When food appears in a talented writer’s story, it’s rarely just food. It can be a stand-in for strong emotions, such as longing, yearning for connection, generosity, or sensuality. Here are five fabulous food-focused works to get your mouth watering with anticipation for the Thanksgiving feast.
The novel is a big canvas. It allows for complexity and a deep dive into character—ample space for readers to explore and contemplate. The price for this experience is time—it can take several hours to several months to read a novel, depending on its girth. It’s easy to assume a short story would be less […]
You know that feeling you get when you would love to sit down to read a book, but you can’t because you have quite literally forty thousand things to do? So, you start thinking embittered thoughts like, “Who are all these fancy, leisured folk who have the time to read entire books?!” and “Why, I […]