Battle of the Books

April 22, 2015 · by Stephanie Knapp | in Book Reviews | tagged Battle of the Books, Courtney Maum, Elizabeth Bard, ex-pat writers and writing, ex-pats in France, Food Writing, French cuisine, I'm Having So Much Fun Here Without You, Lena Dunham, memoir cookbooks, Mimi Thorisson's blog "Manger", Neufchatel cheese, Picnic in Provence, Provence | 1 Comment

Écoutez bien: In one corner is Picnic in Provence by Elizabeth Bard. This is a memoir-cookbook out April 7th of this year. It’s the sophomore book from Ms. Bard, a sequel to Lunch in Paris, which was stuffed with delicious and stories of l’amour far from home. Rumbling in the other corner, we have a […]

Feasts for the Eyes

April 2, 2015 · by Kate Gilbert | in Craft, The Writing Life | tagged Bread and Jam for Frances, Brian Jacques, Charlotte's Web, Children's Books Affect Grown-up Tastes, Cookbooks Based on Literature, E.B. White, Elizabeth Goudge, Epicurean Delights in Children's Books, Farmer Boy, Food in Children's Literature, Food Writing, Harry Potter and Hogwarts Feasts, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Literary Responses to Food Rationing, middle grade fiction, Redwall, The Little White Horse, Wind in the Willows | 22 Comments

The first food I remember reading about as a child was Rat’s breakneck inventory of his picnic basket in The Wind in the Willows: coldtonguecoldhamcoldbeefpickledgherkinssaladfrenchrollscresssandwidges pottedmeatgingerbeerlemonadesodawater. That list stuck with me, so much so that when I first encountered ginger beer as an adult I was elated. It was every bit as tasty as I’d […]