{"product_id":"the-book-lovers-cookbook-9780345465009","title":"The Book Lover's Cookbook","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book Lover's Cookbook\u003c\/strong\u003e by Shaunda Kennedy Wenger. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780345465009.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE BOOK LOVERS COOKBOOK\n\nRecipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature\nand the Passages that Feature Them\n\nShaunda Kennedy Wenger and Janet Kay Jensen\nWake 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.\nSprinkled 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.\nShaunda 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.\nJanet 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.\n\nTASTY RECIPES AND THE BOOKS THAT INSPIRED THEM\n\nJos Best Omelette . . . Little Women by Louisa May Alcott\nNo Dieters Delight Chicken Neapolitan . . . Thinner by Stephen King\nExtra-Special Rhubarb Pie . . . The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas\nGrand Feast Crab Meat Casserole . . . At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon\nPersian Cucumber and Yogurt . . . House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III\nTamales . . . Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel\nBevs No-Fuss Crab Cakes . . . Unnatural Exposure by Patricia Cornwell\nMacaroni and Cheese . . . The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler\nVeteran Split Pea Soup . . . The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane\nAlternative Carrot-Raisin-Pineapple Salad . . . Midwives by Chris Bohjalian\nSummers Day Cucumber-Tomato Sandwiches . . .\nWomen in Love by D. H. Lawrence\nRefreshing Black Cows . . . The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton\nDump Punch . . . Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen\nNot Violet, But Blueberry Pie\n. . . Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl\nInnocent Sweet Bread . . . The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison\nDaddys Rich Chocolate Cake . . . Fatherhood by Bill Cosby\n\n. . . and many other delectable dishes for the literary palate!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946831147061,"sku":"ByrdShop_0345465008","price":27.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780345465009_02b9c83c-c987-43b8-acf4-68e1681873cf.jpg?v=1792340378","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-book-lovers-cookbook-9780345465009","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}