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March - Gastronomical Reads
🎂Welcome to the "Gastronomical Reads" Reading Challenge! Are you ready to dive into the world of food, flavors, and culinary adventures? For the next month, let’s cook up some reading magic. Let’s savor the stories together and discover just how much food and literature have in common. Ready to start?🍴
🍡How To Participate:🍺
🍕To sign up, post a comment below with the number of books you plan to read.🍪
🍹It is okay if you are unsure of how many books you can read. Please just let me know an estimated goal. It can always be changed later.🍐
🍈After you finish a book, update your progress by creating a new post.🍒
🍩When updating your progress, please include your original sign-up message number, the numbers of books read, and your goal.🌽
🍉For example, "Update to message #1: 2/10 books read".�
🥚 If you decide to drop out of the challenge, please do not delete your posts. Please create a new post letting me know that you want to drop out.
🍖If you have any questions, please let me know.🍋
🍓Have fun and let’s whisk through some food-filled adventures!🍔
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List of Participants:
🍅Allie (# 20) - 4/5
Amy (# 15) - 4/5
Anna Rachel (# 12) - 0/5
Ashly (# 34) - 2/5
Athina S. (# 6) - 1/2
Beth (# 13) - 10/10 Completed!
✨Brianna Raquel� (# 22) - 10/10 Completed!
Caraina (# 14) - 5/5 Completed!
Carrie (# 11) - 10/10 Completed!
Ciara (# 28) - 0/10
Claire (# 21) - 6/6 Completed!
Jenn (# 46) - 9/10
JennH (# 8) - 6/5 Completed!
Jessica (# 23) - 0/5
Joanne (# 24) - 0/15
Jordan (# 5) - 1/1 Completed!
Kalyn (# 36) - 2/2 Completed!
Karin (# 42) - 3/3 Completed!
Kristina (# 9) - 4/4 Completed!
Lisa Marie (# 68) - 0/4
Sarah (# 48) - 0/8
Shari (# 10) - 6/6 Completed!
Sheila (# 41) - 10/10 Completed!
Sophia (# 33) - 1/3
Susan (# 17) - 5/5 Completed!
Susan (# 7) - 4/4 Completed!
Temitayomiyoshiseun (# 19) - 1/5
TerryJane (# 18) - 10/10 Completed!
Whitney (# 4) - 4/4 Completed!
STATS
Participants: 29
Books Read: 118
Book Goal: 177
Completed: 16
Updated on April 11, 2025 through Message #88.
I'm in for 4!Progress: 4/4
Read a book about someone who is a great cook or adores cooking.
Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
Read a book where food is used to try to cajole or persuade someone.
Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev
Read a book set in a restaurant, diner or other place where food is prepared and served.
Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin
Read a book with a banquet, festival or similar celebration involving food.
Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
I'll read 1 book, The Tempest by Shakespeare; one of its minor themes is survival and food deprivation 
Sign me up for 2 books please! 7. Hunger- Two Pieces of Cloth by Joe Gold
8. Setting - Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Sign me up for 4 book please.Progress: 4/4
🍳 1. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea or supper?
Read a book with any of the above meal terms in the title.
- Completed 3/26/25🥫 2. Acquired taste
Read a book from an author, genre, or series that you didn’t initially like, but now enjoy.
- Completed 3/12/25🥮 9. Celebrate
Read a book with a banquet, festival or similar celebration involving food.
- Completed 3/15/25🍕 10. Feast for the eyes
Read a book with a food or beverage on the cover or in the title.
- Completed 3/20/25
Please sign me up for 5.6/5
🍳 1. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea or supper?
Read a book with any of the above meal terms in the title.
🥫 2. Acquired taste
Read a book from an author, genre, or series that you didn’t initially like, but now enjoy.
Read a book about someone who is a great cook or adores cooking.
Sticks and Scones by Ellie Alexander 3/5/25
Read a fiction or nonfiction book which includes one or more recipes.
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst 3/19/25
🔪 5. Tools of the trade
Read a book that involves securing food, like hunting, fishing, farming, etc.; or where someone uses a kitchen implement for nefarious purposes.
Read a book where food is used to try to cajole or persuade someone.
Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yōko Tawada 3/2/25
Read a book involving deprivation or famine.
