Cooking audiobooks

Crying in H Mart

By: Michelle Zauner

Narrated by: Michelle Zauner

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.

In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far... Read more

Be Ready When the Luck Happens

By: Ina Garten

Narrated by: Ina Garten

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table.
 
Here, for the first time, Ina Garten presents an intimate, entertaining, and inspiring account... Read more

I Regret Almost Everything

By: Keith McNally

Narrated by: Richard E. Grant

Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The entertaining, irreverent, and surprisingly moving memoir by the visionary restaurateur behind such iconic New York institutions as Balthazar and Pastis.

A memoir by the legendary proprietor of Balthazar, Pastis, Minetta Tavern, and Morandi, taking us from his gritty London childhood in the fifties to his serendipitous arrival in New York,... Read more

Taste

By: Stanley Tucci

Narrated by: Stanley Tucci

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Named a Notable Book of the Year by NPR and The Washington Post

From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.

Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the kitchen table. He shared the... Read more

Accidentally on Purpose

By: Kristen Kish

Narrated by: Kristen Kish

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A tender, cleareyed memoir, Accidentally on Purpose charts a journey full of purpose, belonging, and real love—a “recipe for a life worth living” (Stacy London).

Kristen Kish never could have imagined people on the street knowing her name—not when she was a carefree softball-tossing kid, in high school working at a pretzel stand, and not even... Read more

Raw Dog

By: Jamie Loftus

Narrated by: Jamie Loftus

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

One of BookPage's Best Audiobooks of 2023

"Loftus is a charming narrator...goofy, engaging, and always game to do a silly voice." —The New York Times

"There’s something terribly irresistible about her narration, which is often incredibly funny." —BookPage

Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique—comedian Jamie Loftus's debut,... Read more

Kitchen Confidential

By: Anthony Bourdain

Narrated by: Anthony Bourdain

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote "Don't Eat Before You Read This" in The New Yorker, he spared no one's appetite, revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door. In Kitchen Confidential, he expanded the appetizer into a deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet that lays out his twenty-five years of sex, drugs, and haute cuisine.

From his... Read more

In the Weeds

By: B.K. Borison

Narrated by: Pippa Jayne & Dane Anderson

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

One incredible weekend in Maine, and Beckett Porter is officially a distracted man. He’s not unfamiliar with hot and heavy flings. He knows how it goes. But Evie wove some sort of magic over him during their tumble in the sheets. He can’t stop thinking about her laugh, her hand pressed flat against his chest, her smiling mouth at his neck, her... Read more

Dirty Kitchen

By: Jill Damatac

Narrated by: Jill Damatac

Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

In the style of Crying in H Mart and Minor Feelings, filmmaker Jill Damatac blends memoir, food writing, and colonial history as she cooks her way through recipes from her native-born Philippines and shares stories of her undocumented family in America.

Jill Damatac left the United States in 2015 after living there as an undocumented immigrant... Read more

Food for Thought

By: Alton Brown

Narrated by: Alton Brown

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From Alton Brown, the New York Times bestselling cookbook author and beloved culinary food personality, a debut collection of personal essays defined by his flair, wit, and insight.

From cameraman to chef, musician to food scientist, Alton Brown has had a diverse and remarkable career. His work on the Food... Read more

The Editor

By: Sara B. Franklin

Narrated by: Eunice Wong

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER
An Economist Best Book of 2024 • A Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2024

Legendary editor Judith Jones, the woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century—including Julia Child, Anne Frank, Edna Lewis, John Updike, and Sylvia Plath—finally gets her due in this “surprising, granular, luminous, and... Read more

The Ogress and the Orphans

By: Kelly Barnhill

Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A National Book Award finalist and instant fantasy classic about the power of community, generosity, books, and baked goods, from the author of the beloved Newbery Medal winner The Girl Who Drank the Moon. The town of Stone in the Glen used to be lovely, but it hasn’t been so in a very long time. 

