What a pleasant feeling to enjoy a good book. And if, in addition, the work, whatever its genre, dedicates part or all of its attention to dishes, recipes or drinks, the level of enjoyment generally increases. In those moments you don’t need the sense of taste or smell, just reading a few well-written lines is enough for the salivary glands to work harder than an intern in August.
In addition to fruit, summer also brings a time off that many take advantage of to go back to or open books. That is why we have consulted some voracious readers to recommend works that whet the appetite or make you want to drink. In the list we have included novels, comics, essays, diaries and memoirs; There are no recipe books because you can tell me what merit it has to make you hungry with a full color photograph of a chocolate coulant printed on very expensive glossy paper. CommissionersHere are 11 food reads to liven up your holidays:
NOVELS
We have always lived in the castleby Shirley Jackson
“Although it is a beautiful novel where the true protagonists are revenge and darkness, food plays an important role in it”, highlights the chief editor commissioner Monica Escudero. “Constance’s virtuosity means that lavish stews, incredible cakes, sumptuous breakfasts and any whim that the inhabitants of the house have” describes Escudero, who adds that “even after the disaster -you have to read the novel to understand this- he manages to continue making dishes that make you salivate”. Editorial: Lowercase. Price: 18.50 euros in all your books.
the lost flavorsby Raquel Martos and Gabriela Tassile
Javier Cirujeda, one of the three members of the podcast gastronomic La Picaetachoose the lost flavors, a novel in which a group of people sign up for a course in a town in which they have to make an elaboration that connects them with a special moment in their lives. “It speaks a lot about what memories taste like and that emotional connection we have with cooking. It is very easy to read, one of those works in which you stay to live forever, and you feel a tremendous desire to enroll in one of those courses”, says Javier. “In addition”, adds this communicator, “each dish that the characters prepare comes out with its corresponding recipe written by chef Gabriela Tassile, in case you want to make them at home”. Editorial: B editions. Price: 18.91 euros on the website of Penguin Random House.
The silence of the lambsby Thomas Harris
No, the food journalist alexandra sumasi doesn’t go around looking for human ankles on sale or The silence of the lambs It whetted his appetite: he recommends this work because he remembers that it made him want to drink. “In the first few pages, the psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter boasts about having eaten the stewed liver of someone from the census, but what really caught my attention was the choice of wine, an Amarone della Valpolicella, a name that until then I had never read or heard”, declares Alexandra. “In another of the chapters, the good doctor buys Clarice Sterling a bottle of Chateau d’Yquem from the year of her birth, and that’s when I got curious again. I spent years with those wines in my head until I tried them”, says this journalist. Editorial: Pocket-size. Price: 9.95 euros in all your books.
COMICS
sparklesby Jen Wang
“This comic tells the story of two friends, Christine and her new neighbor Moon. They are both Americans of Asian origin and one way they show it is with their dishes, especially those that are prepared at the home of the latter”, she comments. Patriciain charge of food networks and writer of novels such as The responsibility of being called Beatriz in Tuscany. “Without food being a central theme of the book, you can find give give myanwhich are noodle-type noodle soups, a kind of Taiwanese ice cream, some other dumplin and references to many other dishes”, says Patricia. Editorial: Sapristi. Price: 17.90 euros on the website of all your books.
the ignorantby Etienne Davodeau
Javier Cirujeda’s second recommendation is this French work in black and white, which “is about a cartoonist who has a friend who makes wine, to whom he offers to help him with his tasks for a year and, in exchange, the protagonist teaches him the world of comics to the winegrower”. “It’s very cool, because apart from being a true story of the author himself, you really want to know and learn about oenology and comics, two very interesting worlds,” says Cirujeda. Editorial: The Dome. Price: 19.90 euros in the Web from the publisher.