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker 3/4/25
🍽� 8. Setting
Read a book set in a restaurant, diner or other place where food is prepared and served.
Read a book with a banquet, festival or similar celebration involving food.
Botched Butterscotch by Amanda Flower 3/30/25
Read a book with a food or beverage on the cover or in the title.
Sealed Off by Barbara Ross 3/31/25
GASTRONOMICAL READSMarch 01, 2025 - March 31, 2025
Progress: 4/4
Sign me up for 4 books!
🥫 Acquired taste
� 2. Read a book from an author, genre, or series that you didn’t initially like, but now enjoy: The Muse of Maiden Lane by Mimi Matthews
🔪 Tools of the trade
� 5. Read a book that involves securing food, like hunting, fishing, farming, etc.; or where someone uses a kitchen implement for nefarious purposes: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
🍯 Food & Mood
� 6. Read a book where food is used to try to cajole or persuade someone: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
🍕 Feast for the eyes
� 10. Read a book with a food or beverage on the cover or in the title: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Please sign me up for 6!GASTRONOMICAL READS
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2025
Progress: 6 / 6 - COMPLETED 3-27-25
🍳 1. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea or supper?
Read a book with any of the above meal terms in the title. The Midnight Feast
🥫 2. Acquired taste
Read a book from an author, genre, or series that you didn’t initially like, but now enjoy.
👨� 3. Enjoy your meal
Read a book about someone who is a great cook or adores cooking.
📋 4. Recipes
Read a fiction or nonfiction book which includes one or more recipes. A Tangle of Knots
🔪 5. Tools of the trade
Read a book that involves securing food, like hunting, fishing, farming, etc.; or where someone uses a kitchen implement for nefarious purposes.
🍯 6. Food & Mood
Read a book where food is used to try to cajole or persuade someone.
🥺 7. Hunger
Read a book involving deprivation or famine. Auschwitz Lullaby
🍽� 8. Setting
Read a book set in a restaurant, diner or other place where food is prepared and served. Peach Cobbler Murder
🥮 9. Celebrate
Read a book with a banquet, festival or similar celebration involving food. Women of the Silk
🍕 10. Feast for the eyes
Read a book with a food or beverage on the cover or in the title. Carrot Cake Murder
🍴GASTRONOMICAL READS🍴Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2025
🎉Completed: 10/10🎉
✔️🍳 1. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea or supper?
Read a book with any of the above meal terms in the title.
---Bed...and Breakfast 3/30/25
✔️🥫 2. Acquired taste
Read a book from an author, genre, or series that you didn’t initially like, but now enjoy.
---Eat, Pray, Love 3/31/25
✔️👨� 3. Enjoy your meal
Read a book about someone who is a great cook or adores cooking.
---Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder 3/18/25
✔️📋 4. Recipes
Read a fiction or nonfiction book which includes one or more recipes.
---Where the Crawdads Sing 3/16/25
✔️🔪 5. Tools of the trade
Read a book that involves securing food, like hunting, fishing, farming, etc.; or where someone uses a kitchen implement for nefarious purposes.
---It Happened One Summer 3/21/25
✔️🍯 6. Food & Mood
Read a book where food is used to try to cajole or persuade someone.
---Coraline 3/1/25
✔️🥺 7. Hunger
Read a book involving deprivation or famine.
---Demon Copperhead 3/28/25
or
---The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 3/13/25
✔️🍽� 8. Setting
Read a book set in a restaurant, diner or other place where food is prepared and served.
---Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 3/27/25
✔️🥮 9. Celebrate
Read a book with a banquet, festival or similar celebration involving food.
---The Unhoneymooners 3/29/25
✔️🍕 10. Feast for the eyes
Read a book with a food or beverage on the cover or in the title.
---Mad Honey 3/2/25
🕓🚀Anna Rachel is a Gastronomical Reader!🕓🚀I’m joining this challenge aiming for completing 5 books!
Current Progress: 0/5
🍳 Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea or supper? 🍳
The Second Chance Supper Club TBR
👨� Enjoy your meal 👨�
The Seven Year Slip TBR
📋 Recipes 📋
Iced Under TBR
🍽� Setting 🍽�
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe TBR
🍕 Feast for the eyes
Pies and Prejudice TBR
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Gastronomical ReadsCompleted March 30
😋 1. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea or supper? - Read a book with any of the above meal terms in the title.
Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket "Breakfast" in title
😋 2. Acquired taste - Read a book from an author, genre, or series that you didn’t initially like, but now enjoy.
Lamentation (Matthew Shardlake, #6) by C.J. Sansom This is my favorite book of the series so far. I found the first book or two a bit tedious.
😋 3. Enjoy your meal - Read a book about someone who is a great cook or adores cooking.
The Body Farm(Kay Scarpetta, #5) by Patricia Cornwell Kay is a fabulous cook and uses cooking for relaxation.
😋 4. Recipes - Read a fiction or nonfiction book which includes one or more recipes.
Kafka's Soup: A Complete History of World Literature in 17 Recipes by Mark Crick 17 recipes in book
😋 5. Tools of the trade - Read a book that involves securing food, like hunting, fishing, farming, etc.; or where someone uses a kitchen implement for nefarious purposes.
Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty Frick goes hunting a few times during the stories, and David and his friends go fishing.
😋 6. Food & Mood - Read a book where food is used to try to cajole or persuade someone.
The String of Pearls by Anonymous Tobias is given meat pies and beer to get him to do what Todd wants him to do
😋 7. Hunger - Read a book involving deprivation or famine.
Yossel, April 19, 1943 by Joe Kubert story about the Warsaw Ghetto
😋 8. Setting - Read a book set in a restaurant, diner or other place where food is prepared and served.
Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi set in a cafe
😋 9. Celebrate - Read a book with a banquet, festival or similar celebration involving food.
When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons, #6) by Julia Quinn - chapter 10 is set during Violet Bridgerton's birthday party
😋 10. Feast for the eyes - Read a book with a food or beverage on the cover or in the title
If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck 'cherries' in title
GASTRONOMICAL READSDuration: March 1 - March 31, 2025
Completed: 5/5
🍳 1. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea or supper?
Read a book with any of the above meal terms in the title. Tea & Treachery - Vicki Delany 3/10/25
🥫 2. Acquired taste
Read a book from an author, genre, or series that you didn’t initially like, but now enjoy.
👨� 3. Enjoy your meal
Read a book about someone who is a great cook or adores cooking.
📋 4. Recipes
Read a fiction or nonfiction book which includes one or more recipes. Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes - Karen Rose Smith 3/16/25
🔪 5. Tools of the trade
Read a book that involves securing food, like hunting, fishing, farming, etc.; or where someone uses a kitchen implement for nefarious purposes. The Book of Candlelight - Ellery Adams 3/5/25
🍯 6. Food & Mood
Read a book where food is used to try to cajole or persuade someone.
🥺 7. Hunger
Read a book involving deprivation or famine.
🍽� 8. Setting
Read a book set in a restaurant, diner or other place where food is prepared and served. Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse - Harper Lin 3/12/25
🥮 9. Celebrate
Read a book with a banquet, festival or similar celebration involving food.
🍕 10. Feast for the eyes
Read a book with a food or beverage on the cover or in the title. Sweet, Sweet Wine - Jaime Clevenger 3/17/25
I will try for 5!4/5
🍳 1. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea or supper?
Read a book with any of the above meal terms in the title.
🥫 2. Acquired taste
Read a book from an author, genre, or series that you didn’t initially like, but now enjoy.
👨� 3. Enjoy your meal
Read a book about someone who is a great cook or adores cooking.
🍯 6. Food & Mood
Read a book where food is used to try to cajole or persuade someone.
🥺 7. Hunger
Read a book involving deprivation or famine.
🥮 9. Celebrate
Read a book with a banquet, festival or similar celebration involving food.
Hi everyone and welcome to the challenge! The participants list in Message #3 has been updated. Please let me know of any errors. I can't wait to see what you decide to read for the challenge and hope all of you crush your reading goals!I will post once a week, but will most likely update the participants list more often. Let me know if you any questions and have fun!
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“Food is for thought, and it is thought that we seek when reading.� � Anonymous
Hi Whitney! I would love to join. I am hoping for five. Let me know what number message I am. Happy Feasting to all!
