Gabrielle Hamilton's Reading List

The chef and author of "Prune" and "Blood, Bones and Butter": "The perfectness of reading is when a book hits you and you hit it and . . . you are completed in a way you have never been before."

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By the Book: Gabrielle Hamilton (2014)

NYT By the Book column (2014-11-20).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Kitchen Confidential

Anthony Bourdain · Buy on Amazon

"Anthony Bourdain wrote the only one that matters; it's both the Pledge of Allegiance and the national anthem of all line cooks throughout the world. I still reread it occasionally, and I still stand up and put my hand over my heart."

Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare · Buy on Amazon

""Twelfth Night.""

Pig Earth

John Berger · Buy on Amazon

"John Berger's "Pig Earth" and the rest of the Into Their Labours trilogy. Berger should be mandatory on any food writing class syllabus."

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