gorm Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Hi new member here I signed up mainly to ask for some suggestions. I work in a library and we're decided to start a newsletter and one idea I came up with was each month to have a different recipe taken from a book, not a cook book but a work of fiction the idea came to me as I'm currently reading the 13 and a half lives of captain blue bear that talks about food alot. I was wondering if any one has any suggestions for books with good descriptions of food or famous scenes involving food. thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmylou Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I love this idea! I am trying really hard to think of some for you, I always used to think that The Famous Five used to eat some really odd things, I suppose that is the era that the books are set though. (tinned sardines and ginger beer as a midnight feast is not my idea of heaven!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy Reader Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 off the top of my head I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou has lots of references to food mostly reflecting the mood of the story she is telling The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd introduced me to the delights of coca cola and salted peanuts together Great Expectations Charles Dickens of course has Miss Havershams decaying wedding feast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 One that springs to mind for me is Andre Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano books he is obsessed with food and refuses to talk whilst sampling the meals he either eats at the local trattoria or ones his housekeeper leaves for him. The books are crime books but the food always makes me hungry. I agree with the famous five reference I always wondered what seed cake was. The other along the same vein I have recently listened to is Swallows and Amazons again that traditional food of a bygone era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyzenthlay Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Alice in Wonderland has the tea party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I remember that the Darling buds of may series of books by H.E.Bates had lots of eating involved! There is also quite a bit of food involved in both The Hobbit and Lord of the rings, of course. (The decription of the meal in The Prancing Pony at Bree always makes me hungry!). And there are all those feasts in the Harry Potter books. In fact I would imagine that childrens book would provide you with the most material. Now, where's my lunch? Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Definitely Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina1968 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I'm also inclined to go with the HP recipes (there is actually an HP cookbook out there, I have one!) and Bilbo Baggins throws a mean table! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 For the more adventurous foodie, there's always the Discworld publication Nanny Ogg's Cookbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society comes to mind, I'd like to have a go at the potato peel pie I'd also go for the Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe that poppyshake suggested. Cooking with Fernet Branca also comes to mind, although I didn't enjoy the novel. And how about Swann's Way, with the Madeleine cakes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I remember being very hungry while reading The Food of Love by Anthony Capella and Chocolat by Joanne Harris. In fact, I haven't read them yet, but Capella's later books also appear to have a foodie theme with The Empress of Ice Cream and The Various Flavours of Coffee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta series of books was laden with meals, and food scenes casually included throughout. She co-wrote a recipe book and links each recipe to scenes in her books; 'Food To Die For- Secrets from Kay Scarpetta's Kitchen'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 And how about Swann's Way, with the Madeleine cakes? Have you read Swann's Way? I remember there was an interesting-sounding cake that the wife was always making in Mr Rosenblum's List. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Have you read Swann's Way? I remember there was an interesting-sounding cake that the wife was always making in Mr Rosenblum's List. No way! My conscience is clear, in no way did I indicate that I have read the book. But the Madeleine cakes are quite notorious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethany725 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 "Savanah Breeze" by Mary Kay Andrews has 2 recipes in the back... 1 for a beachy dinner, and 1 for a cocktail. Could be great for the summer months! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyra Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Kate Cann describes Spanish meals in "Fiesta" and Greek meals in "Footloose". They are teen fiction, but I rather enjoyed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 How To Cook a Tart-Nina Killham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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