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Food and Literature
Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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This volume examines food as subject, form, landscape, polemic, and aesthetic statement in literature. With essays analyzing food and race, queer food, intoxicated poets, avant-garde food writing, vegetarianism, the recipe, the supermarket, food comics, and vampiric eating, this collection brings together fascinating work from leading scholars in the field. It is the first volume to offer an overview of literary food studies and reflect on its origins, developments, and applications. Taking up maxims such as 'we are what we eat', it traces the origins of literary food studies and examines key questions in cultural texts from different global literary traditions. It charts the trajectories of the field in relation to work in critical race studies, postcolonial studies, and children's literature, positing an omnivorous method for the field at large.
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Texreader
Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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Today‘s the last day to nominate countries for #foodandlit 2025! Comment to this post with your nominations.

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LitsyEvents
Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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One week left to make your country nominations for #foodandlit 2025. Respond to ORIGINAL post with your nominations by November 15! We are so looking forward to another year of yummy reading!
To try to avoid duplicates, I posted the countries for the last four years under the tagged book for your convenience.

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Texreader
Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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One week left to make your country nominations for #foodandlit 2025. Respond to this post with your nominations by November 15! We are so looking forward to another year of yummy reading! To try to avoid duplicates, I posted the countries for the last four years under the tagged book for your convenience.

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Catsandbooks
Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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#FoodandLit is coming back for 2025!
Let us know your nominations for the countries you'd like to explore next year!

See @Texreader for the countries we've visited in the past 💙

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mcctrish England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Denmark 🇩🇰 Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿? 3w
Lunakay Looking forward to it! And the nominees are: Italy, Indonesia, Ireland, Bangladesh, Madagascar, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Kamerun, Poland, Uzbekistan, Nepal 3w
Maggie4483 How about Peru or Samoa? I also second Italy and Poland! 3w
BarbaraBB I second my country, Netherlands 🇳🇱! And I nominate Japan and Argentina! 3w
LiseWorks I nominate Iraland, Scotland, England, and France, more of Canada as I feel one month is not enough for my country lol 3w
Liz_M Tunisia, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Trinidad and Tobago, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Lebanon, Mongolia, Slovenia 3w
vonnie862 I nominate Romania, Mexico, & Scotland. 3w
Roary47 Scotland, Ireland, England, China, Japan, Sierra Leone, and India would be some fun ones. 🥰 3w
Dilara Seconding Uzbekistan, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Nepal, Peru and Slovenia.
I also nominate Moldova.
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Bookworm54 I nominate Romania, Ireland, and Hawaii 2w
Texreader @mcctrish @lunakay @Maggie4483 @BarbaraBB @LiseWorks @Liz_M @vonnie862 @Roary47 @Dilara @Bookworm54 We are so excited about your nominations! We will tally and map and do yummy and mysterious things and reveal the 2025 countries soon! 😁 I think this challenge gets more fun every year! @Catsandbooks 2d
Lunakay @Texreader @Catsandbooks 🥰 Super excited as well! Thank you for hosting! 📚❤️🌍 2d
mcctrish @LiseWorks 🇨🇦🇨🇦 2d
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LitsyEvents
Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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#foodandlit country nominations are open until November 15! Here are the countries assigned in the past four years, so we will avoid duplicates. Thanks to @TheBookHippie for making this graphic back during the Olympics.

Tag me @Texreader !!

Bookwormjillk Here are a few: Cuba, Ireland, Greenland, Panama, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Antartica 3w
TheBookHippie Me I thought we had Scotland for December 😅😂🤣 so Scotland 😅 3w
Teresereading Aruba? 2w
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Teresereading Monaco, Fiji. Looks like it‘s down to small places 😉 2w
Bookwormjillk Here are a few more: Italy, Columbia, Algeria, Denmark 2w
Texreader @Bookwormjillk @TheBookHippie @Teresereading We are so excited about your nominations! We will tally and map and do yummy and mysterious things and reveal the 2025 countries soon! 😁 I think this challenge gets more fun every year! 2d
TheBookHippie @Texreader I adore it 🌎🌍🌏 2d
Bookwormjillk @Texreader Even though I haven't been good about the food part of food and lit this year I love this challenge. I'm so glad it's continuing! 2d
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Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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@Catsandbooks and I are back! Taking nominations for countries for #foodandlit2025! It will be our fifth year hosting the challenge and we‘re very excited about it! @TheBookHippie previously posted all the countries from the last four years and I‘ll repost it so we can avoid duplicates. A reminder: we try to read a book about, set in, or by an author from the country and eat food indigenous to that month‘s country. Nominations open through Nov. 15

