Books that cook: the making of a literary meal

Cooking the book : an introduction / Jennifer Cognard-Black, Melissa A. Goldthwaite --

Porkchop gravy / Bill Kloefkorn --

From 'American cookery' / Amelia Simmons --

From 'Delights and prejudices' / James Beard --

Puffballs, From 'Secrets of the Tsil Café' / Thomas Fox Averill --

Full moon soup with snow / April Lindner --

To Cépe, with love / E.J. Levy --

Coriander and carrot / Michael S. Glaser --

An unspoken hunger / Terry Tempest Williams --

From 'The American frugal housewife' / Lydia Maria Child --

Recipe: gingerbread / Karen Leona Anderson --

Whistle Stop, Alabama, From 'Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe' / Fannie Flagg --

Bread / Sharon Olds --

In Nancy's kitchen / Caroline M. Grant

From 'The food taster' /

Peter Elbling --

From 'Boston Cooking-School cookbook' / Fannie Merritt Farmer --

H is for happy, From 'An alphabet for gourmets' / M.F.K. Fisher --

Making the perfect fried egg sandwich / Howard Dinin --

All it took was a road, Surprises of urban renewal, From 'If I can cook, You know God can / Ntozake Shange --

Poison egg / Tenaya Darlington --

From 'The joy of cooking' / Irma S. Rombauer --

American liver mush / Ravi Shankar --

Eat your pets / Ellen Meloy --

How to make stew in the Pinacate Desert / Gary Snyder --

Spirit-fried no-name river brown trout, From 'My story as told by water' / David James Duncan --

Half-life / Paul Hanstedt --

The poet in the kitchen and The poem of chicken breast with fettuccine / David Citino --

A good roast chicken, From 'Pass the polenta' / Teresa Lust

Turkey bone gumbo, From 'Gumbo tales' /

Sara Roahen --

Boiled chicken feet and hundred-year-old eggs / Shirley Geok-Lin Lim

13-16 /

Sherman Alexie --

From 'Mastering the art of French cooking' / Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck --

The vegetable gardens at Bilignin, From 'The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book' --

Summer salad / Melissa A. Goldthwaite --

Reception / Kathy Fagan --

Potatoes and love, From 'Heartburn' / Nora Ephron --

Repulsive dinners, From 'Home cooking' / Laurie Colwin --

The demystification of food, From 'Vibration cooking' / Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor --

How to cook moong dal, Bengali style / Deborah Thompson --

Food and belonging, at home and in alien-kitchens / Ketu H. Katrak --

From 'Chez Panisse menu cookbook' / Alice Waters --

All the old tales are tales of hunger / Caitlin Newcomer --

Baking for Sylvia / Kate Moses --

Suman sa ibos / Cheryl Quimba --

Pie, From 'Never eat your heart out' / Judith Moore --

Funeral food, From 'Consuming passions' / Michael Lee West --

Pie throwing, From 'Recipes for disaster: an anarchist cookbook' / CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective --

Burn / Jennifer Cognard-Black --

The assurance of caramel cake, From 'Hallelujah! The welcome table' / Maya Angelou --

How to make rhubarb wine / Ted Kooser.