The Book Lover's Cookbook
Of course the primary motivation for joining a book club is to engage in the joy of reading and stimulating discussion of the selections. The social aspect is a wonderful additional benefit and depending on the size and nature of your local book club, blending an evening of cooking and eating with such a great group of friends is quite simply a fabulous combination. One of our favorite selections to consult from time to time is The Book Lover's Cookbook.
The Book Lover's Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature, and the Passages That Feature Them by Shaunda Kennedy Wenger and Janet Jensen
This cookbook is a great selection if you've ever wanted to recreate food that has been inspired by your favorite books. Wenger and Jensen, both chefs and voracious readers, have developed almost 200 recipes inspired by a great variety of literature. The recipes are accompanied by passages and quotations from authors about food and writing.
This is a great book for any bibliophile who enjoys cooking. The authors feature a variety of food that spans both book genre and eras. There are no pictures in the book, but that should be no problem as readers tend to have fantastic imaginations.
Some of our favorite recipes have been:
Orange-Poppy Seed Tea Cakes
Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
Catch Em To Eat Em Chicken and Dumplings
Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Aunt Petunia's Baked Custard Pudding
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Island Strawberries and Cream
David Guterson, Snow Falling On Cedars
