oh oh oh! What's that book about the woman who learns how to cook kosher from her mother-in-law?
Wash: Captain, didn't you know kissin' girls makes you sleepy? Mal: Well sometimes I just can't help myself.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
Laga - Feb 04, 2011 11:04:15 am PST #13864 of 28282
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
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.
megan walker - Feb 04, 2011 11:49:19 am PST #13871 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Is that what you're thinking of?
Yes!
Julie and Julia.
For sure, but I only like to put a few non-fiction on there.
Amy - Feb 04, 2011 11:52:55 am PST #13872 of 28282
Because books.
This looks pretty good: The School of Essential Ingredients. It's a novel, too.
Amy - Feb 04, 2011 11:57:37 am PST #13873 of 28282
Because books.
Also Chocolat by Joanne Harris, and if I remember correctly Amy Tan's Joy Luck Club had a whole lot to do with food, too.