As I noted in a previous post – on Virginia Woolf’s To the lighthouse – French food is very close to my heart (and stomach!). But whilst I have spent many enjoyable an hour in cafes, bistros and restaurants, some of my most vivid and long-lasting impressions of French food were nurtured in the home. Continue reading “Eating with a French family”
Category: The Novel
Food in the historical novel
Since I started this blog more than five years ago, I’ve discovered how much literature can tell us about the food preferences and practices of a particular society or culture. Continue reading “Food in the historical novel”
Food and adventure
There’s nothing like an adventure for stirring up an appetite. All that fresh air, exercise and adrenaline can leave one feeling ravenous. Enid Blyton’s Famous Five novels are a case in point, with the four adventure-prone children (plus dog) always finding the time to have a picnic – with ‘lashings of ginger beer’ – even in the middle of high drama and tense action. Continue reading “Food and adventure”
Journeying through life and food
Whilst many of the books that I consider favourites I first read years ago, there are others that I have come across much later in life. Continue reading “Journeying through life and food”