Take 5: Mouth Watering Reads (Foodie Fiction for Teens)

Foodie Fiction are those yummy reads that somehow manage to incorporate food into the story.  Your main character can work at a restaurant.  They can bake.  They can participate in a cookie exchange.  (I did that once and I am really sorry to everyone that had to eat my cookies).  Or, as in the case of Taste Test by Kelly Fiore, they can be on a reality cooking show.  Sometimes, they even include recipes, like in Pie by Sarah Weeks (which is a really great foodie title for MG readers about, well, pie!).  Below are some mouth watering titles.

Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer 

I am a huge Joan Bauer fan and this is one of my favorite foodie titles.  Hope has bounced from town to town, and finds herself in a rural town in Wisconsin.  Like most small towns, this one is full of a charming cast of characters, corrupt politicians, and the boys that make you want to swoon. All the while Hope keeps serving up some great grub and challenging the status quo.

Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Quince works at a restaurant, though it is by no means your average restaurant.  It is, in fact, a vampire-themed restaurant. But what happens if some of the staff aren’t playing at being a vampire?  Written before vampires were cool and then overdone, this sexy paranormal is sure to tantalize.  Pun totally intended.

Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

But when D. J. does start finally talking, there’s a lot of stuff that gets said in this quirky, funny, touching novel.

Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler

Dream shattered Hudson is working in the diner when a rare second chance at her dreams comes about.  But in order to follow your dreams, you have to be willing to take chances, something the previously burned Hudson isn’t very good at.

She’s So Money by Cherry Cheva

Maya has got to find a way to save her family’s restaurant. Which puts the scheming Camden on the menu.  The two of them cook up a plan: they will do homework for a fee.  Will their plan sizzle or burn?

See my previous list of Foodie Fiction titles dealing specifically with desserts: Sweet Reads

Please share your favorite foodie titles with us in the comments.

More Foodie Fiction:
Teen Read Fun Foodie Fiction
Eat This! Foodie Fiction for Teens 
Read It and Eat!
Foodie Fiction

Foodie Fiction (has a couple of graphic novels on the list)

Filed under: Bittersweet, Collection Development, Dairy Queen, Foodie Fiction, Hope Was Here, Joan Bauer, Reader's Advisory, She's So Money, Tantalize