Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Made Me Hungry

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's topic is Books That Made Me Hungry. This is my kind of topic! In fact I just searched on my blog for the words hungry and delicious and I came up with a list of about 40 authors or books that qualifies, so I could easily do this topic multiple times over.

I would start by mentioning a couple of things. Earlier this year there was a  TTT which was a book cover freebie and I chose to do baking book covers. You can check it out here.

The other thing is that each week I host a weekly event called Weekend Cooking.This is where you can share you love of food. It could be something that you make, or related to TV, or even something to do with books. If you would like to join in, you would be more than welcome. Find out more here.

Let me try and narrow this list down to just ten authors an/or books.

Jolly Good Food by Allegra McEvedy - Enid Blyton was one of my first favourite authors, and her books were filled with food, whether it be picnics with the Famous Five or Secret Seven and Pop Cakes and Google Buns from the Folk of the Faraway Tree. In my Weekend Cooking post about this book I share a video about making Google Buns (before Google was Google as we understand it)

The Hannah Swenson series by Joanne Fluke - Whilst there are many, many different cozy mysteries out there now, one of the first that I became interested in was the Hannah Swenson mysteries by Joanne Fluke. Hannah Swenson is a cookie shop owner in Minnesota who has a habit of finding dead bodies and then attempting to solve the murder. I loved the early books in this series, not least because the cookies sounded amazing and the books included recipes. I did give up at about book 10 because I couldn't deal with the ongoing love triangle. As far as I know that is still an issue at book 25 in the series.

Sarah Addison Allen - SAA writes very easy to read, beautiful magical realism with southern charm. Whether she is writing about the apple tree in Garden Spells, or the power of food to change your mood in The Sugar Queen, it always sounds delicious!

Saved by Cake by Marian Keyes - I recently watched a few sessions of the Edinburgh International Book Festival and one of them was Marian Keyes. Whilst I wouldn't have said that Marian Keyes is someone who writes much food into her book, but this book is the story of how baking helped  her deal with severe depression. It is laugh out loud funny, which isn't something that you often say about a cookbook. Check out the videos that I have linked to in my review here, which includes a delicious recipe for Red Velvet Cheesecake Cupcakes.

The Lost Pearl by Emily Madden  - Sometimes in a book it doesn't necessarily have to be about food for you to catch a glimpse of a tasty morsel. For example, this book is about the bombing of Pearl Harbour and the aftermath in a young woman's life, but as I read it there was a mention of something called a Lemon Crunch Cake. Next time I was searching for a recipe and making it, and it was delicious! Read my review here.

Barbara O'Neal - I first read Barbara O'Neal when she won a RITA award, defeating one of my favourite authors in the process. Since then I have read quite a few of her books. She definitely has a way of writing which is incredibly comforting and this is especially true when she is writing about food.

Rebeccca Raisin - Speaking of authors who just have a way of writing, Rebecca Raisin definitely is another one. So far I have read three books by her which are all about food, books or France, or French food! I have shared several quotes  that cover all three of these topics over the last few months

A Trifle Dead by Livia Day - I have mentioned a couple of Australian authors, and I thought I would mention another. This time, it is another cozy mystery series with a cafe owner, this time in Hobart. The review of this book is one of the more memorable posts I have written, at least to me!

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo - I read this earlier this year and I instantly became a fan of this author. I still haven't read any more but I will! This book is about a young mother who is trying to finish school who has a natural affinity for flavour and food. (Review here)

Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees - I thought I would finish this week's post with another recent read. Whilst not everything in this book sounded delicious, given that it is set in times of rations just after the end of WWII, there was plenty that was. The idea of using recipes to share secrets is very interesting! I shared a recipe for a Bee Sting cake when I posted the review!

What books have you salivating at the moment?