Breakfast
James Joyce’s Burnt Kidney Breakfast
Thomas Pynchon’s Banana Breakfast
Vladimir Nabokov’s Eggs à la Nabocoque
Soup
Donald Barthelme’s Fine Oxtail Soup and Lentil Soup
Sides
William Carlos Williams’ Fried Onion on Rye Bread with Beer
Zora Neale Hurston’s Mulatto Rice
Ntozake Shange’s Rice Casserole
Roberto Bolaño’s Brussels Sprouts with Lemon
Robert Crumb’s Macaroni Casserole
Truman Capote’s Caviar-Smothered Baked Potatoes with 80-Proof Russian Vodka
Mains
Thomas Pynchon’s European Pizza
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Turkey Twelve Ways
Herman Melville’s Whale Steaks
Donald Barthelme’s Meal of a Certain Elegance
Libations
Ernest Hemingway’s Absinthe Cocktail, Death in the Afternoon
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Sherry Cobbler
Dessert
Emily Dickinson’s Cocoanut Cake