Book menu for Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
ISBN of edition I read: 9780375866593 (hardcover)
This is a sweet and hilarious comedy about two 16-year olds who have to spend Christmas alone in their hometown of New York City. It's a new twist on the boy-meets-girl plot and great for bibliophiles. There is also a "dash" of Cinderella and Ebenezer Scrooge. I wish I had an aunt like "Mrs. Basil E."!
Food mentioned in Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
Coke Zero, 7
Coke, 39
Diet Coke, 117
Eggnog, 10
Cookies, 15, 45, 47, 51-2
Spritz cookies, 46
Chocolate snowflake, 53
Eggnog, 53
Gingerbread, 53
Lebkuchen spice, 53-4, 102, 183, 199, 258
Min kiss, 53
Pumpkin , 53
Hot chocolate with peppermint liquor, 17
Peanut butter and banana sandwiches, 19
Pizza, 23-4
Calzone, 24
Goldfish crackers, 44
Popcorn, 47
Corn muffins, 62
Eggs, toast, pancakes, 70
Orange juice, 70, 180
Snickers bars, 73
Sno-Caps, 79
Yogurt, 86, 190, 205, 258
Milk and cookies, 91
Chicken soup, 99
Hot cider, 102
Ice cream sundaes, 105
Fanta, 126
Fresca, 126-7
Diet Rite, 126
Vegetarian lasagna, 137
Mountain Dew, 144, 155
Tea, 150
Earl Grey, 151
Lady Grey, 151
Chamomile, 151
Green Tea, 151
Mint tea, 151
English Breakfast tea, 151
Hot toddies, 162, 164
Candy cane drink (alcoholic), 164
Pancakes, 179-80
Chocolate pizza, 204
Noodle pudding, 236
Rice Krispies treats, 244, 255
Books/Authors mentioned in Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
Marcel Proust
French Pianism: A Historical Perspective
Fat Hoochie Prom Queen
The Joy of Gay Sex
203
What the Living Do: Poems
Harriet the Spy
J. D. Salinger
Franny and Zooey
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters
Nine Stories
The Godfather
Vile Bodies
Oxford English Dictionary, 61-2, 68, 74, 78, 251
John Cheever, 90
E.B. White
The Trumpet of the Swan, 90
The Tender Bar: A Memoir
Revolutionary Road
The Gathering
A Christmas Carol
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
E.L. Konigsburg, 104
Federico Garcia Lorca, 128
Cain
Winston Churchill's memoirs, 146
James Patterson, 147
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Jane Austen
Mark Strand, 186
"The Story of Our Lives
Langston Hughes, 232
Nicholas Sparks
Movies mentioned in Dash & Lily's Book of Dares:
Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
The Godfather
The Godfather III, 25
Clueless
The Sorrow and the Pity
Miracle on 34th Street
Meet Me in St Louis
Magazines mentioned in Dash & Lily's Book of Dares:
Maxim, 20
Vogue
The New Yorker
Plays mentioned in Dash &Lily's Book of Dares:
Rent
Hedda Gabler
Artists mentioned in Dash & Lily's Book of Dares:
Georgia O'keeffe, 151
Music mentioned in Dash & Lily's Book of Dares:
O Holy Night, 17
Mozart, 19
"Handel's Messiah
Mamma Mia Soundtrack
Eminem
Green Day
Klezmer music, 113, 135
The Beatles, 162, 164
"1812 Overture", 213
"Stop" / Spice Girls
Great vocabulary mentioned in Dash & Lily's Book of Dares:
ersatz, 1
philatelist, 2
infinitesimal, 61
arcane, 61, 67, 75
magnanimous, 74
sycophants, 88
liquescent, 91
epistolary, 150
germane, 152
sentient, 156
Door prize/Gift basket ideas for Dash & Lily's Book of Dares:
Red notebook/journal
Gift card to The Strand bookstore (NYC)
Gift card to Two Boots Pizza (NYC)
Copy of the movie Gramma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
Copy of the book What the Living Do: Poems by Marie Howe
A tin of Lebkuchen spice cookies
Gift cards to Macy's or FAO Schwarz toy store
Libraries mentioned in Dash & Lily's Book of Dares:
page 65: ...I spent the whole weekend darting through alleys and peering inside every bookcase crevice I found in the library, looking for my cats.