tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post5157315500718336803..comments2024-03-17T13:13:58.214-07:00Comments on Blue-Hearted Bookworm: 2 more reads from AprilBybeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-21838730507992859142007-05-08T12:41:00.000-07:002007-05-08T12:41:00.000-07:00I would really like to hear what you have to say a...I would really like to hear what you have to say about How To Cook a Wolf (no pressure!). I read a few MFK Fisher stories years ago and they stuck with me, so I was looking around to see what else of hers I could read...Gentle Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102364083044797155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-27054489084940913892007-05-08T01:20:00.000-07:002007-05-08T01:20:00.000-07:00I’d love to read a review of How To Cook a Wolf ...I’d love to read a review of <EM> How To Cook a Wolf </EM> so I will let you percolate for a while and check back soon. I don't know anything about it but both you and Orpheus Sings have mentioned it recently. Definitely have me intrigued!<BR/><BR/>And yes I’ve not been blogging- I've had assignments and drivers licence mania (going for my test soon). Also, I have travel plans- will post more soon! Reading wise, I read another chicklit novel - the wishlist - by La'Brooy which was fantastic and a host of travel narratives.MissMillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01084598396848670412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-68084429935822928332007-05-07T03:17:00.000-07:002007-05-07T03:17:00.000-07:00Kookiejar,George Hagen writes beautifully. His pr...Kookiejar,<BR/>George Hagen writes beautifully. His prose is crisp and clean. You could bounce a coin on it, as if it were a well-made up bunk. So that made the Irving imitation/homage stick out even more.<BR/><BR/>Carrie K,<BR/>Yeah, I liked How To Cook A Wolf so much, I've given myself writer's block over it. Recommended without reservation. Ditto the Florence King book.<BR/><BR/>Herschelian,<BR/>I want to go on a wild buying spree and get MFK Fisher's other books of food essays. When this semester ends, I'm going to try some of the recipes as well. The "sludge" recipe alternately repells and attracts me. <BR/>The silkworm dish, bbondegi, translates to "chrysallis". (I think that's how you spell it.) The little buggers are just days from becoming actual silkworms.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-64192238904949013132007-05-07T01:10:00.000-07:002007-05-07T01:10:00.000-07:00I really enjoyed 'The Laments' - as an expat from ...I really enjoyed 'The Laments' - as an expat from Africa living in the UK I found that Hagen hit the nail on the head about how white Africans are perceived in Britain and the US; As to "How to Cook a Wolf", I have copies of all M K Fisher's books, they are all wonderful reading, and I've even made some of the excellent recipes.<BR/>BTW is the stage of silk worm they serve called the "pupa"? The porridge you describe sounds a little like a risotto. Fascinating restaurants you list!herschelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414522582684680371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-22751658863148436792007-05-05T18:35:00.000-07:002007-05-05T18:35:00.000-07:00The Laments sound interesting but I od'ed on John ...The Laments sound interesting but I od'ed on John Irving not too long ago. Maybe it would help me out of the anti Irving funk. It's a bad place to be. <BR/><BR/>So. I'm unclear. Think How To Cook A Wolf is worth reading? ;) I have had exactly those thoughts on reviews particularly since mine are fairly horrid anyway. <BR/><BR/>That Florence King books sounds like a great read. (Must. Quit. Reading. Book. Blogs!) (Maybe that should be: Must. Get. Second. Job).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-61377633625244419652007-05-05T09:56:00.000-07:002007-05-05T09:56:00.000-07:00Even an unconscious homage to John Irving would be...Even an unconscious homage to John Irving would be worth reading. Anything with an Irving-esque feel to it appeals to me (as he is one of my top five authors), so I'll be looking for "The Laments" at my library. Thanks!kookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00994570192941993135noreply@blogger.com