So much great stuff here already … thank you everyone 
One that I have, but haven’t read. Fun is good!
I had posted that in the childhood book thread. Thanks for bringing the info over to this thread! It is really a lovely endeavor!
I came upon a food blogger who has many posts on this subject! If you’re looking for more good reads check it out:
https://maefood.blogspot.com/search/label/Food%20in%20Detective%20Fiction
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Read review of *The Widows of Malabar Hill" by Sujata Massey"!
Amazon search, select Audible, click and done!
Does anyone have a quick tip about buying audible vs Kindle when you want to switch between the two?
Delmonico’s, the haute dining superstar of 1800s New York, was a recurring setting in Caleb Carr’s the Alienist. That novel is a fun pair to Delmonico’s chef Charles Rainhoffer’s cookbook “the Epicurean”, which is a window into the past (things like “alligator pears” aka avocados, a chapter on “cooking for invalids”, and ingredients largely extinct in contemporary American (maybe even French cooking)).
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Yes! I was watching that on Netflix for awhile! Should I assume the book is better?
So interesting you mentioned Alligator Pears! I hadn’t heard that in awhile, and I’m always asking husband why he calls avacodos pears!
I haven’t seen the Netflix show. Based on your question, I’m not sure I’ll seek it out 
Lots of audio books on this thread to try though!
It was okay. I just don’t have much patience with shows you have to watch for hours.
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister.
Greedy Man in a Hungry World by Jay Rayner just finished. Great laughs.
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Tongue firmly planted:
Thank you for the recommendation for Cinnamon and Gunpowder. I loved it. But I could have lived without the near ending if you know what I mean.
One book that was highly recommended on another site was The Belly of Paris.
“Zola’s Novel set in around Les Halles in the late 1850’s vividly/evokes the pungent smells, sights, sounds and tastes of the city’s marketplace .”
——New York Times
It was really about politics between families, food stall squabbles between women, nobody trusting anyone else. A thoroughly unenjoyable book but ymmv🙂
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I’m so glad you loved it too! I’m still thinking about how he sources food and the meals. Need to see if the author has published anything else.
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This one sounds good but it’s out stock where I buy mine.
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-feasts-of-tre-mang/9416469/#isbn=0692237178
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The Night Fire, Michael Connelly’s latest Harry Bosch book, refers to a celebratory meal at Bern’s in Tampa (p.238), and at p.300 comments on avocado toast.
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Missed this thread, so glad it is still having some activity. After a quick scan, I didn’t see mention of this author.
These are very easy reads but I loved them (years ago now). They are about a caterer who always seems to be involved in murder mysteries (maybe they aren’t all murders but mysteries) - think Murder She Wrote/Jesica Fletcher style (is that too old a reference for this crowd? 
). Her catering is always mixed in and the books also have recipes for some of the main story items (I’ve never made the recipes). A quick Amazon search shows they are still in print at least (or at least available/kindle)
Author - Diane Mott Davidson (she has several all under the same theme described above).
https://www.amazon.com/Cereal-Murders-Goldy-Culinary-Mysteries/dp/055356773X
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Oh yeah, Harry and his half brother Mickey made their way to LA Chinatown for decidely non-Chinatown fare:
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I loved the Lincoln Lawyer series. I know they were half brothers, but Harry Bosch never much appealed to me. Since i’ve read all the all LL books I might as well order this one. At least it has references to food🙂
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Good on you! Musso and Frank’s still makes the Connelly cut. (Though we were last there in the previous Millennium, we understand how very LA it is.)
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