TheBookHippie Yay!!!!!! Okay now to think 🤣 3w
TheBookHippie Belgium 3w
Texreader @Liz_M Thanks! 3w
TheBookHippie Denmark 3w
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Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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https://youtu.be/Rs4nZ4talSY?si=GN8PPVMig0BLteYY

Brendan Shay Basham on the Similarities Between the Chef Life and the Writing Life - on LitHub: https://lithub.com/brendan-shay-basham-on-the-similarities-between-the-chef-life...

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LitsyEvents
Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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#FoodandLit is officially launching our own website!
All of our resources including our book list, pinterest board, and even Storygraph challenge is linked there.
You will also find a map with pins of the countries we've visited and will visit.

Check it out and let us know what you think!
https://foodandlit.pisani.me/

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Catsandbooks
Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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#FoodandLit is officially launching our own website!
All of our resources including our book list, pinterest board, and even Storygraph challenge is linked there.
You will also find a map with pins of the countries we've visited and will visit.

Check it out and let us know what you think!
https://foodandlit.pisani.me/

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dabbe Sheer awesomeness. 🤩🤩🤩 It is now bookmarked! 12mo
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Looks good! I've also bookmarked it. 12mo
DieAReader That‘s fantastic!! 12mo
Bookwormjillk Very cool! 12mo
TheBookHippie Oh yay!! 12mo
TheKidUpstairs Love it! 12mo
vonnie862 Woah, so cool!!! 12mo
Daisey Fantastic! 12mo
Chrissyreadit wow!!! 12mo
Chrissyreadit That just looks amazing and i‘m both excited and impressed 12mo
Roary47 So cool! 12mo
yourfavouritemixtape This looks so impressing! I will proably browse this for a long time. 12mo
BarbaraBB That is so cool. Great job! 12mo
Bookworm54 Amazing! I love the map 😍 12mo
Karisa Love it! 😍 12mo
Pageturner1 love it 💗 12mo
bcncookbookclub Well-done! And the map is amazing! 11mo
AllDebooks Looks great. X 11mo
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Catsandbooks
Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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The moment you've all been waiting for is finally here... #FoodandLit 2024! 🎉

If you're not currently tagged in #FoodandLit news and would like to be or would liked to be removed from the list for 2024, please let me know.

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Roary47 I‘m going to try better this coming year. I want to learn more of other nations. 💛 13mo
BarbaraBB I‘ll try to add more often next year too. Thanks for organizing again!! 13mo
Lunakay Amazing list, looking forward to it! 🌍 13mo
Bookwormjillk Yay yay yay!!! 13mo
Chrissyreadit 🎉🎉🎉 13mo
TheBookHippie YAY!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼♥️ 13mo
Pageturner1 😄 going to try hard to be active 13mo
Pageturner1 got my choice picked out for January, Imperfect Arrangements (edited) 13mo
yourfavouritemixtape I‘m not sure I will manage yet another reading challenge, but this sounds so fun. So yes please, I‘d like to be on the tag list 🙂 13mo
Laughterhp Hey, can you please take me off the list? I was unable to participate at all this year, so don‘t think I‘ll be able to next year either. Thanks! 13mo
Catsandbooks @yourfavouritemixtape added you! 😊 13mo
Catsandbooks @Laughterhp no problem! 👍🏼 13mo
Captivatedbybooks How does this work? 13mo
Texreader @Captivatedbybooks Read a book set in or by an author from the country during its respective month, and try to enjoy one traditional recipe/meal from that country. All completely voluntary—participate the whole year or when you can 13mo
Tineke Can you add me to the tag list? Thank you! 12mo
Catsandbooks @Tineke added you! 😊 12mo
Tineke Thank you! I'm so looking forward to this. Is there a master list of books set in the selected countries? I have King Peggy by Peggielene Bartels and Eleanor Herman on my wishlist. And it's about a naturalized American woman who becomes the king of a village in Ghana. It's non fiction. This story has interested me for years, so high time to acquire this. The wikipedia is interesting too and will send me down a rabbit hole I'm sure. 12mo
Catsandbooks @Tineke Yes we will have a master book list where suggestions can be made! There's currently one for 2023 too! As it gets closer to the end of the year there will be more resources being posted 😉 12mo
vonnie862 Ooh I would like to join! 12mo
Catsandbooks @vonnie862 added you! 😊 12mo
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LitsyEvents
Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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Still time to nominate countries for #foodandlit2024 Co hosted by @catsandbooks and @texreader head over to their pages to make a nomination.

