Eat Your Heart Out: 8 Romances for Foodies

North to You, by Tif Marcelo
Between taking guardianship of her sister and running her very own food truck, Camille Marino has little time for anything else, least of all love. And she certainly isn’t expecting her high school crush Drew Bautista to return home from deployment in order to help out his father’s Filipino restaurant. But whatever attraction he feels for Camille poses quite a problem, given that Camille’s food truck is his father’s number one competition.

Delicious, by Sherry Thomas
Verity Durant is well-known throughout Europe. Her cooking is renowned in Paris and her scandalous love life is whispered about in London. Verity’s two worlds are about to collide when she takes on a new client, aspiring politician Stuart Somerset. Stuart has inherited Verity as a chef; she worked for Stuart’s late half-brother. After tasting her food, he knows he can’t just toss her out on her own, but he’s also about to discover that the two aren’t exactly strangers.

Hot in Here, by Sophie Renwick
For anyone who has had a crush on bad boy chef Gordon Ramsay, meet Bryce Ryder. A celebrity chef who loves the limelight, Bryce is dealing with a recent bout of bad publicity, and there’s only one person who can fix it: Jenna McCabe. Jenna’s been Bryce’s best friend for years. She also happens to be a public relations whiz. However, she’s never thought about mixing business with pleasure before.

The Coincidence of Coconut Cake, by Amy E. Reichert
A You’ve Got Mail scenario with a foodie twist! Elizabeth “Lou” Johnson is desperately trying to get her French restaurant, Luella’s, off the ground. But when a food critic writes a rather scathing review of Luella’s, Lou doesn’t know what to do but grab a stiff drink at the local pub. There, she meets a charming Brit named Al. Unfortunately, she doesn’t know that Al and her food critic nemesis are one and the same.

Cream of the Crop, by Alice Clayton
The entire Hudson Valley series is just great and all three books can be read separately, but this one is a standout. The heroine, Natalie, is an advertising executive in Manhattan who never misses her weekend farmer’s market. She loves a good, creamy slice of brie from Oscar Mendoza, dairy farmer and owner of the Bailey Falls Creamery. He’s tall, scruffy, and a man of few words. A perfect opposites attract romance for anyone who believes that milk does a body good.

The Chocolate Touch, by Laura Florand
What’s better than chocolate? Dominique Richard is a rags-to-riches success story, earning his places as one of the best chocolatiers in Paris. Chocolate, he understands. Women, not so much. But he’s drawn to the woman who sits in his chocolaterie nearly every day, dining alone and sampling his confections. He can’t help wanting to know more about this cute and enigmatic American woman.

Intercepting the Chef, by Rachel Goodman
Gwen Lalonde is blacklisted. After being fired by her restaurateur boss and now ex-boyfriend, she finds in impossible to land another job in San Francisco. Without any prospects, Gwen returns home to Denver and luckily, nabs a position as executive chef at Stonestreet’s. However, her new boss is NFL superstar Logan Stonestreet and he’s definitely interested in taking a more hands-on approach to running his restaurant.

Garden Spells, by Sarah Addison Allen
If Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic was written by a foodie, you’d get Garden Spells. The Waverley family has always been seen as odd and a little witchy. Older sister Claire has a talent for making delicious food, often catering local events. She likes things routine and predictable, using her family recipes to imbue her food with emotions. Throw in a nosy, eccentric aunt, a wayward younger sister, and small town gossip ,and Claire’s growing relationship with her new neighbor might burn out before it begins.
What foodie romances get your tummy rumbling?