Looking for Children's Books Involving Food and Eating

This isn't a book suggestion but have him be as involved in cooking and preparing meals as possible, that will get him more interested in food in general. Also if you have a neighborhood famer's market take him there and shop for food together, let him pick out some things that look good to him :)

It's not really a "meal" but the first thing that came to my mind was Eric Carle's Very Hungry Caterpillar. Would that work?

If you go to www.neatsolutions.com and click "children's books" and then the drop down bar has a section called "stories for picky eaters" and it has quite a few books and the description of the story, (listed 23 books from 2 pages) that look good. The only one that was a character I recognized was DW from Arthur, but they still look like entertaining books. ALSO you can click the "close out" tab for some stuff on sale: we have the "Mom and Me Cookbook" and enjoy it as an activity and almost a pre-K version of home ec class, and I got "Gobble Up Math" for a Christmas book since we are doing pre-K at home, thought it might be fun when he gets just a little bit older.
My sons also experienced an unexpected, pleasant side effect from Veggie Tales: they now love veggies! What the heck? Joseph will ask me to go to a specific restaurant and I'll say "well what are you wanting to eat there?" and he'll say "broccoli!" He thinks I'm an amazing chef because I can steam broccoli in the steamer even better (fresher) than they can, lol. It started with me expecting a fight from him at 4yrs old, picky monster, when I served him grilled asparagus, little slivers of steak, and roasted potatoes. He picked it up and made a funny face. I tensed. He said "Heeeeey----this looks like Dave and the Giant Pickle". (Veggie Tales version of David and Goliath, Dave was an asparagus and sang silly songs). I said "Yes....that's Dave". He smiled and took a big bite, it was good, and he proceeded to eat all his asparagus, giggling quietly to himself, and asked for seconds. We rewarded him with more asparagus after he ate his meat and potatoes. Go figure. Even though it gets on my nerves, I do kinda like the boys laughing so hard over the Veggie Tales songs. They love "God Made You Special" and "Dave and the Giant Pickle" but there are a million out there. Stay away from the "movies" though---they're sooooooo long for a grown up to have to listen to. 30 minutes is cool, 2 hours is....not. :)
We also do cook a lot together. I cook and shred the chicken, slice the veggies, etc and Joseph will add them all to the pan and help me stir, add the sauce, etc---suddenly, chicken fettucini alfredo even though it has spinach and fresh mushrooms, is a dish he's so proud to eat (because "he made it"). He knows he makes the best meatballs in the world (I measure it all, he pours it in the bowl and helps me "squish".....then we each pinch the meat off and roll them into balls together. I deal with the oven though, he understands that. Tonight, he is helping me make country fried steak (2 year old beats the crackers with a little mallet (they are in a large ziploc) and then 5 year old rolls it into crumbs with the rolling pin. They both "mash" the potatoes, and I even let them dredge the steaks and dip in the eggwash. I do the okra and tomatoes alone. It does help them eat a lot better.

One good one is THE LITTLE PEA. Where everything is turned on end, and he has to eat his candy before he can get his dessert of spinach. My kids ADORE this book.

It's inspired me to write several of my own, and I'm working on a new series of them, from THE LONE TOMATO to THE MAGIC PEPPER to THE CHRISTMAS ORANGE. It will likely take me a while to actually publish them, though, so your son will be too old for them. If you want to see one (w/o illustrations), let me know. I can at least let you read it to him. When I read THE LONE TOMATO to my kids, their response was, "Can I eat a tomato?" And each one comes with a recipe at the end for parents to help kids make.

Anyway, perhaps you can invent some cute stories for your child yourself. There is sadly very little out there that I have found helpful with my own two picky kids.

Not sure if this is what you're after, but I think books about farms might be a good place to start. And food alphabet books.

And here's O. list I found for you:
http://delightfulchildrensbooks.com/2011/10/11/food/

We love "A Bad Case of Stripes" about a girl who loves lima beans. My son loves them too! The message is that even if everyone else thinks a food is gross, if you like it - eat it!

Picky eaters can sometimes be mistaken for sensory processing issues. A speech pathologist or pediatric OT can help find out and teach you what to do at home to help wake up his central nervous system and stop avoiding. Books are great but may not be warranted until you figure out what's going on.

This past summer I started a Tasty Books book club on my blog. I had hoped it would be monthly but so far I've only done a few...will be better in the new year! :-) Each post has a variety of books...some non-fiction & fiction for adults, a tween one and always a picture book. They all have something to do with food and most of them also include recipes. You can check it out at www.mealplanningmagic.com and click on the Tasty Books Book club tab to find past entries.

I have a huge pile of books that I plan to include in future updates--just need to find the time to get it all written up! I know I've seen a few especially about picky eaters so if you go to my blog, feel free to send me an email so that I can send you those titles once I find them again.

Oh, and I also do an Eating the Alphabet series...you can just use the search box there to find those. I planning to make this bigger and better in the New Year and gather even more recipes but my kids love thinking up foods that start with a certain letter for us to make and taste.

Go to the library and ask the children's librarian! This is what they do!

Check books by the author and illustrator Tomie dePaola; I believe some of his books about Nona Strega may include meals but are not exclusively about eating (they're great books anyway!).

Also, look for nonfiction books for younger kids about food -- books about different cultures and holidays often include food traditions.