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Catsandbooks
Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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There's still time to nominate countries for #FoodandLit in 2024!

We're taking nominations until October 1st

Amiable Suggestion: Turkey 14mo
MidnightBookGirl I nominate Iceland! 14mo
AbigailJaneBlog Ireland! 14mo
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KT1432 Italy and South Africa! 14mo
ju.ca.no Austria😇 14mo
Jerdencon Iceland 14mo
Dilara I am looking forward to the results to a ridiculous degree! 13mo
Catsandbooks @Dilara beginning of November they should be announced 😉 13mo
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LitsyEvents
Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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Reposting for @catsandbooks and @texteader
#FoodandLit will be back in 2024 with @catsandbooks and @texreader as your hosts! Here‘s a reminder of all the countries we have visited in the past 3 years! Please nominate countries you‘d like to visit next year. We‘ll be taking nominations until October 1st

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Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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#FoodandLit will be back in 2024 with @Catsandbooks and @Texreader as your hosts! Here is a reminder of all the countries we have visited in the past 3 years! Please nominate countries you'd like to visit next year. We'll be taking nominations until October 1st.

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mcctrish Canada 🇨🇦 Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 1y
sblbooks Romania or Italy 1y
Chrissyreadit Iceland, South Korea, Ireland 1y
CurvyCrochetGirl Ireland, Scotland, Romania 1y
Itchyfeetreader Spain, Jamaica or Bangladesh would be good .I love following this and do the recipes but not so good with the books! 1y
Bookworm54 Malaysia, Romania, Denmark, Wales, Croatia, Finland :) 1y
Maggie4483 I‘ll co-sign everyone else‘s votes, and add Venezuela, Peru, the Philippines, and Lebanon. 1y
Teresereading Scotland, Iceland, Ireland, Canada 1y
TheBookHippie Iceland for December next year!!! Denmark Scotland Finland Wales 1y
Texreader I‘m loving this nominations!! Keep them coming! 1y
LeeRHarry Finland for Feb 😊but also Wales, Sri Lanka and New Zealand. 1y
Lunakay Europe: Italy, Spain, Iceland; Asia: Malaysia, South Korea, Indonesia; Americas: Canada, Peru, Panama; Africa: Tunisia, Tanzania, Kongo 1y
slategreyskies Finland, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand. :) 1y
Dilara Malaysia, Georgia (the country, not the US state, obv.), Madagascar, Peru, Indonesia, Laos, Liberia, Jamaica 😁 1y
Bookwormjillk Love all of these! Can‘t think of any I‘d add. Maybe Spain? 1y
AnnR @Catsandbooks Could you please add me to the tag list? Thank you. Maybe I'll have time to join in during 2024. ☺ 1y
Catsandbooks @AnnR added you! 😊 1y
TheKidUpstairs I'd love to nominate: Afghanistan, Ireland, New Zealand, Indonesia 1y
thegreensofa My vote: Canada 🇨🇦. Luxembourg 🇱🇺. Macau 🇲🇴. 😃 1y
Maggie4483 If decisions haven‘t been made yet, I‘d also like to add Somalia & Bosnia and Herzegovina 1y
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LitsyEvents
Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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#FoodandLit
Wow, we are halfway through the year!
Here's a reminder of the countries we'll be visiting for the second half of the year!

Sapphire I will have to join you for Costa Rica in August since we just decided to go there in December. Now what to read?!?! (edited) 1y
LitsyEvents @catsandbooks see comment above 1y
Catsandbooks @Sapphire yes please do!! We have a book list anyone is welcome to add to, so feel free to check it out and/or add to it! 1y
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Sapphire Yes I was digging for that link! 1y
Catsandbooks @Sapphire it's in the comments of every monthly country post 1y
Sapphire @Catsandbooks found it! Thanks 1y
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#FoodandLit
Wow, we are halfway through the year!
Here's a reminder of the countries we'll be visiting for the second half of the year!

