Forty Literary Recipes for Thanksgiving (Or Any Other Time)

Breakfast

James Joyce’s Burnt Kidney Breakfast

Thomas Pynchon’s Banana Breakfast

Zelda Fitzgerald’s Special Breakfast

Vladimir Nabokov’s Eggs à la Nabocoque

Soup

Donald Barthelme’s Fine Oxtail Soup and Lentil Soup

Gordon Lish’s Chicken Soup

Ian McEwan’s Fish Stew

Cormac McCarthy’s Turtle Soup

Charles Dickens’ Hare Soup

Walter M. Miller Jr.’s Gopher Tortoise Stew

Ishmael Reed’s Texas Gumbo

Sides

William Carlos Williams’ Fried Onion on Rye Bread with Beer

Sharon Olds’ Bread

John Cage’s Homemade Bread

Zora Neale Hurston’s Mulatto Rice

Italo Calvino’s Love Noodles

Ursula K. Le Guin’s Valley Succotash

Roberto Bolaño’s Brussels Sprouts with Lemon

Robert Crumb’s Macaroni Casserole

Mark Twain’s Ash Cake

Truman Capote’s Caviar-Smothered Baked Potatoes with 80-Proof Russian Vodka

Mains

Ernest Hemingway’s Wild West Hamburger

John Barth’s Chesapeake Bay Suite

Ntozake Shange’s Turkey Hash 

Gordon Lish’s Chopped Liver

Thomas Pynchon’s European Pizza

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ Recipes for Coot Surprise, Jugged Rabbit, and Jellied Tongue

Herman Melville’s Whale Steaks

Donald Barthelme’s Meal of a Certain Elegance

Don DeLillo’s Chicken Parts

Libations

Thomas Pynchon’s Crocodile (A Traditional Anarchist Favorite)

George Orwell’s Nice Cup of Tea

Walker Percy’s Mint Julep

Willam Faulkner’s Hot Toddy

Dessert

Emily Dickinson’s Cocoanut Cake

Eudora Welty’s Jellied Apples

Samuel Beckett’s Assassination Custard

George Orwell’s Plum Cake and Christmas Pudding

Anita Loos’ Kitten’s Tongue

Elizabeth Bishop’s Brownies

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