Guest post by Ruth Emmie Lang, author of Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance “[Bilbo] had a horrible thought that the cakes might run short, and then he—as the host…might have to go without.” —J.R.R. Tolkien If there’s one thing I know from twenty years of Tolkien nerdom, ...
Tomato Soup Inspired by Wild
Guest post by Ruth Emmie Lang, author of Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance "I ate with my spoon in one hand and a book in the other." —Cheryl Strayed Okay, I’ll be the first to admit that Cheryl Strayed’s Wild is a strange choice for a literary food post, mostly because Cheryl ...
Lemon Cake from The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Guest post by Ruth Emmie Lang, author of Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance "Because the goodness of the ingredients—the fine chocolate, the freshest lemons—seemed like a cover over something larger and darker…" —Aimee Bender Let me start by saying that I’ve never really liked ...