Nonfiction history/food/science/culture (without frying my brain)

I read exclusively nonfiction these days (easier to pick up and put down with young kids). I tend towards history, food, science. But also, I’m not a specialist in any of these, so striking the balance of ‘I learn something new’ but also still ‘Readable / approachable’ rather than a text book.

A few of the books I love:
* Endangered eating by Sarah Lohman (and her other works);
* The Golden Thread, How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St Clair (and her other works);
* River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard;
* The Fabric of civilisation, how textiles changed the world by Virginia Postrel (not that I’m particularly keen on fabric per se, but I learnt entirely new perspectives from this);
* Erebus: the story of a ship by Michael Palin;
* First Bite: How we learn to eat by Bee Wilson;
* The Secret life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot;
* The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean (and his other works);
* At Home by Bill Bryson (and his non-travel works);
* Bonk by Mary Roach (and most of her other works)
* The Taste of Conquest by Michael Krondl;
* For All the Tea in China by Sarah Rose;
* Invitation to a Banquet by Fuschia Dunlop;
* Kingdom of Characters by Jing Tsu;
* Butter by Elaine Khosrova;
* Catching Fire, How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham;
* The Dawn of the Deed by John A Long
* Without You There Is No Us by Suyi Kim

Things already on my reading list:
* Indigo, in search of the color that seduces the world;
* Swindled, the dark history of food fraud, from poisoned candy to counterfeit coffee;
* Curry, a global history;
* Skin, a natural history;
* From secret ballot to democracy sausage – how Australia got compulsory voting;
* Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake;

I’m generally not interested in: military history (except ‘Operation Mincemeat’ was great); swathes of American history; memoirs or biographies of individuals; nonfiction books that are going to leave me depressed / angry (or depressed while reading it). I don’t mind some politics / economics but that’s the core of my job so it often feels more like work than something I’d read for fun. I like learning new cultural history.

So with that in mind, any suggestions?