{"product_id":"literary-feasts-recipes-from-the-classics-of-literature-paperback","title":"Literary Feasts: Recipes from the Classics of Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Scrafford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of insightful essays on food accompanied by a host of recipes, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Feasts\u003c\/i\u003e explores the significance of food in literature. Each featured meal--from Madame Bovary's wedding feast of chicken fricassee, to Doc's beer milkshake from \u003ci\u003eCannery Row\u003c\/i\u003e --has been set down in recipe form as authentically as possible so readers may duplicate them at home.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on the culinary traditions of the times and cultures at the center of each novel, the author serves up an eggplant epiphany from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's \u003ci\u003eLove in the Time of Cholera\u003c\/i\u003e, jam tarts from D.H. Lawrence's \u003ci\u003eSons and Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e, to Mrs. Ramsay's famous boeuf en daube dinner in Virginia Woolf's \u003ci\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e, and much more. Accompanying thought-provoking essays define the role of food in each work: as a part of a larger metaphor, in Ralph Ellison's \u003ci\u003eInvisible Man\u003c\/i\u003e; as a way of depicting character, like the bland diet of the dull Mr. Woodhouse in Jane Austen's \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e; as a means of adding vivid detail in Edith Wharton's \u003ci\u003eThe House of Mirth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaders can sample the foods featured in: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLeo Tolstoy's \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharlotte Bronte's\u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaul Bellow's \u003ci\u003eHerzog\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodore Dreiser's \u003ci\u003eSister Carrie\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarnest Hemingway's \u003ci\u003eA Moveable Feast\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKate Chopin's \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Feasts\u003c\/i\u003e is sure to please book lovers and gourmets alike\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45605296472108,"sku":"9780595329519","price":17.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/literary-feasts-recipes-from-the-classics-of-literature-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}