Five great books about food:
Reading about food cheers me up like nothing else. During dark nights of the soul or dark days of the heart, I cannot feel depressed or lonely when I’m reading these books:

My Life in France by Julia Child
The Kitchen Book and the Cook Book by Nicolas Freeling
The Gastronomical Me by M. F. K. Fisher
Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin
Cooking with Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Patterson

More from our Q&A with Kate Christensen, author of Blue Plate Special, on our blog: http://powells.us/15fxKdo