Sunday, January 20, 2019

Crazy Rich Asians



 
Book menu for Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

ISBN of edition I read: 9780525563761 (paperback)

Food mentioned in Crazy Rich Asians:
Soda, 7
     Coke, 8,11
     Diet Coke, 38, 124
     Orange Fanta, 390
Toast, 7
Club sandwiches, 10
Champagne, 10, 372, 374, 425, 454
     Cristal, 245
     Veuve Clicquot, 500
Caviar, 10
Rum and Coke, 11
Tea, 15, 198
     Lychee tea, 199-200
     Verveine tea, 277
     Ice tea, 477 506
Scones with jam and clotted cream, 16
Finger sandwiches, 16, 334-335
Toffee pudding, 18
Braised quail and abalone over noodles, 24
Hennessy, 28
Johnny Walker Red, 34
Profiteroles, 39
Roast pork buns, 54
Watermelon soup,65
Wine, 76
     Sauternes, 71, 493
     Pinot gris, 265
Steamed pomfret with ginger-wine sauce, 75
Gin and tonics, 85
Kir Royale, 85
Irish coffee, 91
Gelato, 92
Vongole, 96
Pacceri alla Ravollo. 96
Ice kacang, 97
Beer, 97, 117, 266
     Lion Stout, 266
     Corona, 267
     Red Stripe, 485
Nasi goreng, 97
Char bee hoon, 97
Bitter Chocolate soufflé with frosted lemon cream, 100
Bobo Chacha, 105, 107
Coconut and sago pudding, 105
Hot fudge sundae, 112
Hainanese Chicken rice, 113
Chili crab, 113, 228-229
Satay, 114, 116
Fried pork dumplings, 115
Fish ball soup, 115
Char Kuay teow, 115
Orh luak, 116
Otah otah, 116
Roti paratha, 116
Pineapple tarts, 123, 385-386, 452
Beef rendang curry, 137
British beef pies, 142
Mee siam, 142
Nyonya kueh, 151-152, 194, 334-336
Punch, 178-179
E-fu oodles, 181
Seared scallops in ginger sauce, 181
Kueh pie tee, 181
Salted watermelon seeds, 189
Goreng pisang 194, 198
Chocolate chiffon cake, 194, 197-198
Blanc mange with mango ice cream, 197
Mee rebus, 207
Macchiota, 208
Belgian waffles with maple butter, 218
Fish porridge, 220
Toast with marmalade, 220
Mojitos, 233, 394
Cognac, 259
     Remy Martin, 414
Baby bibb lettuce with hearts of palm
     and coconut milk dressing, 262
Langoustine calamansi lime geleé terrine, 265
Macadamia nuts, 273
Cappuccino, 291, 425
Flat white coffee, 296
Ipoh hor fun, 308
Mandarin oranges, 313, 316
Rojak, 317
Laske, 318, 322
Whiskey sour, 321
Chocolate banana cake, 325
Cafe latte, 325
Star-fruit, 323-333
Guavas, 333
Pâte de fruits, 33
Mango popsicles, 338
Pimm's #1 with fizzy pineapple juice, 341
Kueh lapis, 385
Salted peanuts, 393
Wedding fruitcakes, 394
Sea scallop consommé, 406
Caramelized Peking duck and chocolate molé, 406
Hawaiian suckling pig truffle tacos, 406
Siewngarp, 414
Chicken congee, 417
Milo, 418
Poached eggs, 439
Bacon, 439
Scrambled eggs with cumberland sausages, 439
English muffins, 440
French toast, 440
Sliced mango, 440
Greek yogurt, 440
Pancakes with strawberries, 440
Fried crullers with fish congee, 440
Nasi lemak, 448-449
Mangosteens, 454
Pei daan zhook, 468
Poh piah, 473
Mango ice cream sundaes, 474
Hor bao daan, 485
Bagel sandwiches, 487
Longans, 493
Lychees, 493
Chateau d'Yquem, 493
Margaritas, 511
Singapore Sling, 523-524
Satay, 526

Books/Authors mentioned in Crazy Rich Asians:
Ibn Battutah, epigraph
Harry Potter / J.K. Rowling, 149
Oscar Wilde, 183
Bernard-Henri Lévy 209
Lieutenant Hornblower / C.S. Forester, 289
Islands in the Stream / Ernest Hemingway, 288
Billy Budd / Herman Melville, 288
August / Knut Hamsun, 288
Somerset Maughan, 456
Jane Eyre / Charlotte Brontë, 473