Texreader Yay! 1y
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Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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In the better late than never category, we finally made it downtown to Schilos today for German food. I had the “Taste of #Germany” with bratwurst, schweinsnitzel, German potato salad, red cabbage, and sauerkraut. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

dabbe Yum! 2y
Leftcoastzen Wow , I love going to restaurants that have been open a real long time! 2y
Catsandbooks So delicious!! 🇩🇪 2y
Bookishlie Did you have the root beer and split pea soup? Both are amazing!!! 2y
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Catsandbooks
Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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#FoodandLit now has a running book list for 2023!

If you need help finding books for a country or want to share books you've found, this list is a resource.
Anyone can add books to the list!

Find it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Q4R1xxFtwZSIkohqdNLdsEYQx7FJLsBJ2YN9YQ1tHY/...

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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Awesome! I looked up Uganda today and found some possibilities that my library has available plus looked for some others on my shelves that I own. I'll add them into the document this week. 2y
Chrissyreadit Brilliant! 2y
julieclair Great idea! 2y
Itchyfeetreader Thank you ! 2y
AbigailJaneBlog Thanks! I've been doing lots of planning so looking forward to sharing! 2y
Bookwormjillk Nice! I can‘t wait for my work to slow down in a week or so. I plan on many long afternoons spent figuring out my reading lists for next year. 2y
Blackink_WhitePaper It‘s awesome thank you ! 2y
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Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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I‘m very excited as I‘m lining up my challenges and participation in Litsy 2023! These are the ones I‘m hoping to participate in so far and I‘m going to start planning this weekend. Of course #foodandlit2023 reigns supreme! And #readingtheamericas2023 #authoramonth2023 and #litsycrafters2023—proof there‘s something for everyone on Litsy! @Catsandbooks @Soubhiville @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Librarybelle Lots of fun reading next year! 2y
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#FoodandLit 2023 🌎🌍🌏🍽

To participate read a book that takes place in the country or is by an author from the country. Also enjoy food from the country. Share your experience with the tag #FoodandLit and tag @Catsandbooks & @Texreader

If you're not currently tagged in #FoodandLit news and would like to be, let me know.

Excited to read, eat, and virtually travel with y'all!!

Storygraph link ⬇️

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Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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#FoodandLit 2023 🌎🌍🌏🍽

To participate read a book that takes place in the country or is by an author from the country. Also enjoy food from the country. Share your experience with the tag #FoodandLit and tag @Catsandbooks & @Texreader

If you're not currently tagged in #FoodandLit news and would like to be, let me know.

Excited to read, eat, and virtually travel with y'all!!

Storygraph link ⬇️

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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick YAY! I haven't been able to pay as much this year because of life, but I'm still asking for the ride and hoping next year is a little better. 2y
Blackink_WhitePaper I am excited for this ! Brilliant selection of countries . 🥰😻 thanks for hosting 💐😇 2y
Soscha Please do tag me into Food & Lit! 2y
Karisa Ooh, this always looks like so much fun! Please tag me too 😊 2y
Bookwormjillk Yay!! Great choices! 2y
julieclair Super choices! 2y
Catsandbooks @Soscha @karisa added you both to the list! 2y
Itchyfeetreader So excited for this - one of my goals for next year is to try a new recipe@once a fortnight so this will work well 2y
LeeRHarry Hope you all get stuck into the Vegemite in June! 😆 could you tag me please 🙏 thanks! (edited) 2y
Daisey This list looks great! I haven‘t participated as much this year as I would have liked but am looking forward to trying more again next year. Thank you both again for organizing! 2y
AbigailJaneBlog How exciting! Thank you for organising 🌟 2y
Chrissyreadit 🙌✨💫🥳 2y
TheBookHippie Oh my word I‘m so excited!!!!! 2y
ElizaMarie Ooo, I am so excited to participate in this one! 2y
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Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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Reminder to nominate countries for #foodandlit in 2023! Nominations are open through November 27.

If you haven‘t already nominated countries (as many as you like), or if you want to nominate more countries, please comment below or repost and tag @Catsandbooks and @Texreader We are very excited to be your hosts again next year!

