Food: A Love Story

Who it's for

Sometimes the best answer to food guilt is to laugh about how much we all love eating.

Feelings it meets

• Shame
• Stress

What it is

Food: A Love Story (2014) is comedian Jim Gaffigan's second book, after Dad Is Fat. In short, joke-dense essays he shares his favorite foods, pet peeves and food fantasies, from regional American dishes to fast food and the foods he refuses to eat. He calls himself an 'eatie' rather than a 'foodie' and talks openly and comically about his own appetite and weight.

Where to find it

Hardcover, paperback, ebook and audiobook; widely held in public libraries (check Libby).

Before you start

Heads up: Self-deprecating jokes about weight.

Age: Teens and adults (suggested 13+)

Yet you cannot lay remorse upon the innocent nor lift it from the heart of the guilty.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Crime and Punishment”