Genre: Cookbook
Book Review

The Book Club Cookbook by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp

The Book Club Cookbook

I picked up The Book Club Cookbook on a whim because I’m fascinated with the intersection of food and literature, and I ended up falling in love with it. It’s not great as a basic cookbook for home because it’s not organized in a typical way: it’s not sorted by type of meals, or types of ingredients, or prep and cooking time. But it is great as an examination of how food and literature intersect. … Continue reading The Book Club Cookbook by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp

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The Jane Austen Cookbook by Maggie Black and Deirdre Le Faye

The Jane Austen Cookbook

The Jane Austen Cookbook doesn’t look promising (it’s skinny) but it turned out to be a lot of fun. This book talks about cooking in a historical context, and then gives recipes in both their original forms and updated forms. Someone with an interest in history can enjoy the history, and someone who wants to actually cook the stuff can do so in a pretty accessible manner, although I doubt you’ll be whipping up Ragoo of … Continue reading The Jane Austen Cookbook by Maggie Black and Deirdre Le Faye

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The Book Lover’s Cookbook by Shaunda Kennedy Wenger and Janet Kay Jensen

The Book Lover’s Cookbook

The Book Lover’s Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature, and the Passages that Inspire Them, is a pretty basic, well-rounded “how to cook basic food” cookbook, livened up by literary quotes. This cookbook didn’t give me any new insights into how food and literature intersect, but it was well organized with good use of quotes. Some of the quotes are from fiction or non-fiction, and some are quotes by authors about food and … Continue reading The Book Lover’s Cookbook by Shaunda Kennedy Wenger and Janet Kay Jensen

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Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way Through Books by Cara Nicoletti

Voracious

Voracious is a lovely book that can be read in many ways – as a cookbook, as a memoir, as a coming of age story, as a love letter to New York City, and as literary criticism. Above all, it’s a book about how books and food become part of our emotional life. Cara Nicoletti was an English Lit major in college and went on to be a chef, a butcher, and the writer of … Continue reading Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way Through Books by Cara Nicoletti

Book Review

Intercourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook by Martha Hopkins and Randall Lockridge

InterCourses

Intercourses is a fun cookbook about the link between food and sensuality that is sexy enough to make a good romantic gift but is also full of really good, practical food. I love this cookbook and although I can’t say that it has done much for my love life, it has provided me with some fantastic meals. It’s a beautiful book to look at, a fun book to read, and full of great things to … Continue reading Intercourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook by Martha Hopkins and Randall Lockridge

Book Review

Books That Cook: The Making of a Literary Meal by Jennifer Cognard-Black and Melissa A. Goldwaite

Books that Cook

Books That Cook: The Making of a Literary Meal is a delightful book that is meant to be savored. But not literally. You can’t actually eat it. Well, if you have the paper version, I guess you could, but I highly recommend that you read it instead. It’s an anthology with the premise that cookbooks are a form of literature, and it combines selections from cookbooks with passages from fiction, memoir, and poetry to create … Continue reading Books That Cook: The Making of a Literary Meal by Jennifer Cognard-Black and Melissa A. Goldwaite

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