Home Town

 

Book menu for Home Town by Tracy Kidder

Food mentioned in Home Town:
Penny candy, 9
Ice cream sodas, 9
Cherry cokes, 9
Coffee, 17-18, 47, 103, 133, 140, 151, 179, 193, 233
     266
Tuna melt, 18
Chocolate milk, 18, 321
Fruitopia, 2
Ice cream, 53, 233
Beer, 75, 191, 200, 229
     Guinness, 296
Vodka, 75, 89
Godiva chocolates, 92
Fruit basket, 92
Candy canes, 134-135
Popcorn, 163, 244
Danish, 175
Rum, 179
Graham crackers, 182
Diet soda, 200
Sandwiches, 200
Champagne, 232
Cookies, 274
Coffee cake, 281
Sushi, 299
Cotton candy, 299
Pizza, 335

Books/Authors mentioned in Home Town:
Charles Dickens, xiii
Henry James, xiii, 332
Sylvia Plath, xiii 90
Manchild in the Promised Land / Claude Brown, 58
Herman Melville / Newton Arvin, 70
Paradise Lost / John Milton, 85, 285-287
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Edward Gibbon, 87
Leviathan / Thomas Hobbes, 88
James Joyce, 121, 131
Sojourner Truth, 166-167, 271
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 182
Ernest Hemingway, 199, 285
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., 201
T.S. Eliot, 269, 335
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 271
The Odyssey / Homer, 284

Music mentioned in Home Town:
Vivaldi, 31
"Tuba Polka", 44
"Angel Baby" / Rosie and the Originals, 174-175
Liz Phair, 181
"Danny Boy", 248
"Evil Woman" / Electra Light Orchestra, 260
Engelbert Humperdinck, 320

Movies mentioned in Home Town:
Stand By Me, 52
Love Story, 122

Magazines mentioned in Home Town:
Playboy

TV shows mentioned in Home Town:
Columbo, 218
Sesame Street, 255

Discussable Quotes from Home Town:
p. 88: [Alan said], "But I think people are much more focused on themselves than on relations with other people nowadays." He wasn't sure, but sometimes it did seem as if he could glimpse connections between the decline of manners, and maybe even the fall of the Northampton real estate market, to the grand, tragic story of civilizations past."

p. 287:  [Laura said], "Literature is an alternative to self-destructive things. I think literature is the way out. I mean, books saved my life."

Page numbers refer to the hardcover edition: ISBN  0679455884

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The Law of Similars

Book menu for The Law of Similars by Chris Bohjalian

ISBN of edition I read: (9780517705865: hardcover)

Food mentioned in The Law of Similars:
Juice boxes, 2, 15, 198
Macaroni & cheese, 14
Orange juice, 19
Lucky Charms cereal, 14
Kix cereal, 14
Apple slices, 15
Applesauce, 15
Pretzels, 15
Cookies, 15, 198
     Chocolate Chip, 109
     Sugar, 116
     Fruit juice sweetened, 117
     Gingerbread, 119
Spaghetti and sauce, 15
Bananas, 15, 204-205
Goldfish, 15
Coffee, 15, 19, 33, 41, 54-55, 70, 100, 155, 197
     221-222, 237, 243, 249, 258, 263, 274
Fruit, 15
     Honeydew, 16
     Pears, 108
     Melon, 127
Doughnuts, 15-16, 53-54, 59
     Bear claws, 15, 59
     Chocolate doughnuts, 52
Grape juice, 19
Herbal tea, 26, 57, 115, 128, 137
Cinnamon buns, 35
Calzone, 37, 40-41, 59
Dates, 53, 58, 108-109
Eggnog, 68, 167-169
Mars bars, 86
M&Ms candies, 86
Milky Way bars, 86
Mike & Ike candies, 86
Fireballs, 86
Tootsie Rolls, 86
Mint chocolate pie, 103
Wine 115, 118
Carob & Honey truffles, 117
Dates rolled in coconut, 117
Whole-wheat english muffins, 117
Breakfast tea, 117
Brie, 118
Ice cream, 129
Stuffed squash, 152
Sandwiches, 198
Chocolate truffles, 237, 243
Hot cider, 244, 246
Pie, 249

Books/Authors mentioned in The Law of Similars:
Honore de Balzac, 6
Marcel Proust, 6
Richard Wright, 6
Little Women / Louisa May Alcott, 28
Soul on Ice / Eldridge Cleaver, 60
Madeline / Ludwig Bemelmans, 63
Soul on Ice / Ludwig Bemelmans, 163
Arsenic & Old Lace (play) / Joseph Kesselring, 239

Music mentioned in The Law of Similars:
Edith Piaf, 6
Jim Morrison, 6, 270
Chopin, 6
"Love for Sale" / Cole Porter, 100
"Silent Night", 120

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Wakefield

Book menu for "Wakefield" (short story) by E.L. Doctorow

ISBN of edition I read: 9781400069637
   (hardcover; from the story collection All the Time in the World)

Food mentioned in "Wakefield":
White wine, 10
Grilled veal chop, 12-13
Baked potato, 12-13
Salad 12
Margaritas, 15
Crackers, 16
Nuts, 16
Coffee, 20, 35
Cake, 29
   Chocolate cake, 29
   Strawberry cake, 29
Apple, 31
Chicken legs, 31

Music mentioned in "Wakefield":
Schubert, 37

Art mentioned in "Wakefield":
"Maja" / Goya, 15

Libraries mentioned in "Wakefield":
p. 20: I took myself in my tatters to the business district and availed myself of the town's social services. In the public library, which, not incidentally, had a well-kept men's room, I read the daily papers as if informing myself of life on another planet. I thought it was more my image to the read the papers than to sit at one of the library computers.

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