Welcome to the roundup of the 29th edition of Novel Food, the literary/culinary event that Lisa of Champaign Taste and I created in 2007 and that I continue to host with great pleasure, as it brings together two of my passions: literature and food. Novel Food is about literary works (prose or poetry) that inspire the preparation of dishes. Below I present a set of lovely posts, each describing a literary work that the blogger read and the dish that the reading inspired. Please, follow me on a short literary/culinary tour. For each contribution, I will offer a small bite to... Read more →
Books
July 09, 2017
July 07, 2017
mushroom and egg salad / insalata di funghi e uova
a pretty bowl of mushroom and egg salad I simply loved Anya von Bremzen's Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food & Longing1, the current selection of our Cook the Books Club. The story is interesting: von Bremzen describes her and her family's life in the context of the political changes in Russia, the Soviet Union, then Russia again. Her style of writing is engaging — with the right balance of humor and seriousness. The food she describes is intriguing: even when we don't feel like we want to taste it, the emotional context comes alive in her... Read more →
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June 27, 2017
savory zucchini and skyr tart / torta salata con zucchine e skyr
from zucchini and skyr to the finished tart Last month, I spent some time at Gullkistan1, residency for creative people in Laugarvatn, a town in southern Iceland (Islanda) on the shore of this lovely lake: Laugarvatn on a sunny day While there, I read a review2 (recensione) of the memoir The Stones Speak by Icelandic author Þórbergur Þórðarson (Thorbergur Thordarson)3 This is the first book in Þórbergur’s bulk of autobiographical writings dealing with his formative years growing up on a farm on the southern coast of Iceland at the brink of the twentieth century. Þórbergur’s love for his natural surroundings and... Read more →
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June 05, 2017
Announcing: Novel Food #30
I am hosting another edition of Novel Food, the culinary/literary event with a long history, going back to the fall of 2007. I have a deep attachment to Novel Food: I read a lot and cook a lot and although many things in my life have changed in the years since, those two pillars still stand. So, here I am announcing another edition of Novel Food, a little voyage of literary discovery and also a delightful banquet made up of the literary-inspired dishes contributed by the event's participants. I hope you will join the party. I am looking forward to learning... Read more →
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May 09, 2017
roasted chicken, asparagus and avocado salad / insalata di pollo e asparagi arrosto con avocado
an ode to leftovers (avanzi) The current selection of our Cook the Books Club, the autobiography Life from Scratch by Sasha Martin1, got me thinking about writing about tragedy in one's life, about people that hurt you and about cliché. Sometimes I am told that a certain image or expression is cliché and I realize that my lack of awareness is due to the fact that I did not grow up in the US. On the other hand, I may consider a certain image or expression cliché because I read more than the average person, especially more about food. Beyond my... Read more →
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March 28, 2017
Novel Food #29: the finale
Welcome to the roundup of the 29th edition of Novel Food, the literary/culinary event that Lisa of Champaign Taste and I created in 2007 and that I continue to host with great pleasure, as it brings together two of my passions: literature and food. Novel Food is about literary works (prose or poetry) that inspire the preparation of dishes. Below I present a set of lovely posts, each describing a literary work that the blogger read and the dish that the reading inspired. Please, follow me on a short literary/culinary tour. For each contribution, I will offer a small bite to... Read more →
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March 23, 2017
roasted cauliflower with za'atar / cavolfiore arrosto con za'atar
[cliccare il link per andare alla versione in italiano] it looks plain, it tastes deep When I walk or ride my bike around Berkeley, I stop at some of the Little Free Libraries on my way. In one of them I found The Cost of Living: Early and Uncollected Stories1 by Mavis Gallant2. I didn't know the author, but the blurb on the back cover made me curious, so I put the book in my backpack. The short stories have a common characteristic: tension, sometimes quite high, runs just under the surface and reveals itself in geysers of emotion. I enjoyed... Read more →
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March 07, 2017
meat grinder, meatballs and memories / tritacarne, polpette e ricordi
served with tomato sauce and a side of napa cabbage The current selection of our Cook the Books Club is Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship by Isabel Vincent, a delightful memoir about the friendship between the author and an elderly widower that develops as they talk during elaborate meals cooked by him for the two of them. The book has no detailed food recipes, but plenty of life ones. I immediately took to the story, in part because Edward reminded me of my beloved Uncle Domenico. Though he was not a cook in Edward's way, our friendship... Read more →
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January 10, 2017
cabbage, roasted salmon and persimmon salad / insalata di cavolo cappuccio, salmone arrosto e cachi mela
the salad looks nice in a Limoges tureen (zuppiera)1 (tablecloth by La FABBRICA del LINO) During winter months, usually soup is on the table more often than salad. This year, however, I am having an intense relationship with raw cabbage. It's not that I discovered it, but I've been reminded how much I like a salad of finely shredded cabbage, and how much I enjoy playing with it, adding various ingredients and tasting the results. One such ingredient recently has been pan-roasted salmon, prepared according to the recipe2 in Jessica Fechtor's memoir Stir3, the current selection of our Cook the Books... Read more →
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November 28, 2016
Purgatory bean salad with tahini sauce and Asian pear / insalata di fagioli del Purgatorio con tahina e pera asiatica
Flavors from around the world Federico García Lorca1 is one of my favorite poets, so when I came across a novel whose protagonist's name was Lorca, I had to read it: I am glad I followed my impulse. Jessica Soffer's Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots2 is the current selection of our Cook the Books Club. The book brings together a group of people who all carry a heavy burden of pain: the pain of exile from homeland and from motherhood, the pain of an aloof mother and an absent father, the pain of loneliness, abandonment, inadequacy. Food is one way through... Read more →
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- Novel Food #30: the finale
- mushroom and egg salad / insalata di funghi e uova
- savory zucchini and skyr tart / torta salata con zucchine e skyr
- Announcing: Novel Food #30
- roasted chicken, asparagus and avocado salad / insalata di pollo e asparagi arrosto con avocado
- Novel Food #29: the finale
- roasted cauliflower with za'atar / cavolfiore arrosto con za'atar
- meat grinder, meatballs and memories / tritacarne, polpette e ricordi
- Announcing: Novel Food #29
- cabbage, roasted salmon and persimmon salad / insalata di cavolo cappuccio, salmone arrosto e cachi mela
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Simona's stories
Redwood Writers 2016 Anthology: Untold Stories: From the Deep Part of the Well
Includes my poem "The Snail and the Cactus" (page 15) and my memoir "Mint Tea" (page 118)Redwood Writers 2015 Anthology: Journeys: On the Road & Off the Map
My stories are: "The Blue Backpack" (page 77) and "A Redwood Tree's Journey" (page 144)Redwood Writers 2014 Anthology: Water
My story is "Through the Green Glass" (page 221)
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