- Consider the Eel: A Natural and Gastronomic History
- Hot Peppers: The Story of Cajuns and <i>Capsicum</i> (Chapel Hill Book)
- Catfish and the Delta: Confederate Fish Farming in the Mississippi Delta
- Che's Chevrolet, Fidel's Oldsmobile: On the Road in Cuba
- The Cockroach Papers: A Compendium of History and Lore