Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Consuming Passions | 1999 | Michael Lee West | Buy |
Michael Lee West published Consuming Passions in 1999 as her single non-fiction title. The book is a food memoir that combines family recipes with personal essays about growing up in the South, the women who taught her to cook, and the way meals bring people together during both celebrations and hard times.
The book reads more like a collection of stories than a traditional cookbook. West brings the same humor and voice from her novels to these autobiographical pieces, making Consuming Passions appealing to readers who enjoy her fiction as well as fans of Southern food writing. The recipes are woven into the stories rather than set apart, so the book works best as a cover-to-cover read rather than a kitchen reference.