The 15/15/15 Project--day 5

After a few pretty serious days, I decided to lighten up.

Kafka's Soup: A Complete History of World Literature in 14 Recipes. 

Author and illustrator Mark Crick takes 14 recipes and recasts them as stories by famous authors. Jane Austen's heroine Mrs. B--- agonizes over the social etiquette involved in serving Tarragon Eggs; Marcel Proust's narrator is taken down a road of longing and memory when drinking a cappuccino that reminds him of Tiramisu; Gabriel Garcia Marquez has a story of crime and redemption, told via Coq Au Vin; and the Marquis de Sade--well, let's just say it involves Boned Stuffed Poussins.

This isn't a bad little read. Sometime Crick hits his mark, as with his Austen and Marquez imitiations, while other times he misses entirely, as in the cringe-worthy piece which has Virginia Woolf's heroine making Clafoutis Grandmere for a poverty-stricken acquaintance.

Did I expect it to be fantastic? No. I expected a light diversion, with food, and it certainly provided that. The illustrations are an especially nice touch--oddly, though the Woolf text was my least favorite, the Woolf illustration was the best.

Back to serious reading.

Comments

[Farheen]

Sounds like a fun read. I attempted an easy read too which turned out to be exciting and fun. Going Solo, the autobiography of Roald Dahl, was my book on day five. He's one of my fav authors and after reading Boy, this was a must read.

http://beanbagtales.blogspot.com/2010/04/book-5-going-solo.html