Calvin Trillin may be dated by now, but still an excellent, stimulating, fun read. Naugahyde still has a Website (a reference to one of his books).

Two books that I read over and over again are "The Artful Eater" by Edward Behr, and "The Man Who Ate Everything" by Jeffery Steingarten (he has other works; he’s the third, smartalec judge on ‘Ironchef America’").