Monday, January 20, 2020

Travel Light, Move Fast




Book menu for Travel Light, Move Fast by Alexandra Fuller


ISBN of edition I read: 9781594206740 (hardcover)

Food mentioned in Travel Light, Move Fast:
Champagne, 6, 120, 150, 163-164, 180
Absinthe, 6
Blackberries, 6
Brandy, 7, 12, 40, 43, 56, 70, 77, 81
Tea, 17, 21, 25, 92, 99, 136
Pastries, 21
Coffee, 22
Rum punch, 32
Goat stew, 32
Irish Whiskys, 41
Oranges, 57
Mint Juleps, 67
Chai, 68
Boiled eggs, 92
Ham and cheese sandwiches, 109
Chocolates, 120
Short bread, 125
Fruit cakes, 125
Wine
     Red wine, 136
Caviar, 150
Escargot, 150, 180
Grappa, 164
Mangoes, 164
Guava, 164
Eggs, bacon and toast, 171
Margaritas, 190
Chocolate cake, 208
Eclairs, 208

Books/Authors mentioned in Travel Light, Move Fast:
"A Long Lifetime" (poem) / Kenneth Rexroth, 3
Leslie Pole Hartley, 15
Ian Fleming, 19
     Casino Royale, 82
Rupert Brooke, 40-41, 79
Stefan Zweig, 46
My Life was a Ranch / D.M. Somerville, 61, 132, 171, 189
Beatrix Potter, 66, 171, 188, 196
The Raj Quartet / Paul Scott, 68
The Far Pavilions / Mary Margaret Kaye, 68
Rudyard Kipling, 79, 95, 150
     Kim, 68
Graham Greene, 68
Somerset Maugham, 68
V.S. Naipul, 90
Paul Theroux, 90
     The Last Train to Zona Verde, 151
War and Peace / Leo Tolstoy, 90
Anna Karenina / Leo Tolstoy, 90
Jane Austen, 90
Agatha Christie, 170, 200
      Evil Under the Sun, 99
Out of Africa / Isak Dinesen, 132, 168
The Flame Trees of Thika / Elspeth Huxley, 132
Nicholas and Alexandria / Robert K. Massie, 140
William Blake, 157
E.F. Benson, 159
William Carlos Williams, 168
The Burgess Bird Book for Children / Thornton Burgess, 170
Our Island Story / H.E. Marshall, 171, 177
William Shakespeare, 198

Music mentioned in Travel Light, Move Fast:
"Young and Old" / Charles Kingsley, epigraph
"The Last Farewell" / Roger Whittaker, 59
"When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" / Isaac Watts, 79
"The Bandit" / Tex Ritter, 86
"Everything is Gonna Be Alright" / Bob Marley, 104
The Messiah / Handel, 160
"If I Were a Rich Man" (Fiddler on the Roof) / Zero Mostel, 180

Movies mentioned in Travel Light, Move Fast:
Out of Africa, 7
Evil Under the Sun, 99
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 203

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