🍳 GASTRONOMICAL READS - Monthly ChallengeDuration: March 1 - March 31, 2025
Progress: 10/10 -- COMPLETE
🍳 1. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea or supper?
Read a book with any of the above meal terms in the title.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
🍳 2. Acquired taste
Read a book from an author, genre, or series that you didn’t initially like, but now enjoy.
Winner Cake All
🍳 3. Enjoy your meal
Read a book about someone who is a great cook or adores cooking.
Grilled for Murder
🍳 4. Recipes
Read a fiction or nonfiction book which includes one or more recipes.
Peaches and Scream
🍳 5. Tools of the trade
Read a book that involves securing food, like hunting, fishing, farming, etc.; or where someone uses a kitchen implement for nefarious purposes.
You Are Fatally Invited
🍳 6. Food & Mood
Read a book where food is used to try to cajole or persuade someone.
The Secret Recipe of Ella Dove
🍳 7. Hunger
Read a book involving deprivation or famine.
Homeseeking
🍳 8. Setting
Read a book set in a restaurant, diner or other place where food is prepared and served.
When the Grits Hit the Fan
🍳 9. Celebrate
Read a book with a banquet, festival or similar celebration involving food.
A Killer Sundae
🍳 10. Feast for the eyes
Read a book with a food or beverage on the cover or in the title.
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Hello everyone I’m jumping in on this challenge with 5 books to readGASTRONOMICAL READS:
Tea
1. Tempest in a Tea room by Summer Prescott.
Acquired Taste
2. Hot Tea and a Cold Case by Summer Prescott
Enjoy your meal
3.Killer Chef by James Patterson
Recipes
4. Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson
Kitchen Implements
5. Killer in the Kitchen by Judy L. Murray
I will join for 5Progress 4/5
1. Read a book with any of the above meal terms in the title.
😋 2. Read a book from an author, genre, or series that you didn’t initially like, but now enjoy. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
😋 3. Read a book about someone who is a great cook or adores cooking. Be Ready When the Luck Happens
4. Read a fiction or nonfiction book which includes one or more recipes.
5. Read a book that involves securing food, like hunting, fishing, farming, etc.; or where someone uses a kitchen implement for nefarious purposes.
6. Read a book where food is used to try to cajole or persuade someone.
7. Read a book involving deprivation or famine.
8. Read a book set in a restaurant, diner or other place where food is prepared and served.
😋9. Read a book with a banquet, festival or similar celebration involving food. The Midnight Feast
😋10. Read a book with a food or beverage on the cover or in the title.
6/6🍳 1. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea or supper?
Read a book with any of the above meal terms in the title.
🥫 2. Acquired taste
Read a book from an author, genre, or series that you didn’t initially like, but now enjoy.
✔️👨� 3. Enjoy your meal
Read a book about someone who is a great cook or adores cooking.
Moord aan tafel (Moord op het menu Book 1)
Tom Hillenbrand 260 p. 5 march 📋 4. Recipes
Read a fiction or nonfiction book which includes one or more recipes.
✔️🔪 5. Tools of the trade
Read a book that involves securing food, like hunting, fishing, farming, etc.; or where someone uses a kitchen implement for nefarious purposes.
Hier waak ik Danila Comastri Montanari 272 p. 3 march Fishing and farming
✔️🍯 6. Food & Mood
Read a book where food is used to try to cajole or persuade someone.
Reisverslag van een kat
Hiro Arikawa 239 p. 13 marchThe cat
✔️🥺 7. Hunger
Read a book involving deprivation or famine.
Bezonken rood
Jeroen Brouwers 152 p. 2 march Hunger in japanese camp during WW 2
🍽️✔� 8. Setting
Read a book set in a restaurant, diner or other place where food is prepared and served.
Citytrip Berlijn Marjolijn Uitzinger281 p. 12 marchHotel restaurant
🥮 9. Celebrate
Read a book with a banquet, festival or similar celebration involving food.
✔️🍕 10. Feast for the eyes
Read a book with a food or beverage on the cover or in the title.
Voordat de koffie koud wordt
Toshikazu Kawaguchi 256 p. 9 marchThanks to Carmen for creating this tasty challenge, and to Whitney for volunteering to lead it!