Once a celebrated town with a vibrant town... Read more

Finding Freedom

By: Erin French

Narrated by: Erin French

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

"[Erin French's] memoir treats listeners to a smooth ride through an anything-but-smooth life. French's engrossing narration delivers polished consistency, and her gentle tone ushers listeners through her story. She speaks with passion and grace, creating a compelling narrative--with plenty of mouthwatering food descriptions." -- AudioFile... Read more

Care and Feeding

By: Laurie Woolever

Narrated by: Laurie Woolever

Length: 12 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A candid, funny, and occasionally devastating memoir of a woman making her way through the food world, navigating addiction, a cultural reckoning, and an unexpected tragedyIn this moving, hilarious, and insightful memoir, Laurie Woolever traces her path from a small-town childhood to working at revered restaurants and food publications,... Read more

Slow Noodles

By: Chantha Nguon

Narrated by: Clara Kim

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen. 

Take a well-fed nine-year-old with a big family and a fancy education. Fold in 2 revolutions, 2 civil wars, and one wholesale... Read more

Diary of a Big Bad Wolf

By: Ben Miller

Narrated by: Ben Miller

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Once upon a time was only the start... welcome to the Fairytale Woods! Listen to the big bad wolf's hilarious secret diary in this instant bestseller from author, comedian and actor Ben Miller.

*DIARY OF A PUSS IN BOOTS AVAILABLE OUT NOW* 

'I need to raise my game again now spring is here, and get back in shape. Show the pack and the rest of... Read more

The Omnivore's Dilemma

By: Michael Pollan

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 15 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of the Year

Winner of the James Beard Award

Author of #1 New York Times Bestsellers In Defense of Food and Food Rules

What should we have for dinner? Ten years ago, Michael Pollan confronted us with this seemingly simple question and, with The Omnivore’s Dilemma, his brilliant and eye-opening... Read more

If You Can't Take the Heat

By: Geraldine DeRuiter

Narrated by: Geraldine DeRuiter

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the James Beard Award–winning blogger behind The Everywhereist come hilarious, searing essays on how food and cooking stoke the flames of her feminism.

“With charm and humor, Geraldine DeRuiter welcomes us into her personal history and thus reconnects us with ourselves.”—Mikki Kendall, New York Times bestselling author... Read more

Fatty Fatty Boom Boom

By: Rabia Chaudry

Narrated by: Rabia Chaudry

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

“A delicious and mouthwatering book about food and family, the complicated love for both, and how that shapes us into who we are . . . I absolutely loved it!”
—Valerie Bertinelli

From the bestselling author and host of the wildly popular Undisclosed podcast, a warm, intimate memoir about food, body image, and growing up in a loving but sometimes... Read more

Save Me the Plums

By: Ruth Reichl

Narrated by: Ruth Reichl

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A delicious insider account of the gritty, glamorous world of food culture.”—Vanity Fair

In this “poignant and hilarious” (The New York Times Book Review) memoir, trailblazing food writer and beloved restaurant critic Ruth Reichl chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor in chief of Gourmet.

A BEST BOOK OF THE... Read more

Setting the Table - Abridged

By: Danny Meyer

Narrated by: Danny Meyer

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The bestselling business book from award-winning restauranteur Danny Meyer, of Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, and Shake ShackSeventy-five percent of all new restaurant ventures fail, and of those that do stick around, only a few become icons. Danny Meyer started Union Square Cafe when he was 27, with a good idea and hopeful investors. He is... Read more

A Thousand Feasts

By: Nigel Slater

Narrated by: Nigel Slater

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy. 'Nigel Slater’s prose is the rarest delicacy of all: exquisite yet effortless, filled with... Read more

Food: A Love Story

By: Jim Gaffigan

Narrated by: Jim Gaffigan

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Comedian Jim Gaffigan reveals his most intimate food memories, opinions, and fantasies that will keep you laughing all the way to the refrigerator. 

“What are my qualifications to write this book? None really. So why should you read it? Here’s why: I’m a little fat. If a thin guy were to write about a love of food and eating I’d highly recommend... Read more

Radical Remission

By: Kelly A. Turner

Narrated by: Kelly A. Turner

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking and inspiring book that provides the nine keys that can lead to a spontaneous remission from cancer-even after conventional medicine has failed. Early in her career, Kelly Turner, Ph.D., a researcher, lecturer, and counselor in Integrative Oncology, was shocked to discover that no one was studying episodes of radical remission,... Read more