Product Details
- Publisher: Batsford (2023-10-24)
- Language: English
- Paperback: 384 pages
- ISBN-13: 9781849947961
- Item Weight: 1145.34 grams
- Dimensions: 9.48 x 6.32 x 1.52 cm
A mouthwatering anthology of food in literature, encompassing fiction and non-fiction, prose and poetry, and even a smattering of recipes, with one piquant extract for every night of the year.
This absorbing book is a literary feast for every food lover—and who isn’t?
You’ll discover a wealth of foodie extracts from around the world and throughout the centuries, from marchpane and posset in Shakespeare to Nigella Lawson on how much cheese to buy for a dinner party. It includes literary greats like Charles Dickens, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Maya Angelou; stellar food writers such as Elizabeth David, Madhur Jaffrey, and Anthony Bourdain; and some intriguing curiosities such as the surreal recipes in 1932’s Futurist Cookbook. And, of course, Mrs. Beeton makes an appearance. Also on the menu are:
- Delicious baked apples in Jane Austen’s Emma
- Ingenious wartime solutions in MFK Fisher’s How to Cook a Wolf
- The joys of Caribbean cooking in Sam Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners
- Lashings of ginger beer for Enid Blyton’s Famous Five
and much, much more. Keep this delectable book by your bedside and savor a whole world of delicious food writing every night of the year—and it also makes the perfect gift for the foodie in your life!
About the Author
Jane McMorland Hunter is a passionate lover of the written word who works at Hatchards bookshop when not writing. She has written and edited several books, including Ode to London, Favourite Poems of England, A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year, Friends: A Poem for Every Day of the Year, and A Nature Poem for Every Night of the Year. She lives in London.
