When you visit Oxford you are surrounded by history of all types. Some of the colleges were founded in the 13th Century, and their famous alumni are too numerous to count, stretching across all imaginable professions including historians, chemists, writers, explorers, politicians and more. One quite pleasurable way to make a connection with some of [...]
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A Toast to Some of Oxford’s Famous Writers
Posted in Food History, Food and Fiction, Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2010, Travel, tagged oxford, real ale, cask ale, Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2010, Eagle and Child Pub, J.R.R. Tolkien, old pubs on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kitchen Poetry
Posted in Food and Fiction, tagged joy harjo, national poetry month, poetry, poetry about food on April 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In the US, April is National Poetry Month. From Ovid’s Baucis and Philemon who share a meager meal with wayfaring strangers who turn out to be the gods Jupiter and Mercury in disguise, to the perfect little morsel that is William Carlos Williams’s “This is Just To Say,” food has always been a compelling subject [...]
“A Cooking Lesson” over at Fiction Writers Review
Posted in Fiction Writers Review, Food and Fiction, tagged Food and Fiction, the time traveler's wife on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The sixth, and final, part of the first “Novel Dishes” series is up over at Fiction Writers Review. If you haven’t seen it before, “Novel Dishes” is an occasional series in which I explore fiction where food is an important theme that supports the plot and drives it forward. Each piece includes at least one [...]
Novel Dishes on Fiction Writers Review
Posted in Fiction Writers Review, Food and Fiction, tagged Food and Fiction, recipes, time traveler's wife on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick note to let you know about some other food-related writing I’m doing. The editor of the online literary magazine Fiction Writers Review has asked me to do an occasional series about food and fiction called “Novel Dishes.” For each series we’ll choose a novel where food is an important theme, supporting the [...]
