Books can consist of many things. Characters, dragons, magic, romance, high school and so on. But one thing what can really make a world building tick is food. Food is a part of our every day life and as such we should see it more on the page than we actually do.
So for this week’s top ten tuesday The Broke and the Bookish gave us the prompt of books with some yummy food. I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t always remember which books talk about food. I guess I always just gloss over that aspect easily. Even so, here are some I remember.
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Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
The idea that the wizarding world has all their own food and snacks was just one of the things that was splendidly enticing about this world. The chocolate frogs, butter beer and so on.
Heartless by Marissa Meyer
I think most will remember this book well for all the baked goodies that are in it. The lemon cakes for instance. The descriptions were also droolworthy.
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
Another book that describes food so droolworthy. I wanted to try all the Persian food.
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
I will admit that before reading this book I never ate Oreo. These days I have more interest in it (especially Milka Orea bars). I blame it all on Simon. I don’t think he’d mind.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
A food that Narnia is known for would be Turkish Delight, with Edward requesting it when he first came to Narnia. If Edward would do so much for it, it has to be great, right?
In Death series by J.D. Robb
This detective series is set in our future where real coffee is rare and super expensive. This goes for some of the other food as well. Eve sure knows how to enjoy her priviledges she gets throughout the series through Roarke…
Ruined by Amy Tintera
When a prince would totally sacrifice you for cheese bread. All I can say is, I agree. Cheese is life.
Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo
Nina sure knows what are the best snacks. Cake, waffles…
I love it when a book really makes food sound awesome lol. And ooh Turkish delight- I hadn’t thought of that one! 🙂
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True. Though annoying when you want said food…
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Great list! I can’t believe I forgot to think about Harry Potter, they have such awesome food at Hogwarts/the wizarding world!
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That they do!
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Yay for Hogwarts food! I was always craving Butterbeer, it sounded delicious 🙂 and then all the choc frogs, pumpkin juice etc
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Oh my gosh yes. I almost got some of the frogs at the harry potter exhibition (but they were so expensive O_O)
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I don’t pay much attention to food in books either, but you’re right, the foods in HP are so interesting and creative and really do add to the world! And lol about the princess and her cheese bread.
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Cheese is life! 😉
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My list is full of Harry Potter food, it makes me so hungry and is just one more thing to look forward to when the Hogwarts letter finally comes… if it ever comes! Great list, here’s my TTT: https://bookmuffin.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/anything-from-the-trolley-dears-fictional-foods-id-love-to-try/
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It has to come, right? We’re amazing.
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Yes! You are so brave to do this TTT. I definitely *thought* about it, but I couldn’t come up with many food-reference sin books. I just don’t think about it all that often, I guess? If anything, I’m glad Simon taught you the glory of Oreos! Oh man. I love Oreos.
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Oreos for the win. I especially love the Milka oreo chocolate bar. Such a favorite.
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I swear I was hungry through the entirety of Heartless!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/top-ten-tuesday-129/
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It has so many goodies!
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Never had an oreo before you read Simon? Whoa!
Lauren @ Always Me
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Right? To be fair though, I’m Dutch and oreo’s weren’t a huge huge thing here at the time.
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YES to all the Harry Potter food. I’d love to eat that stuff.
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Me too!
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I have not read Ruined yet, but your snark makes me want to pick it up. Great list!
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Haha, you totally should!
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The Wrath and The Dawn made me want to try the Persian food as well even tho I’m not a huge fan of asian cuisine. All the books on your list sound so yummy now and I’ll definitely give a chance to some of them like “Heartless” 🙂
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Oh yes, please do. Heartless was a very interesting read. 😀
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Oh, dat is er weer zo eentje waar je eens heel goed over moet nadenken. Die keukenautomaat van Roarke lijkt me echt zo geweldig om in huis te hebben.
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Oh echt wel. Zelfs nu zou hij super handig van pas komen.
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I’ve made quite a few of the Harry Potter knock-off recipes for Sebastian’s childhood birthday parties because the idea of the foods enchanted me. ✨
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I should totally give it a go some day for some like the butter beer. I think there are a lot of recipes for that one online to find.
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Definitely HP! I get so hungry with those feasts OMG!!! I wish I could just make all that food appear at my table too and since we are talking about magic… WITHOUT gaining any extra pounds 🙂
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Those full tables! Oh my gosh yes, no extra pounds would be great.
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You will have to try Oreos and let me know what you think! We tried the Milka Oreo bar this summer and it was delicious.;)
I love the reference to Harry Potter. Waffles are a great choice too.
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I have tried it since reading it and they are quite nice but I prefer the milka oreo bar. 😉
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