Taras Grescoe is the author of the best-selling Bottomfeeder, Shanghai Grand, Straphanger, and The Devil’s Picnic, among others. His works of book-length reportage and creative non-fiction, which have been published in Toronto, New York, and London and translated into half a dozen languages, have received international critical acclaim and won awards in Canada and the United States. His features have been published in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Smithsonian, The Times of London, National Geographic, The Globe and Mail, Gourmet, Food & Wine, The New Yorker, and Travel + Leisure, among other magazines.

Taras Grescoe
About the Author
- Language
- English

Books written by Taras Grescoe
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Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood
Published in 2008
- Winner — The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction in 2008
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The End of Elsewhere: Travels Among the Tourists
Published in 2003
- Finalist — The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction in 2003
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The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Tastes of the Past
Published in 2023
- Finalist — The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction in 2024
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Notre Mer Nourricière
Translated by Hélène Rioux
Published in 2010
- Finalist — Prix de Traduction de la Fondation Cole in 2010
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Possess the Air: Love, Heroism, and the Battle for the Soul of Mussolini’s Rome
Published in 2019
- Winner — The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction in 2020
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Sacré Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebec
Published in 2000
- Winner — The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction in 2000
- Winner — McAuslan First Book Prize in 2000
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Shanghai Grand: Forbidden Love and International Intrigue in a Doomed World
Published in 2016
- Finalist — The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction in 2016
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