La littérature s'invite en cuisine

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Un livre de recettes littéraires écrit par Giulia Ceirano et illustré par Lida Ziruffo

Comment préparez-vous les muffins au citron en attendant l'arrivée de Daisy dans le garde-manger de Gatsby le Magnifique ? Quels sont les ingrédients de la timbale de sarrasin du docteur Jivago ? Qu'étaient les madeleines avant qu'elles ne deviennent le gâteau de Proust ? Qu'en est-il de la chaudrée de palourdes avant de devenir la chaudrée de palourdes préférée de toutes les mers dans les pages de Moby Dick ? Pour répondre à toutes ces questions vient La Littérature en cuisine. Des recettes pour ceux qui aiment lire et bien manger : une trentaine de recettes, toutes inspirées des plus grands romans de la littérature classique et contemporaine. Entrées, entrées et seconds plats, desserts et accompagnements ; tout ce qu'il faut pour un dîner littéraire capable de satisfaire tous les goûts (de palais et de lecture, bien sûr).

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Do you like chips? Oliver does. In fact, he won't eat anything else - until he plays a game with his grandpa.
Whatever vegetable Oliver finds in the garden, he must eat. On Monday, he pulls up carrots, on Tuesday, it is spinach . . .
An excellent book for parents with slightly fussy children, which also introduces the days of the week.

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Oliver, star of Oliver's Vegetables, is back from his healthy week eating vegetables at his grandpa's house. Suddenly, the fruit at home doesn't seem quite good enough for Oliver. What is his mum to do?

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First it was his vegetables. Then it was his fruit. Now it's his milk - will Oliver ever like what's good for him? Spend a day on the farm with him and find out!
Busy-body Auntie Jen is determined that Oliver shall drink his milk. But just how can she persuade him?

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Gaspacho façon Andy Warhol, crêpes éclaboussées à la Pollock, pique-nique en hommage au "Déjeuner sur l’herbe"… Dans ce beau-livre de cuisine, informations documentaires et recettes cohabitent dans un joyeux mélange qui donne l’envie irrépressible de se mettre aux fourneaux. 37 artistes, 50 recettes : quand l’art passe à table, ce sont nos pupilles et nos papilles qui se régalent !

A mouthwatering anthology of food in literature, encompassing fiction and non-fiction, prose and poetry, and even a smattering of recipes, with one piquant extract for every night of the year.
This absorbing book is a literary feast for every food lover--and who isn't?

You'll discover a wealth of foodie extracts from around the world and throughout the centuries, from marchpane and posset in Shakespeare to Nigella Lawson on how much cheese to buy for a dinner party. It includes literary greats like Charles Dickens, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Maya Angelou; stellar food writers such as Elizabeth David, Madhur Jaffrey, and Anthony Bourdain; and some intriguing curiosities such as the surreal recipes in 1932's Futurist Cookbook. And, of course, Mrs. Beeton makes an appearance. Also on the menu are:

Delicious baked apples in Jane Austen's Emma
Ingenious wartime solutions in MFK Fisher's How to Cook a Wolf
The joys of Caribbean cooking in Sam Selvon's The Lonely Londoners
Lashings of ginger beer for Enid Blyton's Famous Five

and much, much more. Keep this delectable book by your bedside and savor a whole world of delicious food writing every night of the year--and it also makes the perfect gift for the foodie in your life!

kenavo a écrit:Texte : Chloé Guidoux, Illustrations : Claire Martha



Quand l’art passe à table