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.
I had a whole section about civic pride.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
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."
Consuela - Feb 04, 2011 4:32:53 pm PST #13894 of 28282
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
megan walker - Feb 04, 2011 4:57:12 pm PST #13895 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The "Eat" section of "Eat, Pray, Love" is the best part of the book.
Given that the mantra of this salon is actually "we don't read books like Eat, Pray, Love or most Oprah books", I'd say no. Also, that's more non-fiction!
DavidS - Feb 04, 2011 5:02:16 pm PST #13896 of 28282
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
Similarly, in Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl there's an incredibly, mouth-watering description of toad-in-the-hole.
sj - Feb 04, 2011 6:07:54 pm PST #13897 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
There is a good amount of food mentioned in The Wind in the Willows
Re: the novella conversation from the other day, I completely forgot about Chronicle of a Death Foretold. It's been a long time since I read it, but I remember loving it.
Deena - Feb 05, 2011 6:17:43 am PST #13898 of 28282
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
One of the things I remember most about Great Expectations was Miss Havisham's wedding feast, all decaying on the table.
Strix - Feb 05, 2011 7:00:28 am PST #13899 of 28282
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Isabel Allende's Aphrodite is technically a cookbook, but it is more a story about the eroticism of food, with occasional recipes thrown in. It's a wonderful mix of stories, information and some recipes with commentary at the end.
I read it like a novel, and it's charming enough that I have read it several times.
megan walker - Feb 05, 2011 7:26:25 am PST #13900 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Isabel Allende's Aphrodite
Her Daughter of Fortune came up on some food lists too.
sj - Feb 05, 2011 8:27:52 am PST #13901 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
NSFW: Book Cover Clones.
Kat - Feb 06, 2011 2:47:39 pm PST #13902 of 28282
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Megan, What about Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery who wrote the Hedgehog book. Which I didn't love, but I did like Gourmet Rhapsody.
Also, (not a food book) but by the same imprint, I'm reading A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cosse. Have you read it?
megan walker - Feb 06, 2011 6:07:29 pm PST #13903 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
What about Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery who wrote the Hedgehog book. Which I didn't love, but I did like Gourmet Rhapsody.
Good to know. I came across that but dismissed it because I had put down Hedgehog after just a couple of pages.
I haven't read the other, but it would be perfect for our "Books and the Bookish" salon, for which I'm reading a few short things including The Reader, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, and maybe Miss Pym Disposes.