All Things Food
I recently read the novel Kitchen Chinese, by Ann Mah, which is the Cook the Books Club selection for June-July. (Cook the Books is a bi-monthly online book club for which people: read a book – often a novel or a memoir – that has a connection to food and cooking; cook a recipe either given in or inspired by the book; and write a blog post about it. I have twice participated so far, with The Temporary Bride and Pomegranate Soup.)
Read MoreSome months back, while searching the internet for something else, I stumbled upon the Cook the Books club (link here), which bills itself as “A Bimonthly Foodie Book Club Marrying the Pleasures of Reading and Cooking.” The founding members select books – either fiction or non-fiction – that have food and cooking as a focus. Participants have two months to read and cook and write a blog post about the book. Some books have recipes, some do not, but all inspire kitchen creativity!
Read MoreIn her memoir, The Temporary Bride, Jennifer Klinec finds herself applying for a second visa extension in Esfahan, Iran. The functionaries don’t seem to know what to do with her brazen insistence, so they send her upstairs to their superiors. Not surprisingly, all the Iranian officials are quite suspicious of this Canadian-born woman who wants to stay longer in Iran, and they certainly do not believe her interests lie in the kitchen and learning about Iranian cuisine.
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