Thinking about it, Tropic of Cancer has many rapturous descriptions of meals, mostly because Henry Miller was so poor and scraping to get by that he rhapsodized over the food he got.
Book: I believe I just... I think I'm on the wrong ship. Inara: Maybe. Or maybe you're exactly where you ought to be.
'Serenity'
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 3:06:03 pm PST #13885 of 28282
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
megan walker - Feb 04, 2011 3:07:09 pm PST #13886 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
There's so much non-fiction on the topic, I don't really think I need to put any on the list.
Most people want to read fiction, preferably classics, so I really just want to get an idea whether the topic is viable for that. Although I'll eventually use the list for voting purposes to give an idea of what people might select for the theme.
-t - Feb 04, 2011 3:12:54 pm PST #13887 of 28282
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I haven't read enough classics to be helpful, but I will keep thinking about it. It seems like there must be more.
Dana - Feb 04, 2011 3:21:59 pm PST #13888 of 28282
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The only thing I know about Pickwick Papers is in one of the Anne of Green Gables books, when one of the characters says it always makes her hungry because it's full of food.
I don't remember Far From the Madding Crowd being very food-oriented.
megan walker - Feb 04, 2011 3:22:26 pm PST #13889 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It seems like there must be more.
Oliver Twist?
megan walker - Feb 04, 2011 3:23:32 pm PST #13890 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The only thing I know about Pickwick Papers is in one of the Anne of Green Gables books, when one of the characters says it always makes her hungry because it's full of food.
Aha! I will add it. I'm not sure there's a discussion topic in this theme, but it might be interesting why some of the food scenes are so memorable.
-t - Feb 04, 2011 3:23:52 pm PST #13891 of 28282
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Heh.
DavidS - Feb 04, 2011 3:49:28 pm PST #13892 of 28282
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The Banana Breakfast early into Gravity's Rainbow is memorable. Though it is but one long scene.
Gris - Feb 04, 2011 4:24:30 pm PST #13893 of 28282
Hey. New board.
The "Eat" section of "Eat, Pray, Love" is the best part of the book.
Consuela - Feb 04, 2011 4:32:53 pm PST #13894 of 28282
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
There's actually a lot of food porn in the Narnia Chronicles, because Lewis was still stuck in the post-war rationing when he wrote it. So the Beavers feeding the kids a pile of mashed potatoes with as much butter as they want was as much a wish-fulfillment fantasy as making them kings and queens at the end of the book.