GASTRONOMICAL READS - Monthly ChallengeDuration: March 1 - March 31, 2025
10/10
🍳 1. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea or supper?🌱
Read a book with any of the above meal terms in the title.
Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show
🥫 2. Acquired taste🌱
Read a book from an author, genre, or series that you didn’t initially like, but now enjoy.
The Chance to Fly
👨� 3. Enjoy your meal🌱
Read a book about someone who is a great cook or adores cooking.
Trouble Comes in Threes
📋 4. Recipes🌱
Read a fiction or nonfiction book which includes one or more recipes.
Recipe
🔪 5. Tools of the trade🌱
Read a book that involves securing food, like hunting, fishing, farming, etc.; or where someone uses a kitchen implement for nefarious purposes.
A Very Bad Thing
🍯 6. Food & Mood🌱
Read a book where food is used to try to cajole or persuade someone.
Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave
🥺 7. Hunger🌱
Read a book involving deprivation or famine.
Oathbound
🍽� 8. Setting🌱
Read a book set in a restaurant, diner or other place where food is prepared and served.
Crumbs
🥮 9. Celebrate🌱
Read a book with a banquet, festival or similar celebration involving food.
Ros Demir Is Not the One
🍕 10. Feast for the eyes🌱
Read a book with a food or beverage on the cover or in the title.
(Im)perfectly Happy
Welcome in, everyone! Happy 1st Day of March! The participants list in Message #3 has been updated.Happy reading!
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"Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably." -- C.S. Lewis
Susan wrote: "Hi Whitney! I would love to join. I am hoping for five. Let me know what number message I am. Happy Feasting to all!"
Welcome in, Susan! You are message #17!
I will aim to complete all ten prompts! Sorry for the late sign-up.
Ciara wrote: "I will aim to complete all ten prompts! Sorry for the late sign-up."Welcome in, Ciara! Happy reading!
Update to message 171/5
4. Recipes: The Briar Club by Kate Quinn.
Update message 21 2/5
Please sign me up for 3, thank you! Progress: 1/3
🍕 10. Feast for the eyes
Read a book with a food or beverage on the cover or in the title.
Rules of Civility
completed 3/16/25
I'm in for 5 booksAnd he, like many jaded people, had few pleasures left in life save good food and drink.
-- Honoré de Balzac
Choose books which suit your particular tastes as you make your way through this buffet of food-related prompts. Pick a few choice morsels or dish up an entire feast by reading them all. It's up to you!
🍳 1. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea or supper?
Read a book with any of the above meal terms in the title.
🥫 2. Acquired taste
Read a book from an author, genre, or series that you didn’t initially like, but now enjoy.
👨� 3. Enjoy your meal
Read a book about someone who is a great cook or adores cooking.
Aria of the Beech Forest, Vol. 2
📋 4. Recipes
Read a fiction or nonfiction book which includes one or more recipes.
Inheriting Magic: My Journey Through Grief, Joy, Celebration, and Making Every Day Magical
🔪 5. Tools of the trade
Read a book that involves securing food, like hunting, fishing, farming, etc.; or where someone uses a kitchen implement for nefarious purposes.
Aria of the Beech Forest, Vol. 1
🍯 6. Food & Mood
Read a book where food is used to try to cajole or persuade someone.
🥺 7. Hunger
Read a book involving deprivation or famine.
🍽� 8. Setting
Read a book set in a restaurant, diner or other place where food is prepared and served.
�Old-fashioned cupcake
🥮 9. Celebrate
Read a book with a banquet, festival or similar celebration involving food.
🍕 10. Feast for the eyes
Read a book with a food or beverage on the cover or in the title.
�Old-Fashioned Cupcake with Cappuccino
2/5 Read
Welcome in, Sophia and Ashly! Happy Reading!
Sign me up for 2 please! Progress: 2/2 COMPLETED!!
✔️👨� 3. Enjoy your meal
Read a book about someone who is a great cook or adores cooking.
-- A Court of Frost and Starlight
✔️ 🥮 9. Celebrate
Read a book with a banquet, festival or similar celebration involving food.
-- Caraval
1/5 Tempest in a Tea Room by Summer Prescott
Kalyn wrote: "Sign me up for 2 please! Progress: 0/2
🍳 1. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea or supper?
