Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Small Vices


 
Book menu for Small Vices by Robert B. Parker

ISBN of edition I read: 0399142444 (hardcover)

Food mentioned in Small Vices:
Coffee, 2-3, 58, 82, 158, 183, 192
Club sandwich, 8
Carrot soup, 8, 10
Ham on rye, 8, 10
Coleslaw, 8, 10, 115, 119-20
Diet Coke, 9, 28
Champagne, 17-19,  93-4, 139
Roast chicken, 18
Beer, 31, 33
     Saranac Black and Tan, 34, 64
     Sam Adams, 64
     White Buffalo, 64, 69
     Red Hook Ale, 64
     Rolling Rock, 128
Mixed nuts, 33, 128
Wine, 64
     Merlot, 49, 149, 153
     Riesling, 115
     Chardonnay, 226
Tequila Sunrise, 71-2
Doughnuts, 82, 84-5, 159
     Boston Creme, 97
Cookies, 88-9
V8, 88
Broiled scallops, 115, 119-20
Martini, 128
Endives with salmon roe, 139
Green pepper & mushroom pizza, 148-9, 151
Corn muffins, 159-60
Corned beef and drop eggs, 167
Bagel, 167
Scotch, 176
Ham, eggs, toast, 184
Lobster tails and rice pilaf, 223
Fried chicken with creme gravy and mashed potatoes, 226
California omelet, 227
Sherry, 255-6
Sushi-quality tuna steak, 263
Leg of lamb, 289
Beet risotto, 288, 290

Books/Authors mentioned in Small Vices:
William Shakespeare, 247, 269
     King Lear, epigraph
     Hamlet, 267
Alexander Pope, 17
Edmund Spenser (poet), 71
Frederick Crews, 87
Tony Brown, 197
Charles Dickens, 254
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples / Winston Churchill, 354
The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 254
The Canterbury Tales / Chaucer, 254
Civilization and Its Discontents / Sigmund Freud, 289

Music mentioned in Small Vices:
"On Green Dolphin Street", 33
"Dream Dancing", 34
"Memphis in June", 35
Procol Harum,64
"California Here I Come", 204
"Route 66", 205

Magazines mentioned in Small Vices:
Cosmopolitan, 59-60
Soldier of Fortune, 150
Vogue, 159
Boston Magazine, 167

Television programs mentioned in Small Vices:
Masterpiece Theater,64, 254
Hard Copy, 77
Sally Jesse, 150

Theater mentioned in Small Vices:
Sky Lark, 264

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