[3] Other foods discussed include the herb silphium which was held in high esteem in Roman and Egyptian cultures, the dodo, the Ansault pear cultivar, and salmon living in Lake Ontario.

[9] Writing for the journal Gastronomica, L. Sasha Gora said that Lost Feast helps add to a "growing body of literature" surrounding food and climate change while being "textbook-like in content, but chatty in tone".

[10] ForeWord Magazine reviewer Rachel Jagareski called the text, especially the footnotes, "engaging and conversational" and that the interviews with other members of the agricultural community are "full of vitality and dialogue" with the culinary subjects discussed having plenty of "wry commentary".

[14] Booklist's Alice Burton says that Lost Feast teaches readers about needing to adapt to available food supplies and that the best option for humans is to "follow the example of the famed New York 'pizza rat'".

[15] Whitney Rothwell in This Magazine stated that foodies would be especially interested in the book thanks to it being "stuffed with tantalizing tidbits of food trivia" that would be useful at any future dinner party.