The Ten Best Books About Food of 2024

One of the easiest and most fun ways to learn about a place is through its food. And when you aren’t able to actually travel to a destination, the next best thing is to read about its cuisine, and perhaps to cook it yourself.

Good food books make cultural dishes and history jump off the page, and our favorites of this year manage to do just that. These ten titles are bursting with tasty food, from rugelach to pho, as well as amusing and captivating storytelling on everything from the history of refrigeration to Julia Child’s kitchen, transporting readers from Cambodia to Bethlehem to McDonald’s franchise locations around the globe.