{"id":2258,"date":"2013-04-04T10:01:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T15:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/?p=2258"},"modified":"2014-07-10T08:51:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T15:51:25","slug":"the-book-lovers-cookbook-recipes-inspired-by-celebrated-works-of-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/the-book-lovers-cookbook-recipes-inspired-by-celebrated-works-of-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book Lover’s Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Book<\/a>I was browsing through Amazon.com and was happily surprised to find The Book Lover’s Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0 You can be sure that I’ve added it to my wish list!\u00a0 It combines two of may favorite things, cooking and reading.<\/p>\n

Wake up to a perfect breakfast with Mrs. Dalby’s Buttermilk Scones, courtesy of James Herriot’s All Things Bright and Beautiful<\/i> and Ichabod’s Slapjacks, as featured in Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow<\/i>. There’s homey comfort food like Connie May’s Tomato Pie, created with and inspired by Connie May Fowler (Remembering Blue)<\/i>; Thanksgiving Spinach Casserole (Elizabeth Berg’s Open House<\/i>); and Amish Chicken and Dumplings (Jodi Picoult’s<\/i> Plain Truth<\/i>) . . . Sample salads, breads, and such soul-warming soups as Nearly-a-Meal Potato Soup (Terry Kay’s Shadow Song<\/i>); Mr. Casaubon’s Chicken Noodle Soup (George Eliot’s Middlemarch<\/i>); and Mrs. Leibowitz’s Lentil-Vegetable Soup (Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes<\/i>) . . . After relishing appetizers and entrees, there’s a dazzling array of desserts, including Carrot Pudding (Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol<\/i>); Effie Belle’s Coconut Cake (Olive Ann Burns’s Cold Sassy Tree<\/i>); and the kids will love C.S. Lewis’s Turkish Delight from The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Sprinkled throughout with marvelous anecdotes about writers and writing, The Book Lover’s Cookbook<\/i> is a culinary and literary delight, a browser’s cornucopia of reading pleasure, and a true inspiration in the kitchen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some of the Recipes and the Books that Inspired Them<\/h2>\n

Jo’s Best Omelette . . . Little Women<\/i> by Louisa May Alcott
\nNo Dieter’s Delight Chicken Neapolitan . . . Thinner<\/i> by Stephen King
\nExtra-Special Rhubarb Pie . . . The Persian Pickle Club<\/i> by Sandra Dallas
\nGrand Feast Crab Meat Casserole . . . At Home in Mitford<\/i> by Jan Karon
\nPersian Cucumber and Yogurt . . . House of Sand and Fog<\/i> by Andre Dubus III
\nTamales . . . Like Water for Chocolate<\/i> by Laura Esquivel
\nBev’s No-Fuss Crab Cakes . . . Unnatural Exposure<\/i> by Patricia Cornwell
\nMacaroni and Cheese . . . The Accidental Tourist<\/i> by Anne Tyler
\nVeteran Split Pea Soup . . . The Red Badge of Courage<\/i> by Stephen Crane
\nAlternative Carrot-Raisin-Pineapple Salad . . . Midwives<\/i> by Chris Bohjalian
\nSummer’s Day Cucumber-Tomato Sandwiches . . . Women in Love<\/i> by D. H. Lawrence
\nRefreshing Black Cows . . . The Book of Ruth<\/i> by Jane Hamilton
\nDump Punch . . . Pride and Prejudice<\/i> by Jane Austen
\nNot Violet, But Blueberry Pie . . . Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/i> by Roald Dahl
\nInnocent Sweet Bread . . . The Bluest Eye<\/i> by Toni Morrison
\nDaddy’s Rich Chocolate Cake . . . Fatherhood<\/i> by Bill Cosby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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