ESSAYS, DIARIES, MEMORIES AND OTHERS
Gastrosophy, an atypical history of philosophy, by Eduardo Infante and Cristina Macia
The foodie patriarch, Mikel López Iturriaga, acknowledges that he approached this book thinking that it would be an important tostón, but no way: “As soon as I started reading it, I scolded myself for my prejudices, because of which I could have missed one of the most interesting, fun and uplifting food posts of the year.” According to López Iturriaga, “with a friendly tone, good humor and an epicurean spirit, Eduardo Infante and Cristina Macía describe the thoughts about food -and the manias with it- of a few philosophers, from Socrates to Marx, passing through Averroes, Descartes, Montaigne or Kant”. And he assures that he is not just telling curiosities, but “invites us to reflect on issues such as pleasure, deprivation, sin, leisure or culture, more related to food than we usually think.” Editorial: Rosameron. Price: 20.90 euros on the page all your books.
Cooked and violonchratingby Mercedes Cebrian
“This book is as comforting as the soups that Mercedes Cebrián, its author, likes so much, who fantasizes about setting up a restaurant called Soponcio Soups where only this food is served”, declares Mònica Escudero, who continues: “With her hand in hand we will embark on a journey towards the very difficult mission of learning to play an instrument that is already complicated, being an adult woman with the life and responsibilities of an adult woman”. Escudero emphasizes that “her patience, tenacity and good humor are accompanied by fragrant aromas of cooking, fermented like kyou go, Italian soups at more than 35 degrees in the shade and many other hearty dishes”. “If you like music and food, this portrait of two obsessions will encourage you to read in the summer”, concludes Mònica. Editorial: Random House Literature. Price: 17 euros in the website from the publisher.
the fucking gastronomyby David Remartinez
David writes so funny, so complex in its simplicity, with such an attractive style without being baroque, that makes the 230 pages of this book drink faster than a pitcher of rebujito at the fair. It is an anti-elitist essay, which brings gastronomy down from the inaccessible attic to which some critics and scholars climbed it, to the doorway of the building, on the same street. With chapters such as “Why good wine is the one you like” or “Why eating well does not depend on price”, Remartínez stands out from those works that smell of cigar smoke and makes anyone an expert in the matter or not, you will find his dissertations on spooning and bottles interesting. Editorial: The Unveiled Editions. Price: 20 euros in the Web from the publisher.
The joy of excesseither (food journals)by Samuel Pepys
This short book, only 128 pages long, is made up of gastronomic-themed fragments taken from the famous journals written by the Englishman Samuel Pepys in the 17th century. The writer advises us to read it Kiko Amat: “The friend Pepys spends the whole play eating, thinking about what he is going to eat, vomiting, drinking and trying to kiss people. And he also manages his assets, but he vomits more than he manages, ”summarizes the author of track breakers, Rematch either before the hurricanenamong other titles. Editorial: Nordic Books. Price: 16.50 euros in all your books.
A real change: a return to the origin in the land of shepherdsby Gabi Martinez
“It is a kind of fictionalized diary that the author wrote a few years ago when he decided to spend the winter in his mother’s town, in Extremadura, in a region known as Extremaduran Siberia for its environmental and social harshness,” says the journalist. commissioner Carlos Orquin. “The uncle isolated himself in a shepherd’s house as a period of introspection at a difficult time in life with the intention of reconnecting with his origins. His reflections are a bit about the environmental issue, but I remember that he also made me quite hungry, because there are very interesting descriptions of popular foods and situations related to cooking, ”Carlos details. Editorial: Six Barral. Price: 19.50 euros in all your books.
we ate and drankby Ignacio Peyro
The food communicator Claudia Gonzalez Crespo advises us to read we ate and drank, a book that “takes a tour of the months of the year based on the gastronomic memory of Ignacio Peyró, with a narration that teleports”. González Crespo points out that, more than wanting to eat, “also”, this work takes him to after-meals, moments of enjoyment and shared time, memories and nostalgia. Editorial: Asteroid Books. Price: 17.95 euros in all your books.
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