TheBookHippie Did I say Finland ? If not then Finland. 😂 2y
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Butterfinger
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In elementary school, I had a friend whose parents were political emigres from Communist Cuba. I fondly remember the music, the stories, and the food from this special family. I never eat bananas, but I ate Ms. Rodriguez's fried plantains so that is what I fixed for #Cuba #FoodandLit @texreader @Catsandbooks

Catsandbooks Love fried plantains! 3y
aa_guer2021 My husband is Ecuadorian and some of his family members are of Cuban descent. They have fried plantains at almost every special get together and it is always such a treat! 3y
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Here‘s the gyro in all its glory and falafel. Yummy dinner tonight!! #foodandlit #Greece

Alfoster I‘ll be right over!😝 3y
Leftcoastzen Looks good! 3y
Catsandbooks Love gyros! 3y
BarbaraBB Looking good! 3y
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I am always running behind with my #foodandlit meals. I‘m finally across town and able to get the best Greek food here. I‘m awaiting our gyros but as you can see I cannot pass up baklava. #Greece

Bklover Ummmmm….Yum!!!!! 3y
Soubhiville Oooooo, that‘s a definite favorite! 3y
Catsandbooks Love baklava!! 3y
ravenlee 😯 Papouli‘s in the Forum was my FAVORITE restaurant a million years ago when I was stationed at Randolph. I missed it so much when I moved! 3y
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Came from Argentina. Delicious 😋. #FoodandLit @Catsandbooks @Texreader

Susanita Alfajores! 3y
Texreader Fantastic!! 3y
Catsandbooks Yum!! 3y
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While I‘m getting some R&R from my surgery yesterday I‘m working on adding recipes to our #foodandlit Pinterest board for the rest of the year. Here are just some of the remaining countries. Looking good!! 😋

https://pin.it/6y82xLW

Butterfinger Wow!!!! I get all my recipes from your board. 3y
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According to the history I read about #Argentina, it has a large diaspora of Italians. So check out this recipe! #foodandlit

http://jajacombo.blogspot.com/2018/11/fugazzeta-argentinian-stuffed-pizza.html?m...

Also on our Pinterest board: https://pin.it/auUUy8n

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I forgot to take a photo of my carne guisada empanadas I had for breakfast yesterday. I just tucked right in and ate every last crumb. This is a good month for #foodandlit #Argentina! Here‘s where to find an empanada recipe:

https://myrecipeconfessions.com/entree/argentine-empanadas/

Also on our Pinterest board: https://pin.it/76Qoi6B

JudeCC 👍 😃 Thanks!!! 3y
CuriousG I love empanadas! My husband has a great recipe for them with smoked fish - it is so good. 3y
Texreader @CuriousG That sounds so good!! 3y
TheBookHippie YUMMMM 3y
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Butterfinger
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We had Egyptian Spinach Pie for tonight. So yummy!! #FoodandLit @Catsandbooks @Texreader

Catsandbooks Oh yum!! 3y
Texreader That looks good! 3y
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I used ingredients common to Egyptian meals but I‘m not sure how authentic my meal was for #Egypt #foodandlit. Lamb chops in a red wine reduction, 2 kinds of rice (brown and jasmine), falafel, and a salad. @Butterfinger @Catsandbooks

Butterfinger Looks amazing 😍😍!! 3y
Texreader @Butterfinger It was so good. The chops cooked on low heat in the oven for more than an hour and was so tender. The sauce was perfect for the rice and falafel. 3y
Booksarelifeaddict Looks delicious 😋 3y
Texreader @Booksarelifeaddict It was!! Thank you! 3y
Catsandbooks So tasty! 3y
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Need ideas for a book to read in February for #foodandlit #Argentina? Here‘s a helpful link:

https://taleaway.com/books-set-in-argentina/

You can also check out our book lists board on Pinterest here:

https://pin.it/3VgekBs

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maich Already borrow from the library 3y
Texreader @maich Awesome! I think that‘s our upcoming buddy read. Am I right @Catsandbooks ? 3y
maich @Texreader I know. That's why I borrow it😊 3y
Texreader @maich 👍🏻 3y
Cinfhen Thanks for the tag and links!! Still unsure what I‘ll be reading 🤓 3y
Sapphire I am excited to get started! I am reading Ficciones by Borge‘s but also Fever Dream. Fever Dream first as it is easier. Making Empanadas. So excited I found Goya brand discos at the grocery store. 3y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I'm striving for overachiever status and hope to read my Culture Smart overview, Mona, Tender is the Flesh, and Ficciones. 3y
readwithcori Thanks!! I haven‘t decided yet so I‘ll be looking at this today ☺️ 3y
Pageturner1 😀 Great! 3y
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It‘s time to start thinking about what food you‘re going to try in February for #foodandlit #Argentina. Empanadas are to die for. That recipe and more can be found here: https://nomadparadise.com/argentinian-food/

