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."
Right, what's a little sweater sniffing between sworn enemies?
Riley ,'Sleeper'
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."
DavidS - Feb 04, 2011 10:49:09 am PST #13859 of 28282
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Laga - Feb 04, 2011 10:51:03 am PST #13860 of 28282
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 28282
"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 28282
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 28282
"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 28282
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 28282
"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!
Polter-Cow - Feb 04, 2011 11:14:26 am PST #13866 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
oh oh oh! What's that book about the woman who learns how to cook kosher from her mother-in-law?
Like Water for Hamantaschen?
megan walker - Feb 04, 2011 11:14:47 am PST #13867 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Isn't there a recent book that has a similar plot to LWFC?
Kate P. - Feb 04, 2011 11:29:31 am PST #13868 of 28282
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Aimee Bender's latest book, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, has a similar plot device: a character who can taste other people's feelings in the food they cook. Is that what you're thinking of?