The Last Day of Dog Town

Book menu for The Last Days of Dog Town by Anita Diamant


Food mentioned in The Last Day of Dog Town:
Berries, 4
Boiled cabbage and potatoes, 8
Rum, 9, 13, 41, 48, 106
Biscuits, 10, 44, 46, 69, 97, 100, 136, 176
Long rolls, 22
Fiddleheads, 21-23
Hard cider, 37, 48, 107, 144, 176, 180, 246
Steamed clams, 39
Apples 40-41
Hot chocolate, 41
Dried apples stewed in cider, 43
Biscuits and eggs, 43, 50
Gin, 56, 89
Port, 99
Chicken legs, 100
Tea, 105, 110, 115, 136
Rum punch, 113
Pineapples, 114
Boiled eggs, 121
Bananas, 127, 138
Oranges, 127, 239
Blueberries, 136
     Blueberry pie, 132
Coffee, 136
Marmalade, 140
Peaches, 158, 190
Cornbread, 180
Sherry, 241, 249
Cold potato soup, 244

Music mentioned in The Last Days of Dog Town:
"How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me, Lord", 98

Page numbers refer to the trade paperback edition: ISBN 9780743225748

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If Beale Street Could Talk

Food mentioned in If Beale Street Could Talk:

Ice cream, 9, 63, 76
Hot dogs, 9
Doughnuts, 14, 159
Ham hocks, 20
Chitterlings, 20
Fried or roasted chicken, 20
Yams, 20
Rice 20, 104
Greens, 20
Cornbread, 20, 104
Biscuits, 20
Beer, 34, 40, 53, 67, 88-89, 100-101-102, 123, 187
Gin, 40, 63
     Gin & orange juice, 35, 185
     Gin & Seven-Up, 63
Brandy, 43-44, 47, 63, 67, 69, 143, 159, 196
Wine, 53, 57, 187
Coffee, 54, 83-84, 86, 143, 174
Omelette, 57
Margheritas, 57, 141-142
Whiskey, 57, 63
Paella, 57
Cokes, 63, 67
Seven-up, 63
Tea, 69, 113
Ribs, 105
Peas, 104
Milkshake, 135
Screwdriver, 151-153
Cocoa, 159-160

Books/Authors mentioned in If Beale Street Could Talk:
Romeo & Juliet / William Shakespeare, 18

Music mentioned in If Beale Street Could Talk:
"Uncloudy Day" / Josiah Kelley Alwood, 22, 151
"Blessed Quietness" / Manie Ferguson, 22
Aretha Franklin
    "Respect", 40
     "That's Life", 54
Ray Charles, 41
     "I Can't Stop Loving You", 153
"Compared to That", 99-100
"My Man" / Billie Holiday, 104
"What's Goin' On" / Marvin Gaye, 105
"My Lord and I" (hymn), 151
"Satisfaction" /Rolling Stones, 152
B.B. King, 167

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What We Lose

Book menu for What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons

ISBN of edition I read: 9780735221710 (hardcover)

Food mentioned in What We Lose:
Sesame chicken, 1
Vegetable fried rice, 2, 84
Shrimp lo mein, 2
Pineapple Soda, 2
Coffee, 45, 108
Oatmeal, 46
Thai food, 52
Peppermint tea, 61
Roast chicken, 62
Tomato soup, 79
Pork roast, 84
Mashed potato, 84
Bean, 84
Tangerines, 119
Durian fruit, 119
Papaya, 119
Steak, 122
Beef tongue, 145
Fish biryani, 145
Trifle, 145
Asparagus, 166
Scrambled eggs, 166
Apples, 166
Oranges, 166
Red wine, 189
Dirty martinis, 189

Books/Authors mentioned in What We Lose:
The Cancer Journals / Audre Lorde, epigraph
Minty Alley / C.L.R. James, 43
Jean Paul Sartre, 45
Marcel Proust, 45

Music mentioned in What We Lose:
Velvet Underground, 45
Bobby "Blue" Bland, 45
Al Green, 94

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