginners book I read recently was full of baking and sweet treats! I could barely stand to read the delicious descriptions as it make me want all the cakes! I think I'd have to avoid these while hungry, lol.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to see our paranormal friends enjoying food too. I am not a big sweets eater, but cake is my downfall. I would have been salivating right there with you.
DeleteI don't really cook other than follow instructions on the back of meals! I do make decent soups and the odd casserole but I'm not a brilliant cook!
ReplyDeleteI can cook ok, but it's so much work for like 10 minutes of eating, and I don't really enjoy the cooking part.
DeleteWith the Fire On High is one eating and cooking book which I want to try. I also enjoyed all the food in Pride by Ibi Zoboi. I love food mentioned in books because well, I love to eat.
ReplyDeletePride did have amazing food. I wanted to go to one of her neighborhood parties so badly. I grew up in East Flatbush, which I believe is still considered a Caribbean neighborhood, and the food was incredible.
DeleteThank you for this post. I adore books with food *immediately adds these to the TBR* and since I have Small Town Hearts here, I'd put that one high up on my TBR tower.
ReplyDeleteSmall Town Hearts was a happy/kinda sad book. The romance was wonderful and the way the main character grew was fantastic, but it also takes on growing apart and toxic friendships, which was little sad for me. I hope you get to it, because I really enjoyed it.
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