'Trash'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
I'm wondering if there are enough classics, or contemporary classics, to do a "Food and Drink" theme for the salon. I can think of a number of movies that revolve around meals or food, but the only obvious novel that comes to mind is Zola’s The Belly of Paris. Ideas?
I’d also like to do something on “Royals and Rulers.” Can people recommend other books along the lines of Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel?
I can think of a number of movies that revolve around meals or food, but the only obvious novel that comes to mind is Zola’s The Belly of Paris. Ideas?
Hemingway's early stories often have a good food scene. Usually cooked over a fire while camping or something.
Wasn't Babbette's Feast originally a novel?
I think it was. I've never read it, but the movie...happy sigh...soooo good.
I've never read it, but the movie...happy sigh...soooo good.
It really was. Babbette, Big Night and Tampopo are my fav food movies.
What, no love for Simply Irresistible ? It has a MAGICAL CRAB.
What, no love for Simply Irresistible ? It has a MAGICAL CRAB.
I don't know if it's just me, but every time I get magical crab, I think, "Dang. I should've gotten the enchanted lobster."
Some members of my book club thought World Without End was all about the food but I didn't really notice.
Wasn't Babbette's Feast originally a novel?
Apparently a story by Isak Dinesen. I had no idea. In looking her up, I found this quotation, which I love:
"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea."
The Flounder should have been more about food.
Tom Jones, Like Water for Chocolate