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Monday, September 2, 2024

TTT: Food in Books

TOP TEN TUESDAY: Food in Books

Apparently I don't read a lot of "foodie" books but I do recall food/eating/food prep/searching for food in these books:

1. Crying in the H-Mart by Michelle Zauner
  •  A memoir about a Korean American girl whose mother dies before she can teach her how to prepare her favorite Korean dishes. She has to rely on her aunts and YouTube videos to learn how to cook.
2. Relish: My Life In the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
  • A graphic food-oriented memoir. I learned how to cook mushrooms from this book.  
3. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  • A  novel set in a post-apocalyptic time when a father and son spend their last days searching for food. At one point they find a can of coke stuck in a vending machine. It is a rare treat.
4. The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
  • Set on the Korean island of Jeju where women dive in the cold water off the coast for sea creatures which they will sell or eat.
5. The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
  • Set in Vietnam in the past century. There were many moments of deprivation but when food was available it was cooked with care and described in details.
6. Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery
  • A food critic, who is dying, shares some of his memories of fantastic meals he's eaten in this novel set in France.
7. Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev
  • A Pride and Prejudice retelling which includes a chef who specializes in Indian cuisine and a character who loves his cooking. The descriptions of the food and its prep made me hungry.
8. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
  • Elizabeth Zott, a chemist in the 1960s, finds herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America’s most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cooking (“combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride”) proves revolutionary.
9. The Martian by Andy Weir
  • Astronaut Mark Watney is left behind on Mars. He has to grow potatoes to survive. While he waits for them to grow he eats the packaged food left behind.
10. Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slcumb
  • In this musical, murder mystery the two protagonists like to search the five boroughs of New York City to find the best slice of pizza.

-Anne
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