Saturday, July 25, 2020

The Red Tent

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Book menu for The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

Food mentioned in The Red Tent
:
Barley bread, 16
Olives, 16, 18, 38, 110, 144, 152
Lamb with coriander and marinated in sour goat milk
   and pomegranate sauce, 18
Quince compote, 18
Figs, 188, 231
     Figs stewed with mulberries, 18
Dates, 18, 222
Wine, 18, 25, 32, 92
Beer, 18, 32, 92, 152
Mead, 38
Lunar cake, 96
Cheese, 110, 144, 152
Pomegranates, 180, 188
Melons, 222
Cucumbers, 222

Page numbers refer to the trade paperback edition (ISBN: 0312195516)

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

The Boston Girl

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Book menu for The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant

Food mentioned in The Boston Girl:

Punch, 19, 66, 133
Cookies, 19, 133, 261, 309
Hot dogs, 24
Cherry pie, 24
Saltwater taffy, 24, 297
Mixed nuts, 29
Ham sandwiches, 30
Pickles, 30
Ice cream, 32, 128, 166, 286, 297
Lemonade, 32
Tea, 48
Coffee, 48, 80, 84, 213
Whiskey, 48-49, 57, 208, 253
Honey cake, 49, 57
Wine, 49, 80, 129, 208, 262
Chocolate drops, 54
Apple pie, 74, 229
Carrot tsimmes, 77
Lobster, 80
Parker House rolls, 84
Eggs and bacon, 84
Peaches, 107, 109
Boiled eggs, 109
Sponge cake, 129, 262
Chocolate cake, 167
Gin fizz, 177
Petit fours, 211-212
Chinese dumplings, 218
Pancakes, 228, 240
Hummus, 244
Pita bread, 244
Olives, 244
Challah, 256
Strudel, 261, 293
Espresso, 284
Kugel, 293
Stewed fruit, 296
Apples, 314
Watermelon, 314
Raspberries, 314
Sambuca, 314

Books mentioned in The Boston Girl:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 14, 81
     "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere", 14, 17-18
 Charles Dickens, 24
William Shakespeare, 117
     Romeo and Juliet, 117-120
Uncle Tom's Cabin / Harriet Beecher Stowe, 163
The Waste Land / T.S. Eliot, 196
John Milton, 289
John Dryden, 289
Geoffrey Chaucer, 289
Willa Cather, 289
F. Scott Fitzgerald, 289
Sinclair Lewis, 289
Rumplestiltskin / The Brother Grimm, 301
Little House on the Prairie / Laura Ingalls Wilder, 301
Hop on Pop / Dr. Seuss, 302
The Feminine Mystique / Betty Friedan, 310

Music mentioned in The Boston Girl:
"Sweet Adeline", 20
"Over There", 132
Mozart, 224
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart", 224
The Beatles, 314

Movies mentioned in The Boston Girl:
The Wizard of Oz, 23

TV Shows mentioned in The Boston Girl:
Upstairs, Downstairs, 175

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