Diane Mott Davidson has several escapist mysteries featuring a caterer in Aspen Co. There are recipes in every chapter.
There's a series written by Julie Hyzy about a female chef at the White House who solves murder mysteries. It's light reading, but fun, and there are recipes at the back of the book. I've read the series on my Kindle via Amazon. A few of the titles include:
- Buffalo West Wing
- Eggsecutive Orders
- State of the Onion
It is historical but not fiction- Eight Flavors is amazing. It goes through the major spices we use in the US (vanilla, pepper, curry powder, sriracha, rosewater, etc.) and describes how they came to the US and how their use has changed. Also Jason Goodwin's Inspector Yashim series is quite good as well. Set in Turkey, they are really quite good. Fans loved the descriptions of food so much, there is now a cookbook.
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Love these recommendations.
If you don't mind frothy predictable stories, I love Jenny Colgan's books. Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe has recipes in it, including a lemon cake that I love.
"Cooking For Ghosts- The secret Spice Cafe" by Patricia Davis I loved the story, lots of cooking but I don't remember recipes...It takes place aboard the Queen Mary docked in Long Beach, CA
Just found this:
The Hamilton Cookbook, Cooking, Eating, and Entertaining in Hamilton's World by Laura Kumin
Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano series isn't exactly food related, but the inspector is a bit of a foodie and each book has one or two descriptions of great meals that always make me want to go cook some Sicilian food. You guys might enjoy them.
Hmmm, if it is okay with Jane, I'll ask to load some more of the food mysteries with recipes into the system even though it will be a while before I'll have time to index them. You'll find that there are more than 60 mysteries from my collection in the category Novels with recipes.
mjes - I have added some of your recent requests. If there are Novels with recipes that are not imported that you want to index, please do email us with details. There was a glitch on a couple of the imports and they did not get added to your Bookshelf. If you look down the Latest added books and see any with a 0 next to the Bookshelves icon, then those need to be added to your Bookshelf.
Bruno, Chief of Police is the start to a mystery series set in France. Bruno seems to involve himself in food somehow...I've read two Kindle shorts The Birthday Lunch and The Chocolate War. His series I have found at the library
Nero Wolfe series by Rex Stout
Nero Wolfe is a gourmand detective with food settings prominent in the stories.
If reading just one Nero Wolfe for the story, then I recommend "The Doorbell Rang."
If reading just one Nero Wolfe for the food and the defense of American cooking, then I recommend "Too Many Cooks."
If adding just one cookbook to your library on Eat Your Books, then I recommend "The Nero Wolfe Cookbook."
And you have a search engine for ALL your recipes!