I loved all three of Ruth Reichl's:

Tender at the Bone

Comfort Me with Apples

Garlic and Sapphires

They inspire me to cook AND eat!

What?  No one reads food memoirs?  You don't know what you are missing.

sheesh.

Heat

Insatiable

Julie and Julia

Anything by Anthony Bourdain

I recently read Born Round by Frank Bruni., the food critic (restaurant reviewer) for the New York Times.  It was laugh out loud funny in quite a few places.  Plus his detailed descriptions of his favorite foods and meals---especially his Grandma's loving feasts and during his travels to Italy---were mouth-watering.  I highly, highly recommend this book.  (I posted it a couple weeks back and it was snapped right up!)

I think I have that book but if not I will add it to my wish list.  Thank you for the recommendation.

I enjoyed Heat.  I also love Anthony Bourdain.  I loved Typhoid Mary.  I take for granted that hand

washing has been around forever.  Yikes Mary.

Born Round was already on my wish list.  I'm 23rd in line.  Yeah.  Not that I need another foodie book. :)

There are just soooo many in this genre now...I should just keep a list handy somewhere,

But...I read Bruni's book, and while it was really good---I read all his stuff in NYT, not just food---I was a little disappointed. I was hoping for more about the food, and less about his weight struggle. I know, it was pretty clear what the book was. But I was just hoping.....th former critic, RW "Johnny" Apple, wrote some terrific foodie books...

I also liked Paula Deen's memoir terrifically, although I do not care for her style of food. And James Villas, another great food writer, who's also very southern. Jeffrey Steingarten may be my all-time fave, though.

Paula Dean's food will kill you.  When I hear her name I see a floating stick of butter.  But ...her story is very interesting.  I love stories about women who pull themselves up and make it on their own.

All of the above! 

"My Life In France", Julia's memoir written by her nephew was particularly great but not exclusively food-centric.  I hearted Julia SO much...as a cook, as a woman and as a personality.

The one I read most recently was by Jay Rayner--"The Man Who Ate The World", which I only came to know about because he had that awful reality cooking show on TV for like five seconds.  It was good book, though.