The Book Lover's Cookbook

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THE BOOK LOVERS COOKBOOK Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature and the Passages that Feature Them Shaunda Kennedy Wenger and Janet Kay Jensen Wake up to a perfect breakfast with Mrs. Dalbys Buttermilk Scones courtesy of James Herriots All Things Bright and Beautiful and Ichabods Slapjacks as featured in Washington Irvings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Theres homey comfort food like Connie Mays Tomato Pie created with and inspired by Connie May Fowler (Remembering Blue); Thanksgiving Spinach Casserole (Elizabeth Bergs Open House); and Amish Chicken and Dumplings (Jodi Picoults Plain Truth) . . . Sample salads breads and such soul-warming soups as Nearly-a-Meal Potato Soup (Terry Kays Shadow Song); Mr. Casaubons Chicken Noodle Soup (George Eliots Middlemarch); and Mrs. Leibowitzs Lentil-Vegetable Soup (Frank McCourts Angelas Ashes) . . . After relishing appetizers and entrees theres a dazzling array of desserts including Carrot Pudding (Charles Dickenss A Christmas Carol); Effie Belles Coconut Cake (Olive Ann Burnss Cold Sassy Tree); and the kids will love C.S. Lewiss Turkish Delight from The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe. Sprinkled throughout with marvelous anecdotes about writers and writing The Book Lovers Cookbook is a culinary and literary delight a browsers cornucopia of reading pleasure and a true inspiration in the kitchen. Shaunda Kennedy Wenger enjoys creative cooking and writing and is the author of nine other books. From Rivets and Rails Recipes of a Railroad Boarding House Cookbook is an historic account of cooking based on her great-grandmothers cookery journal. Two middle grade novels include The Ghost in Me and Reality Bites Tales of a Half-Vampire which was a 2012 Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Finalist. Her chapter book Little Red Riding Hood Into the Forest Again was a 2011 KART Kids Book List winner and a 2012 Purple Dragonfly Honorable Mention. Five other titles are published for the educational market by Benchmark Education Company and Richard C. Owen Publishers. She regards her monthly book club meeting as one lifes essential ingredients. Janet Kay Jensen is the author of Gabriels Daughters and Dont You Marry the Mormon Boys. Other works are published in Healing Ministry journaland The Magic of Stories. She has received numerous awards for essays poetry and short stories including three ByLine Magazine honorable mentions. A speech-language pathologist she holds degrees from Utah State University and Northwestern University. She is writing a novel teaches poetry classes to jail inmates and is a literacy tutor. Married and the mother of three sons she is a consultant at Utah State University. TASTY RECIPES AND THE BOOKS THAT INSPIRED THEM Jos Best Omelette . . . Little Women by Louisa May Alcott No Dieters Delight Chicken Neapolitan . . . Thinner by Stephen King Extra-Special Rhubarb Pie . . . The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas Grand Feast Crab Meat Casserole . . . At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon Persian Cucumber and Yogurt . . . House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III Tamales . . . Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Bevs No-Fuss Crab Cakes . . . Unnatural Exposure by Patricia Cornwell Macaroni and Cheese . . . The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler Veteran Split Pea Soup . . . The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane Alternative Carrot-Raisin-Pineapple Salad . . . Midwives by Chris Bohjalian Summers Day Cucumber-Tomato Sandwiches . . . Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence Refreshing Black Cows . . . The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton Dump Punch . . . Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Not Violet But Blueberry Pie . . . Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Innocent Sweet Bread . . . The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Daddys Rich Chocolate Cake . . . Fatherhood by Bill Cosby . . . and many other delectable dishes for the literary palate!