"Part cookbook, part celebration of the written word, [The Book Club
Cookbook] illustrates how books and ideas can bring people
together."
--Publishers Weekly
"We are what we eat, they say. We can eat what we read, too. The Book
Club Cookbook by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp (Tarcher/Penguin,
$21.95), first published in 2004 and now newly updated and revised,
offers up dozens of new recipes inspired by book clubs' favorite books,
their characters and authors."
--USA Today
"It's pretty much a no-brainer why we love something like The Book Club
Cookbook - it combines two of our all-time favorite things: food and
books. Even better - the recipes in the book let us get a fuller
experience of our favorite novels by thinking up recipes either inspired
by the story or literally contributed by the author as essential to the
book."
--Flavorwire
"The Book Club Cookbook excels at offering book groups new title ideas
and a culinary way to spice up their discussions."
--Library Journal
Whether it's Roman Punch for The Age of Innocence, or Sabzi Challow
(spinach and rice) with Lamb for The Kite Runner, or Swedish Meatballs
and Glögg for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, nothing spices up a
book club meeting like great eats. Featuring recipes and discussion
ideas from bestselling authors and book clubs across the country, this
fully revised and updated edition of the classic book guides readers in
selecting and preparing culinary masterpieces that blend perfectly with
the literary masterpieces their club is reading. This edition features
new contributions from a host of today's bestselling authors including:
- Kathryn Stockett, The Help (Demetrie's Chocolate Pie and Caramel
Cake)
- Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants (Oyster Brie Soup)
- Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper (Brian Fitzgerald's Firehouse
Marinara Sauce)
- Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone (Almaz's Ethiopian Doro Wot
and Sister Mary Joseph Praise's Cari de Dal)
- Annie Barrows, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
(Annie Barrows's Potato Peel Pie and Non-Occupied Potato Peel Pie)
- Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Lisa See's Deep-Fried
Sugared Taro)
The Book Club Cookbook will add real flavor to your book club
meetings!
