My new post - on which I embark on cooking as many recipes as possible from Kate Atkinson's prize-winning novel, Life After Life, is now available on my redesigned blog at:
http://frompagetoplate.com/2016/07/25/life-after-life-1-sole-veronique/
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Monday, 25 July 2016
Saturday, 23 July 2016
A Literary Compendium of 20th century English Food
My new post - on Kate Atkinson's Life after Life - is now available on my redesigned blog at http://frompagetoplate.com/
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Tuesday, 19 July 2016
Sunday, 26 June 2016
The Seductive Power of Strawberries
D'Urberville began gathering specimens of the fruit for her, handing them back to her as he stooped; and, presently, selecting a specially fine product of the 'British Queen' variety, he stood up and held it by the stem to her mouth.
'No - no!' she said quickly, putting her fingers between his hand and her lips. 'I would rather take it in my own hand.'
'Nonsense!' he insisted; and in a slight distress she parted her lips and took it in.
In my last post I wrote about literary links between food and seduction, ending with Alec d'Urberville's seduction of Tess through strawberries. Whilst strawberries on their own - provided they have been grown naturally in plenty of sunshine - can be beautifully sweet and delicious, needing no other accompaniment, I wanted to find a recipe that would present them in their full glory and have a meaningful relationship with Hardy's novel.
'No - no!' she said quickly, putting her fingers between his hand and her lips. 'I would rather take it in my own hand.'
'Nonsense!' he insisted; and in a slight distress she parted her lips and took it in.
(Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles)
In my last post I wrote about literary links between food and seduction, ending with Alec d'Urberville's seduction of Tess through strawberries. Whilst strawberries on their own - provided they have been grown naturally in plenty of sunshine - can be beautifully sweet and delicious, needing no other accompaniment, I wanted to find a recipe that would present them in their full glory and have a meaningful relationship with Hardy's novel.
Sunday, 19 June 2016
Food and Seduction
Food and sex have always been linked: from romantic meals to the alleged aphrodisiac qualities of certain foods - according to an article in The Independent these include asparagus, celery and pomegranate: see here
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