Many more recipes can be found on our Pinterest board here:

https://pin.it/3diLl8j

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vonnie862 Love this rice! 3y
Texreader @vonnie862 It looks yummy 3y
BookBabe 😋 thanks for sharing! I love Middle Eastern food. 3y
BarbaraBB Thanks! 3y
ChasingOm I spent some time last night looking through the tagged book. I love travel guides and now I really want to visit Alexandria! 3y
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Reminder to all #foodandlit participants! We have a recipe board for each country in Pinterest here:

https://pin.it/3chRU8X

You can also find the recipe for hawawshi here, a good source for recipes from #Egypt:

https://www.egyptianepicurean.com/all/mains/hawawshi

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Grocery haul from the Filipino market. #foodandlit #Philippines @Catsandbooks @Butterfinger

Catsandbooks Ooo looks great! 3y
asterese Choco Crunchies are the best! 😄 3y
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Daughter and I tried the Filipino restaurant and market today. We got lechon kawali, lumpia, butsi, and a pandan Sago (the drink). I‘ll take a photo of the groceries we bought separately. #foodandlit #Philippines @Catsandbooks @Butterfinger

Catsandbooks So fun!! 3y
Butterfinger Visiting the different restaurants are so fun. 3y
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Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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Thought it was a good time to reshare for 2022 #FoodandLit. I finally got someone to join Litsy, my sister, @ShilohIrons1982

Miss, you just read a book set in the nation (it can be a children's book for P and T) and eat something from the nation.

@Texreader @Catsandbooks

ShilohIrons1982 Thanks 3y
ShilohIrons1982 Can I read my Mummy Returns for January? 3y
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LitsyEvents
Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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@Catsandbooks will be hosting a buddy read with #FoodandLit for 2022!

“Pictured are the first 3 books for the first quarter of the year. This is a casual buddy read, so read at your own pace. Jump in whenever you like! I'll post a few check-ins throughout the month.

*This is by no means required reading for #FoodandLit so still feel free to read what you like for each month.“

@Texreader, @Butterfinger

Catsandbooks Thanks for sharing! 3y
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Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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Excited for new discussions with great people. @Catsandbooks will be leading monthly #FoodandLit Buddy Reads.

No pressure to read. Just an option to enjoy the world and Litsy.

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Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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I'll be hosting a buddy read with #FoodandLit for 2022! These are the first 3 books for the first quarter of the year.
This is a casual buddy read, so read at your own pace. Jump in whenever you like! I'll post a few check-ins throughout the month.

*This is by no means required reading for #FoodandLit so still feel free to read what you like for each month.

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TheBookHippie Enjoy! I‘ve got mine planned 😅. 3y
Bookwormjillk Cool! I have Death on the Nile waiting at me for the library, so I‘m in for that! 3y
Jerdencon I just reserved death on the Nile from the library - hope to join! 3y
Catsandbooks @TheBookHippie No worries! Ik you plan far in advance! I love seeing what you read! ❤️ 3y
Catsandbooks @Bookwormjillk @Jerdencon Excellent! Excited to read with you both! 😊 3y
AnneCecilie I‘ll probably join in on all 3 reads. Just reserved Death on the Nile at the library. 3y
Catsandbooks @AnneCecilie Yay! Can't wait! ❤️ 3y
Cinfhen Thanks for the tag 💓💓💓I‘ve recently re-read the January book so I‘ll pass on that one but maybe I‘ll join in for February. 3y
TheAromaofBooks Oh nice, I love this idea!! 3y
Catsandbooks @Cinfhen sounds good! ☺️ 3y
Catsandbooks @TheAromaofBooks ☺️❤️🙌🏼 3y
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Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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My husband made adobo chicken and rice for #Philippines #FoodandLit @Catsandbooks @Texreader

Catsandbooks It looks so good!! 😍 3y
Texreader Yay! 3y
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Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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Our #foodandlit country for December, the #Philippines, is the 2nd most beautiful place in the world. Read the whole list here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-10273071/Ranked-50-beautiful-place...