Read a book with any of the above meal terms in the title.
🥫 2. Acquired taste
Read a book from an author, g..."
Welcome in, Kalyn! Happy Reading!
Sheila from NC signing on. I love these prompts. I’ll sign up for all 10.
I have no idea what happened to my sign up post for a starting goal of 3 books, so I'm trying again now that I've read one of them! :)3/3
1. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea or supper? Read a book with any of the above meal terms in the title.
2. Read a book from an author, genre, or series that you didn’t initially like, but now enjoy.
3. Read a book about someone who is a great cook or adores cooking.
4. Read a fiction or nonfiction book which includes one or more recipes.
🔪 5. Read a book that involves securing food, like hunting, fishing, farming, etc.; or where someone uses a kitchen implement for nefarious purposes. I have two books that could work for this, but will go with the one where a kitchen implement was used for nefarious purposes (I do like cool words.) Double Take by Lynette Eason
🍯 6. Read a book where food is used to try to cajole or persuade someone. The Line Between by Tosca Lee
🥺 7. Read a book involving deprivation or famine. God's Double Agent: The True Story of a Chinese Christian's Fight for Freedom
8. Setting Read a book set in a restaurant, diner or other place where food is prepared and served.
9. Read a book with a banquet, festival or similar celebration involving food.
10. Read a book with a food or beverage on the cover or in the title.
Hi everyone! We're one week into March and already making great progress on the challenge!Welcome in, Sheila and Karin!
And congratulations to Jordan on completing their reading goal!
Here are the stats after the first week:
STATS
Participants: 26
Books Read: 10
Book Goal: 155
Completed: 1
Happy Reading!
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“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.� -- A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
update Message 17🥫2. Acquired Taste: Finding Me. Viola Davis. 2/5
I would like to sign up for 10- thanks 🙂
Sign me up for 8 books0/8
🍳 1. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea or supper? - The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch
👨� 3. Enjoy your meal - Roasting in Hell's Kitchen: Temper Tantrums, F Words, and the Pursuit of Perfection
📋 4. Recipes - Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
🔪 5. Tools of the trade - The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love
🍯 6. Food & Mood - The Glass Kitchen
🍽� 8. Setting - The Van Gogh Cafe
🥮 9. Celebrate - Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food
🍕 10. Feast for the eyes - Fortunately, the Milk
2025 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
The Dinner List (other topics)You Are a Badass Everyday: A Lot of Motivation in a Little Book (other topics)
Beg, Borrow, or Steal (other topics)
The Doughnut Fix (other topics)
The Dinner List (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Barbara Ross (other topics)Erma Bombeck (other topics)
Amanda Flower (other topics)
Chris Whitaker (other topics)
Sarah Beth Durst (other topics)
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Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2025
And he, like many jaded people, had few pleasures left in life save good food and drink.
-- Honoré de Balzac
Choose books which suit your particular tastes as you make your way through this buffet of food-related prompts. Pick a few choice morsels or dish up an entire feast by reading them all. It's up to you!
To join, post a message telling the challenge leader how many books you plan to read. If you are new to our group and/or our group challenges, take a moment to check out the Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly Challenges - Start Here thread for more information on how our challenges are run.
🍳 1. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea or supper?
Read a book with any of the above meal terms in the title.
🥫 2. Acquired taste
Read a book from an author, genre, or series that you didn’t initially like, but now enjoy.
👨� 3. Enjoy your meal
Read a book about someone who is a great cook or adores cooking.
📋 4. Recipes
Read a fiction or nonfiction book which includes one or more recipes.
🔪 5. Tools of the trade
Read a book that involves securing food, like hunting, fishing, farming, etc.; or where someone uses a kitchen implement for nefarious purposes.
🍯 6. Food & Mood
Read a book where food is used to try to cajole or persuade someone.
🥺 7. Hunger
Read a book involving deprivation or famine.
🍽� 8. Setting
Read a book set in a restaurant, diner or other place where food is prepared and served.
🥮 9. Celebrate
Read a book with a banquet, festival or similar celebration involving food.
🍕 10. Feast for the eyes
Read a book with a food or beverage on the cover or in the title.
Thanks to Carmen for creating this tasty challenge, and to Whitney for volunteering to lead it!