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LoveReading Says
Stuffed full to overflowing with gorgeous extracts highlighting food, this would make a truly scrumptious present. In the introduction Jane McMorland Hunter says: “I have included very few recipes… as I wanted to create a book which would appeal to the imagination as much as whetting the appetite”. She goes on to explain: “These pieces are take from a variety of sources: recipe books, novels, prose, poetry, and fondly remembered stories from my childhood”. Each month features a delicious morsel or feast, with To a Haggis by Robert Burns of course appearing in January, and rather delightfully A Little Something from Winnie-the-Pooh by A A Milne sits happily on the page next door. There was much to welcome back into my thoughts with a hug, while introductions and further exploration will be needed with others. Some readers will want to dip in and out, this time I found huge pleasure in exploring in order, just to see who, or what was joining us at the table. There was much to make me smile, at times I smirked in agreement (How to Eat Ice Cream), while at others I laughed out loud (Drinking Song). This fabulous companion joins our LoveReading Star Books as it really would make a perfect present for lovers of food and the written word. An abundance of beautiful, witty, fun, and eloquent writing ensures the Bedside Companion for Food Lovers is a deliciously wonderful anthology.
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Bedside Companion for Food Lovers Synopsis
A delicious literary anthology all about food. With extracts from over 200 authors, it embraces fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and even a smattering of recipes, with one piquant extract for every night of the year.
This absorbing book is a literary feast for every food lover. Within these pages, you'll discover a wealth of foodie extracts from around the world and throughout the centuries, from Christmas feasts in Tudor times to Nigella Lawson on how much cheese to buy for a dinner party. In addition to renowned food writers such as Elizabeth David, Madhur Jaffrey and Anthony Bourdain, it includes literary greats like Charles Dickens, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Maya Angelou, and some intriguing curiosities such as the surreal recipes in 1932’s Futurist Cookbook. And, of course, Mrs Beeton makes an appearance. Also on the menu are:
- Tantalizing gingerbread in Jane Austen's Emma.
- The joys of Caribbean cooking in Sam Selvon’s The Housing Lark.
- Ingenious wartime solutions in MFK Fisher's How to Cook a Wolf
- and much, much more.
Keep this delectable book by your bedside and savour a whole world of delicious food writing every night of the year – and it also makes the perfect gift for the foodie in your life!
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About Jane McMorland Hunter
Jane McMorland Hunter is a passionate lover of the written word who works at Hatchards bookshop when not writing. She has written and edited several poetry and prose collections, including A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year, Friends: A Poem for Every Day of the Year, A Nature Poem for Every Night of the Year, Nature Writing for Every Day of the Year and Bedside Companion for Gardeners. She lives in London.
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