From October 1st, 2008 to March 31st, 2009
I was thinking just 6 months from October 1st to March 31st and you have to read 5 books about food or drink. They can be recipe books with some history in them, they can be anything on the history of food or drinks. NO Health, Medical, Scientific or Diet books are permitted. Also NO novels about food either.
As an example, I have a book called COFFEE (About the History of Coffee) which I plan to read. And if there is book out there on Spices, I would like to find and read that as well.
Anything on cheeses, breads, vegetables, fruits, beers, anything you like. Foods from anywhere - any country - are acceptable. The more exotic the food, the more interesting.
Even Barbara Kingsolver's book - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - would be acceptable for this challenge as it is all about food. It is an excellent book BTW. I reviewed in July last year if you wish to read it. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
If anyone wants to join this food blog, in order to post their reviews, please email me at cesca_nz at yahoo dot com, send me your email address and I will add you to this blog. Otherwise you can post on your own blog and post a link in the comments.
5 comments:
Would cozy mysteries and any other book that revolves around food qualify? Judy
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I'd like to join this challenge. Would chef's biographies and the like count? I have some books in this category that I've been meaning to read.
Beth
I'm ready for this challenge. I have a book on order at the library about garlic. Also I will be reading Omnivore's dilemma and In defense of food. Then I have to figure out some others. I think they are by Pollen?
I really liked Animal, vegetable, miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. If you haven't read it, it is a good one.
I always find these challenges too late to start. I hope there will be a second challenge next year. I have over 450 books on cooking from the 1920s to the present. I won't have to buy anything.
Just finished this challenge and even have a couple weeks left. This was an awesome challenge I really liked most of the books I read. Here is the link to my blog.
http://jennysimpsonjenny.blogspot.com/2008/10/food-book-challenge.html
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