Quiet Until the Thaw

Book menu for Quiet Until the Thaw by Alexandra Fuller

ISBN of edition I read: 9780735223349 (hardcover)

Food mentioned in Quiet Until the Thaw:
Coffee, 18, 40-41, 59-61, 65, 105, 219, 238
Berries, 40
Steak, 40
Eggs, 40
Fried potatoes, 41
Buffalo jerky, 62, 119
Enchiladas, 84
Burritos, 84
Fry bread, 84, 163, 219, 223, 245
Stew, 84, 163, 245
Whiskey, 95, 111
     Old Crow Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 133
Beer, 95, 133
Malt liquor, 102, 111
     King Cobra, 66
     Colt 45
Berry stew, 223
Corn bread, 238
Pizza, 249

Books/Authors mentioned in Quiet Until the Thaw:
O Pioneers! / Willa Cather, epigraph
The Wishing Bone cycle / Howard Norman, epigraph
Timequake / Kurt Vonnegut, epigraph
"Quiet Until the Thaw" (poem), epigraph
William Shakespeare, 26

Music mentioned in Quiet Until the Thaw:
"I feel like I'm fixin' to die rag" / Country Joe McDonald, 34

Television programs mentioned in Quiet Until the Thaw:
Dallas, 179, 181

Magazine mentioned in Quiet Until the Thaw:
Life, 52
Time, 131

Some of my favorite passages from Quiet Until the Thaw:
p.45 : For the first time, rick Overlooking Horse understood that fear is what comes of trying to live more than one life at a time.

p.159 : In an almost unprecedented fit of loquacity, Rick Overlooking Horse told Squanto, "Remember this: There will be nothing to signal the start of your war. There will be nothing to signal its end. There's just your war. Only you will know it when it has started, and only you can choose when it will end."

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The Plague of Doves

Book Menu for The Plague of Doves  by Louise Erdrich

ISBN of edition I read: 0060515120 (hardcover)

Food mentioned in The Plague of Doves:
Salted pretzels, 10
Chicken and dumpling stew, 17
Boulettes, 22
Galettes, 22
Cookies, 48
     Molasses cookies, 238
Chocolate, 54
Crackers, 67
Dried peaches, 67
Cold fried venison, 67
Tea, 84
French turtle soup, 92
Beef stew, 95
Baked beans, 95
Fruit cocktail, 95
Pancakes, 112
Iced tea, 138
Spaghetti, 152
Hot chocolate, 172
Creamed carrot soup with dill, 174
Banana cream pie, 185
Chocolate sundae, 185
Popcorn shrimp, 186
Sour cream and raisin pie, 191
Frybread, 213, 271
Glazed doughnut, 227
Mashed turnip, 229
Macaroni and meat sauce, 229
Fruit yogurt, 235
Peanuts, 235
Fruit pies, 235
Apples, 235
Croissant, 241
Popcorn balls, 255, 257-258
Peanut butter kisses, 255, 258
Meat soup, 271
Roasted chicken, 271
Baked beans, 271
Sardine sandwich, 282
Denver sandwich, 302
BLT, 302

Books/Authors mentioned in The Plague of Doves:
Seneca, 95
Marcus Aurelius, 96, 101, 280
     The Meditations, 98, 108, 221
Robert Burton, 114
Francis Bacon, 117
William Shakespeare, 129
    The Comedy of Errors, 129
Albert Camus, 255
     The Fall, 183
Arthur Rimbaud, 223
Sylvia Plath , 223
Anais Nin , 223, 225, 241, 246, 255
Nouveau Petit Larousse Illustre, 231
Henry David Thoreau, 275
Lucretious, 280
Epictetus, 280
Plotinus, 280

Television programs mentioned in The Plague of Doves:
The Three Stooges, 11, 19
Dark Shadows, 257 

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