Friday, April 13, 2007

Delicious

There is something honest about books that get really into describing food; it's like they’re admitting that all literature is, on some level, just a protracted description of food.
One major oversight in this list of food scenes in literarature : where is Brian Jacques? Ever since reading about those medieval mice in Redwall, I have been trying to get my hands on some mead (14 years well spent). Good old BJ.
Also, that scene in Hatchet (or Hatchet 9?) when Hatchet returns from Hatchet Island and has his first meal in civilization, after he has been eating like dirt and berries.
People should not be allowed to use “delicious” to describe anything besides food.

2 comments:

Lizzie said...

1. Liz, I've heard that you are EXTREMELY well-read in military history. Is this true, or a misconception? I can't tell because you haven't blogged about it. Or mentioned it in your own comments section.

2. Redwall is the shit. Let's start an internet book club where we re-read them and blog about our impressions!

Liz said...

Let's do it! I bet we'd be the first Redwall fans to have our say out on the internet.
Just kidding. That was a funny joke because I just googled "redwall" and got 1,930,000 results. Including this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redwall_Online_Community. The redwall online community already has its own abbreviation, which aptly enough it shares with "Right of Center" and "Republic of China."