Food and drink inspired by classic and modern literary works.
To kick off National Poetry Month, my latest NM Humanities article on the food odes of Pablo Neruda is now available. Neruda is arguably known more for his poems of love and desire, but his odes to everyday items, namely food, are at the heart of my article. Enjoy! https://nmhumanities.org/?blogId=2227
I'm a sucker for fairy tales, always have been, and always will be. When I was little, one of my very first pieces of creative writing was retelling the story of Hansel and Gretel from the wicked old lady's viewpoint and how these bratty little kids tried to eat her dream house, accused her of … Continue reading Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman
If you've read Chocolat by Joanne Harris or seen the marvelous film version with Juliette Binoche, you're familiar with the magical French town of Lansquenet sous Tannes. It's a deceptively calm, quiet and simple place; yet there are always goings-on and drama in this place. It's too bad that it's a completely fictional place, but … Continue reading Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris
A group of ghost hunters walk into a haunted house. Sounds like the opening of a joke, for my money, but it's not. Instead, it's the premise for one of the weirdest, creepiest, horniest and silliest (in the sense of the ending, that is) haunted house books I've ever read, and that's saying something because … Continue reading Hell House by Richard Matheson
My latest article for the Humanities Council talks about the history of pan de muerto, as well as the importance of food in our cultural commemorations of death and life, so give it a read at: https://nmhumanities.org/?blogId=2172
Though there is something to be said for the untraditional ghostly tale, for Halloween all I want is an old-fashioned ghost story and for classic ghost tales, you can't beat those of Susan Hill. I personally love any type of ghost story or haunted house tale and The Woman in Black fits the bill to … Continue reading The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Growing up is hard enough without some pesky psychic ability rearing its ugly head, but when you're stuck in a haunted hotel over the winter with your neurotic mother and alcoholic father, enough ghosts to make you into a thumb-sucking terror, with no fresh fruit and with (oh the horror!) CANNED soup, why, it's enough … Continue reading Latest Episode of “Fear Feasts” Podcast Has Dropped!
I will be the first person to say that I never cared for Gone with the Wind. The book, people, not the film! But yes, I found GwtW just so sentimental and racist, though I do understand that it was written from the perspective of a white woman who lived in the South and who … Continue reading Scarlett: The Sequel to Gone with the Wind by Alexandra Ripley
The author Italo Calvino is not for all readers, a fact for which I am grateful and for which I love him and his writing even more. Reading this book in particular is like taking a semiotic journey through a vaguely medieval setting in which signs and symbols abound, but that take on multiple meanings … Continue reading The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino
The second episode of Season 2 has dropped on my podcast collaboration Fear Feasts! We're talking about haunted nurseries, mysterious bell pulls that ring all on their own in the middle of the night, the terrifying lack of good scones in Great Britain post-WWII, the creepy spirit of a dead little girl who likes to … Continue reading Latest Episode of “Fear Feasts” Podcast Is Out!
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