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Synopsis
This is a book about food, and the food that's in books. Tucked away in many great literary works are some essential truths on the subject of consumption: that someone is always disappointed when a tart is halved; that roasted udder is best kept a once-in-alifetime experience; that oranges should always be eaten in private; that toast is criminally under-appreciated, though even James Bond can't get enough of it. Other less well-known truths include the fact that kippers can be cooked on an iron; gravy expectation is high amongst commercial gentlemen; and every child at some time sees their name written in treacle.
These extracts - some hilarious, some tragic, some downright bizarre - demonstrate that food is one of the great overlooked themes of literature, and pursuing this theme is a good excuse to reread some classics. Each of the quotations is fully referenced, so that the reader can 'source' the favoured titbits, and seek out further treats for themselves.
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About the Author
Lynda Murphy lives in York with her husband, daughter and Jack Russell terrier - a match for any of the canine heroines in works of great literature. She enjoys lingering over texts not looking for quotations and buying brand new copies of fiction from big, brightly lit air-conditioned bookshops. Julie Rugg lives in York with her husband and daughter.
Review
"...'A Food Lover's Treasury, the huddling of many writers one upon another of divers tastes is anything but pestiferous, the sundry quotations from their work often delectable." — The Washington Post
A Food Lover's treasury is not at all the myopic, predictable text we might fear, Tucked inside are a number of enthralling chapters that veer off in the direction of the pathological "Booknesting," the frankly fetishistic in "Things To Do With Books" and even the terrifying in "The Enemies of Books." —The Plain Dealer
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