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This week was created by the brilliant Nery from Postcards from La-La Land! (Check out her blog if you haven’t already, because it’s AWESOME!) Faeries are known for their love of food, so we’re wondering what books have such fantastic food descriptions that you’re hungry after reading them?
This prompt immediately brought two books to mind:
Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco involved a main character who worked at her family’s restaurant in Sicily, and the descriptions of the food they prepared just sounded so delicious that it sparked an intense craving for Italian food. I actually wound up ordering Italian food for dinner that night! The story was a damn good one too.
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo is such a great story, and it includes some actual recipes that sounded so good I almost wanted to stop reading and start cooking. Throughout the book, the main character uses cooking and baking as a coping skill and a way of self-expression as she navigates life’s challenges.
What are some books that have fantastic food descriptions that make you hungry?
Categories: Fae Friday
Leah's Books 
Thank you for the shout-out! 😃😃😃 Ever since I read Like Water, by Rebecca Podos, I’ve been craving things like pork braised in juices and spices, cooked in banana leaves, and spare ribs covered in Mexican chocolate sauce and Kahlua, with a dash of “unidentified magic.”
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Ooooh that sounds amazing! I may just have to check that book out just to see what that food is all about!
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She doesn’t give recipes, unfortunately, but just the brief descriptions were enough to make me hungry. Also, I never realized you could make dessert empanadas until I read that book; the few times I’ve visited my family in Colombia or gone to a Latin American restaurant in the U.S., I’ve only had the savory kind.
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I love empanadas 🤤 and the sweet ones are delicious too!
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I’ve had really good chocolate ones from a local bakery, but they call them hand pies. They also made some yummy fried sugar hand pies, which reminded me of Kathi Appelt’s True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp.
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I’ve had apple empanadas and ones with a sweet cheese, and they were absolutely delicious! Hand pies sound really good too 🤤
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I am reading Kingdom of Wicked now and it does make you hungry. I am considering making/ordering something Italian this weekend.
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I loved With the Fire on High!
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It was such a good book. I love Elizabeth Acevedo’s writing style and all of her stories!
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