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."
This is not funny. This... this is a morality tale about the evils of sake.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
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."
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
§ 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?
Laga - Feb 04, 2011 11:33:02 am PST #13869 of 28282
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Like Water for Hamantaschen?
I thought it was 'Miriam's Kitchen' but a google search only turns up results for a non-profit.
§ ita § - Feb 04, 2011 11:43:52 am PST #13870 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Julie and Julia.