Music mentioned in Crazy Rich Asians:
"My Way" / Frank Sinatra, 50
"This Must Be the Place" / Talking Heads, 92
Beatles, 302
Bach Partita, 346
Mendelssohn, 346
Lady Gaga, 346
Sigur Ros, 353
"My True Love Hath my Heart", 367
"Prospero's Magic"  / Michael Nyman, 368
Out of Africa theme, 368
"I Will Always Love You" / Dolly Parton, 408
"Love Shack" / B52s, 411
"Ballade Pour Adeline" / Paul de Senneville, 461
"Besame Mucho" / Consuelo Veláquez, 394

Movies mentioned in Crazy Rich Asians:
The English Patient

Magazine mentioned in Crazy Rich Asians:
"Three Chopsticks" (New Yorker) / Calvin Trillin, 16
Popular Mechanic, 101
Town & Country, 358

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Monday, January 14, 2019

The Wife



Book menu for The Wife by Meg Wolitzer

ISBN of edition I read: 0684869403 (hardcover)

Food mentioned in The Wife:
Nuts, 9, 11
Cookies. 8-11, 23
     Tollhouse cookies, 10
Cheese, 11
Whisky, 11 50
Wine, 11, 82, 92, 115, 139, 162, 168
Brisket, 12, 14
Sponge cake, 13
Chocolates, 14
Prawns in black bean sauce, 15
Hostess Sno-Balls, 17, 145, 178, 201
Tapioca pudding, 18
Sourballs, 18
Liver, 18
Ebinger's Blackout Cake, 19
Sherbert, 20
Oranges 21
Panckes, 21
Coffee, 22, 95, 200
Corn chips, 23
Scotch, 26
Cornish game hens, 29
Figs, 35
Steak, 40, 136, 214
Crullers, 41
Walnuts, 42-43 49, 58-59, 63, 69-70, 96, 106 110, 155
Shepherd's pie, 45
Hard candies, 49
Bundt cakes, 64
Yorkshire pudding, 71
Roast beef, 71
Lamb chops, 75
Champagne 82
Poached salmon, 82
Guava nectar, 82
Fried egg sandwiches, 89
Caramels, 90
Bourbon, 90
Fruit & cheese 95
Spaghetti al burro 98
Vodka, 101, 139
     Vodka tonics, 149
Coke, 106
Egg foo yung, 111
Peaches, 117
Hamburgers, 130
Martinis, 136-137
Twice-baked potatoes, 136
Karelian pasties, 139
Iced tea, 142
Kasha Knish, 143
Pretzel sticks, 156
Potato pancakes, 161, 163
Beer, 162
Bloody Marys, 171
Bread pudding, 175
Foie gras, 187
Chestnut cake, 197
Scotch, 214

Books/Authors mentioned in The Wife:
Dylan Thomas, 11
Simone Weil, 20
The Nancy Drew series, 33
The Trixie Belden series, 33
Jane Austen, 196
     Mansfield Park,  42-43
Charles Dickens, 43
     Oliver Twist, 45
Gustave Flaubert, 43
Leo Tolstoy, 43
Anton Chekhov, 43
James Joyce, 43, 58, 71, 198
     Ulysses, 43
     Dubliners, 43
     The Dead, 189
Virginia Woolf, 44, 170
Flannery O'Connor, 51-52
Carson McCullers, 52, 134
O'Henry, 55
Rainer Maria Rilke, 182
     Letters to a Young Poet, 59
Henry James, 90, 202
     The Golden Bowl, 85
     The Turn of the Screw, 103
Arthur Miller, 88
Mary McCarthy, 103 131 134, 198
Thornton Wilder, 109
The Naked and the Dead / Norman Mailer, 125
Lillian Hellman, 131, 134
Gunter Grass, 139
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 139
"Kalevala" (Finnish poem), 139, 149, 186, 191
"Hiawatha" (poem) / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 139 149
Jacques Lacan, 141
Saul Bellow, 182
Les fleurs du mal / Charles Beaudelaire, 182
The Brontes, 196
Henrik Ibsen, 210

Music mentioned in The Wife:
Jean Sibelius , 10
"Gaudeamus Igatur", 46
"A String of Pearls" / Jerry Gray, 55
South Pacific soundtrack, 56 198
     "Here I am Your Special Island", 58
Herbie Hancock, 90
Yma Sumac, 102
"A Town without Pity" / Gene Pitney, 136
Jefferson Airplane, 162
Django Reinhardt, 194
Mozart, 200

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