Food

Nonfiction

How fish sauce traveled the world and became ketchup in The Language of Food

It took a while for academia to acknowledge the role food of in history. In his 2003 memoir, The Apprentice, Jacques Pépin tells of the long-ago Columbia University professor who forbade him to focus on the history of French food when the then-young chef was studying for his Ph.D. (Yes,…

Karen BermanOctober 17, 2014

Nonfiction

Don’t be a junk food vegetarian

The last time I ate meat (intentionally—like most vegetarians I’ve had a few accidental meat ingestions) was a ballpark hot dog in the summer of 2002 at Fenway Park in Boston. We were there on vacation and after the baseball game, we drove out to Cape Cod for the rest…

Karen T. SmithApril 25, 2014

Fiction Romance

A Romantic Comedy as Sweet as Coconut Cake

Is it wrong to be 100 percent invested in a coconut cake? Like, to the point where you may have gasped—loudly—when the deliciously described, lovingly prepared thing met an untimely fate? Well, if loving cake is wrong, I don’t want to be right! Of course, Amy E. Reichert’s delightful debut…

Nicole BladesJune 20, 2019

Fiction

Is German food making a comeback with flavors of the Palatinate’s “Golden Autumn”?

Click to learn more As an American, I’ve always been inclined to lump “German food” into a predictable list: bratwurst, sauerkraut, and beer. Then I visited the Rhineland Palatinate (Pfalz) region of Germany to do research for my new novel, THE LAST OF THE BLACKSMITHS (Coffeetown Press, February 15, 2014),…

BookTribFebruary 7, 2014

Audiobooks Miscellany Nonfiction

What My Audiobook Taught Me About Time — and Life

I had to bite my tongue to stop complaining. Here I was, finally an officially published anthology editor, recording my own audiobook (!!!) and yet all I could do was stress about it. When would I find the time to record 10-plus hours of audio?! How would I get this…

Zibby OwensJuly 2, 2021

Fiction Listicles

Foodie Fiction: 7 Reads That Will Make You Hungry

Food often takes a passive role in books. Sure, many authors garnish their novels with an occasional tasty morsel — we might be the fly on the wall as friends grab lunch to discuss their stressful jobs or the invisible third wheel when a couple splits dessert on their first…

Women's Fiction Writers AssociationNovember 25, 2020

How fish sauce traveled the world and became ketchup in The Language of Food

Don’t be a junk food vegetarian

A Romantic Comedy as Sweet as Coconut Cake

Is German food making a comeback with flavors of the Palatinate’s “Golden Autumn”?

What My Audiobook Taught Me About Time — and Life

Foodie Fiction: 7 Reads That Will Make You Hungry

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