bA 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.b pThis absorbing book is a literary feast for every food lover--and who isn't pYou'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 iFuturist Cookbooki. And, of course, Mrs. Beeton makes an appearance. Also on the menu are pulliDelicious baked apples in Jane Austen's iEmmai liliIngenious wartime solutions in MFK Fisher's iHow to Cook a WolfililiThe joys of Caribbean cooking in Sam Selvon's iThe Lonely Londonersili