Narrative Nonfiction Genre Study
June 3rd, 2021
Assignment for Let’s Make Something: Food, Crafts, Arts, Fashion, Decorating
– Read two or more nonfiction books about food, crafts, art, fashion, decorating or adjacent subjects. The list of books below includes some suggestions, but feel free to read other titles or bring your favorite cookbooks or instructional books on specific crafts, arts and decorating styles.
Some titles to consider:
The Cooking Gene by Michael W. Twitty
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Love, Loss and What We Ate by Padma Lakshmi
Notes From a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi
Fannie’s Last Supper by Christopher Kimball
Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Yes, Chef! by Marcus Samuelsson
The Way We Eat Now by Bee Wilson
My Life in France by Julia Childs
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl
The Taste of Empire by Lizzie Collingham
How to Cook Everything Series by Mark Bittman
Butter: A Rich History by Elaine Khosrova
Extra Virginity by Tom Mueller
The Golden Thread by Kassia St. Clair
Knitlandia by Clara Parkes
The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater by Alanna Okun
Empire of Cotton by Sven Beckert
The Paper Garden by Molly Peacock
The Magnolia Story by Chip and Joanna Gaines
The Not So Big House books by Sarah Susanka
The Lost Art of Dress by Linda Przybyszewski
The Pocket by Barbara Burman
The Perfect Red by Amy Butler Greenfield
The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair
Fashion Climbing by Bill Cunningham
Dapper Dan by Daniel R. Day