I think it was. I've never read it, but the movie...happy sigh...soooo good.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
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."
Kathy A - Feb 04, 2011 10:42:16 am PST #13856 of 28288
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
DavidS - Feb 04, 2011 10:42:50 am PST #13857 of 28288
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
Polter-Cow - Feb 04, 2011 10:45:06 am PST #13858 of 28288
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What, no love for Simply Irresistible ? It has a MAGICAL CRAB.
DavidS - Feb 04, 2011 10:49:09 am PST #13859 of 28288
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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."
Laga - Feb 04, 2011 10:51:03 am PST #13860 of 28288
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Some members of my book club thought World Without End was all about the food but I didn't really notice.
megan walker - Feb 04, 2011 10:53:03 am PST #13861 of 28288
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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."
§ ita § - Feb 04, 2011 10:55:06 am PST #13862 of 28288
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Flounder should have been more about food.
Ginger - Feb 04, 2011 11:01:04 am PST #13863 of 28288
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Tom Jones, Like Water for Chocolate
Laga - Feb 04, 2011 11:04:15 am PST #13864 of 28288
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
oh oh oh! What's that book about the woman who learns how to cook kosher from her mother-in-law?
megan walker - Feb 04, 2011 11:11:22 am PST #13865 of 28288
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Like Water for Chocolate
Great suggestion!