I‘ve loved doing #foodandlit and #readingeurope2020 and #readingasia2021 and I almost feel like I‘ve been to places on lists like these. @Catsandbooks @Butterfinger @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Butterfinger My book for the Philippines mentions those rice terraces. 3y
BarbaraBB Great article! And I agree on the number one! 3y
Librarybelle Nice! 3y
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Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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Don‘t forget your Mexican food this month for #foodandlit! Recipes are available on Pinterest here: https://pin.it/1eEBToP

@Butterfinger @Catsandbooks

Sapphire Elote is so yummy and so easy! 3y
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Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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My list for #foodandlit2022 is coming together! Although I have 3 for Argentina, 2 for Afghanistan, and 2 for Japan. Cuba will be an audible title for me, “Our Man in Havana”. 10 of 12 for this challenge are all books already on my tbr shelves of previously purchased! @Texreader

Butterfinger Oh my goodness. What great planning!! 3y
Texreader Isn‘t that the best ever!!! Way to go! And great planning. So much fun!! 3y
Catsandbooks Awesome!! 3y
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LitsyEvents
Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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Hosted by the incomparable @Butterfinger @Catsandbooks and @Texreader: Read a book, make a dish, and share (and tag us please)! And more fun to come with #buddyreads to be announced!

original #FoodandLit post is here:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2306532

Texreader Thank you for reposting!! 3y
LitsyEvents @Texreader since @CatsandBooks created the artwork for the account profile picture it was only fair to prioritize this event. 😆 Plus it's a favorite of mine (ours). 3y
Catsandbooks Thanks for sharing!! ☺️💕 3y
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Libby1 What a fantastic idea, @Texreader and @Catsandbooks ! 3y
Libby1 And @Butterfinger ! (Forgot to tag you!) 3y
Butterfinger @Libby1 would you like to join us for 2022? 3y
Libby1 I think I will, @Butterfinger . I‘m not very good at cooking or baking so I may source the food from restaurants or bakeries. 😊 3y
Butterfinger @Libby1 that is exactly what I do. I have been pretty lucky so far except for last month's Zambia. 😁 3y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @Libby1 This year I've been so bad with the food portion that I've only had a banana from Guatemala. 🤣🤣🤣 I'll be enjoying some Mexican food this month, though. 3y
Texreader @Libby1 I‘m adding you to our group list. Yay!!! 3y
Texreader @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick But your book reviews are so darned awesome—we all learn so much from you I think we can forgive you for missing the food half of the challenge. 😉😂 But Mexican food is very hard to pass up anytime! 3y
Texreader @Libby1 @Butterfinger When it‘s available I absolutely order out! But oh my gosh I found this Moroccan style steak and couscous my grocery store prepares to cook at home and it‘s now a staple. So don‘t underestimate your local grocery store! I so scored on that find when we had #Morocco month. 3y
Sapphire I have Yacoubian Building somewhere in my TBR so I think that will be my January read for Egypt. But here is a list for anyone searching: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/an-egypt-fiction-reading-list 3y
Texreader @Sapphire thanks!! 3y
Sapphire @Texreader I will remember tags in the future! Thanks for hosting these events. Looking forward and so excited my title is also a ROOT for me! 3y
Sapphire Planning is so fun! With my Egypt book selected I started looking for Argentina In February with an eye to also finding books I already own. Bingo! Fictions is on my tbr. Haven‘t read Borges since high school and that was in Spanish class. If folks are double teaming it with “books in translation” here is a list set in Argentina by LA authors : https://taleaway.com/books-set-in-argentina/ @Texreader @Butterfinger @Catsandbooks 3y
Texreader @Sapphire Yay! Thanks so much! 3y
Sapphire So I found 10 titles in my tbr and will post later. I don‘t have Kenya or Haiti so will go to the library for those when it gets closer rather than picking now. But this looks like a good list for Kenya: https://www.theuncorkedlibrarian.com/books-about-kenya/ 3y
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Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani
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I went through my own library looking for books I already have (& one on my tbr) to plan for #foodandlit in 2022. If you‘re in need of ideas, this may help.

BarbaraBB Great inspiration. For Haiti I can highly recommend 3y
BarbaraBB …. Or some García Márquez of course ?? 3y
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Texreader @BarbaraBB Awesome! Thank you! Plugging them in now 3y
ChasingOm Oooh, I love this idea! 3y
JamieArc Have you read Edwidge Danticat? I really liked the tagged book, for Haiti. 3y
Texreader @JamieArc That does look good! 3y
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