FOR THOSE WHO LOVE GREAT FICTION AND FOOD

Pairing approximately 50 charming photographic re-creations of meals from classic and contemporary literature--all prepared, styled, and shot by the author--with relevant excerpts, Fictitious Dishes is an innovative gift book for literature lovers, foodies, as well as design and book junkies.

Fictitious Dishes presents these imaginative pairings in an eye-catching format. Along with the excerpt from the original work, each entry includes information about food, the author, their works, and the food itself. Fun facts--Proust's infamous madeleine made its appearance on the printed page the same year the Oreo was invented, for example--along with anecdotes about writers, their works, and their culinary predilections, fill the charming book from start to finish. Among the highlighted meals are:

Alice's Adventures in Wonderful: The Mad Hatter's Tea Party
The Bell Jar: Crab-stuffed Avocado
The Catcher in the Rye: Cheese sandwich and Malted
The Corrections: Cupcakes and Chardonnay
Emma: Picnic Lunch
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Open-faced Sandwich with Coffee
The Great Gatsby: "Glistening Hors-d'oeuvre" and cocktail
Middlesex: Hercules "flexing" hotdog
On the Road: Apple Pie with Ice Cream
To Kill a Mockingbird: Fried Chicken, Tomatoes, Beans, Scuppernong, and Rolls
To the Lighthouse: Boeuf en Daube

Comprehensive and entertaining, Fictitious Dishes is an irresistible impulse buy, and makes the perfect gift for food, literature, and design aficionados for every occasion.