What famous writers fed their heroes on the pages of books: The best dishes of world literature

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Sometimes in his books the author describes a dish so colorfully and tasty that the reader wants to immediately drop all his business and run to the store for groceries. And the skill of the writer plays a paramount role here. Literary heroes in the works of talented writers, as a rule, do not eat, but taste, and their menu is so varied and tasty that literary dishes alone can be used to compose a restaurant menu for several years in advance, with a complete monthly replacement.

Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The Russian writer loved his heroes and treated them with all sorts of delicacies. Here you can find fried goose, which smells and sizzles all over the house, and tsarist pancakes, abundantly watered with butter, sour cabbage soup and sandwiches with caviar. But an honorable place in all this abundance is occupied by the famous Chekhov-style kulebyaka. In the story "The Siren" Anton Chekhov so vividly and appetizingly describes his "shameless" kulebyaka, under which one must certainly drink a second glass, that, willy-nilly, the reader's hand will reach for something edible. For just like that, there is no way to read on because of the overwhelming appetite.

Marcel Proust "Towards Swann"

In his novel, the author performed a whole ode to the simple, as it might seem at first glance, Madeleine liver. But "madelens" promise not only taste and aesthetic pleasure. It feels like these cookies-cakes have some magical property: to give unearthly pleasure, freeing from sorrows and worries. And then they attract the one who has tasted unearthly food along the waves of pleasant memories.

Fannie Flagg "Fried green tomatoes at the Polustanok cafe"

The very title of the work is mesmerizing. But Fanny Fleg’s novel is usually far from the first page. How not to understand right away what has fried tomatoes to do with it. And they are just a symbol of vitality and love in all its manifestations. Therefore, you should definitely try fried green tomatoes. At least in order to understand the taste of life.

J. K. Rowling "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"

House elves are involved in food at Hogwarts. How many delights they do not indulge the heroes. By the way, fried tomatoes are also in demand here. And also cutlets and bacon, scrambled eggs with various additives, smoked herring and thick porridge. And among all this abundance, bouillabaisse stands alone - either a soup, or a stew of vegetables, fish and shrimp. A very tasty piquant dish, which Hermione favors, who managed to taste it during the holidays.

Margaret Mitchell "Gone with the Wind"

It's impossible to forget how Tara-starved Scarlett O'Hara is enjoying a delicious meal in New Orleans. A special place is given to Creole fish baked in oiled paper, appetizingly placed on a pillow of onions and celery, covered with a bright blanket of peppers, onions and tomatoes. At the same time, lime slices perfectly set off the taste of the fish itself.

Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin

In "The Young Lady-Peasant", the author treats his heroes with exquisite Blamange cakes. There are three types of them at once: blue, red and striped. But in "Eugene Onegin" there is already a whole ode to French cuisine. Despite the limitations of the poetic verse, thanks to just a few lines, you can personally imagine the freshest roast beef, feel the aroma of French cheese, catching its delicate notes.

Astrid Lindgren "The Kid and Carlson Who Lives on the Roof"

Carlson, a lover of jam, cakes and sweets, also adored meatballs. Sufficiently fried and then stewed in a thick, aromatic sauce with cream. The prankster with a motor on his back knew a lot about meatballs. However, if the reader decided to cook them according to an old Swedish recipe, he would certainly become an ardent admirer of this, in general, uncomplicated dish.

John Ronald Ruel Tolkien "The Hobbit"

The little heroes of Tolkien's story drank coffee from a large coffeepot and, after the cupcakes, proceeded to devour amazing buttered barley cakes. If all normal living things leave the tastiest things "for sweets", then one can imagine how original the taste of this delicacy is for the gnomes. However, having done some simple manipulations, you can taste this delicacy from Bilbo Baggins, cooked in your own oven.

Ioanna Khmelevskaya "Everything is red"

Mrs. Joanna's ironic detectives have firmly won the hearts of readers, but the recipe for her secret dish deserves special attention. Seems what could be easier than cooking cabbage? But not when bigos is being prepared. It requires a lot of preparation and only after a three-day process can it be served on the table. The basis for bigos is indeed cabbage, fresh and sauerkraut, but without mushrooms, several types of meat, prunes, raisins, vegetables and spices, you should not start cooking this secret dish.

Alexandra Marinina "The Seventh Victim"

Nastya Kamenskaya, unlike her husband Chistyakov, initially did not particularly like to cook. But in one of the books, she suddenly discovered for herself and her readers an amazing recipe for eggs in Neapolitan. Simple ingredients make an unexpectedly bright, beautiful and tasty dish that you definitely want to try.

Genius writer Alexandre Dumas was an equally talented chef and famous gourmet. Moreover, he did not limit his culinary exercises to French cuisine, but traveled around the world in search of original recipes and exotic ingredients.