*Top Ten Tuesday* Yummy Foods in Books

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Joood - Hooligan of Platypire reviews bossed me into doing this, so I guess this is a thing I do now. 

This weeks theme is yummy foods mentioned in books. Now this is a tough topic for me, not because I never read about yummy foods in books, because I absolutely do. I wanted to make an entire Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings in June once because of reading about one in a book at that time. But I couldn't for the life of me tell you what book I was reading about that Thanksgiving dinner in. While I have an excellent memory for the written word, yummy sounding foods tend to be a rather minor element story wise, so they don't tend to stick with me as a connection to a particular book.

So bare with me while I attempt to cobble together a list of books with foods that made my mouth water.

1) Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling - This is one series that I know for sure always makes me hungry. In true Hufflepuff fashion, I want to go to Hogwarts simply for the feast. It always sounds so delicious when it's being described in the books.

2) My Life in France by Julia Child - If you can read THE Julia Child's memoir and not want to eat all the things, you have way more self-control than I do. I got my husband to buy me Mastering the Art of French Cooking because of this book. I haven't used it yet, but I own it.

3) Cooking for Picasso by Camille Aubray - This is another book that features French cuisine as it's set in the French Riviera. The descriptions of the food are absolutely divine.

4) If This Was a Movie by Ginna Moran - There is talk about a bakery in this book that sells amazing macarons that had me salivating. I've never had a macaron, but this book made me want to hop on over to France to pick some up (and I live close enough that a day trip just for macarons wouldn't be entirely unreasonable.)

5) The Winemakers by Jan Moran - Wine counts as food right? There was probably some talk about amazing sounding Italian meals somewhere in this book too, but mostly it made me want some wine.

6) The Art of Baking Blind by Sarah Vaughan - I want to learn how to make an amazing sponge cake because of this book. There were other delicious sounding baked goods discussed as well, but the sponge cake is what really stands out in my memory 2.5 years after reading the book.

7) Taste Test by L.B. Dunbar - One of these days I'm going to go hog-wild making cherry based baked goods all because of this book. I just gotta' find some good recipes for them.

8) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl - Sure, my cravings from this book may be due in large part to the fact that I saw Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory before I ever read the book, but unless you hate candy, I'm pretty sure you'll have to agree with this choice.

9 & 10) I'm combining nine and ten because not only can I not remember specific book titles from these two authors, but also because they are both based in Louisiana so there's a fair amount of food overlap. In any case, Alexandrea Weis and Mary Theriot have me dying to visit Louisiana to eat all the things, but especially beignets. I end up almost drooling on my kindle just about every time I read any of their books.

So, I did it! I came up with 10 "books" with mouth watering food descriptions. I would advise not reading these books while hungry (it's pretty much like going to the grocery store on an empty stomach. It's just a bad idea).

What books have you read that made your mouth water? - Katie

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