Full Description
These are the dishes that fuelled great writing.
Ever wondered what Iris Murdoch might have served for supper, or how Emily Dickinson took her tea? The Writer's Table brings together dining habits and favourite recipes from some of the world's most beloved authors, offering a delicious glimpse into their everyday lives and kitchen rituals.
Each recipe is paired with a short introduction to the author and dish, along with clear instructions and modern ingredients, making it easy to recreate literary comfort food at home. With beautiful illustrations throughout, the book is a feast for the eyes as well as the table making you feel closer to the writers you love.
Writers and recipes featured include:
Leo Tolstoy's Sour Schi
Jane Austen's White Soup
Colette's Cherry Clafoutis
Barbara Pym's Toad-in-the-Hole
Truman Capote's Chicken Hash
Andrea Camilleri's Sardines a beccafico
Perfectly giftable, irresistibly browsable and full of charm, The Writer's Table is a celebration of food, creativity and the simple pleasures that connect us all. A must-have for readers, home cooks and anyone who's ever wondered what their favourite author had for dinner.
Contents
TOC
6 Introduction: Eat Your Words
8 Maya Angelou
15 Jane Austen
19 Honore de Balzac
23 ltalo Calvino
27 Andrea Camilleri
31 Truman Capote
35 Miguel de Cervantes
39 Paul Coehlo
41 Writers' Favourite Cocktails
43 Colette
49 Laurie Colwin
53 Roald Dahl
56 Charles Dickens
63 Emily Dickinson
66 Joan Didion
73 Alexandre Dumas
76 Gerald Durrell
81 The Perfect Writer's Luncheon: Irving Stone's cheese sandwich
83 F. Scott Fitzgerald
87 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
91 Ernest Hemingway
95 Zora Neale Hurston
99 Franz Kafka
103 Han Kang
107 Jack Kerouac
111 D.H. Lawrence
115 Thomas Mann
118 Gabriel Garcia Marquez
123 Writers Who Didn't Eat Proper Meals
125 Edna St. Vincent Millay
129 Haruki Murakami
133 The Six Greatest Dishes in Literature
137 Iris Murdoch
141 Vladimir Nabokov
145 Pablo Neruda
149 Flannery O'Connor
153 George Orwell
157 Sylvia Plath
161 The Best Writing Snack According to Six Writers
163 Barbara Pym
166 George Sand
171 The Donkey Skin Cake
173 Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas
177 Leo Tolstoy
181 Laura Ingalls Wilder
185 W.B. Yeats
188 Index
191 Acknowledgements
