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✔️A for Albatross (meal meat): 1/6/2023: Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., p. 179
✔️B for Black Bread: 1/4/2023: The Nun by Denis Diderot, p. 189; B for Bread Nadja
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D for Dark chocolate, cherry plums, golden plums, madeleines, orgies (orange), whiskey tarts, ice cream, Elegance and the Hedgehog
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✔️F for Fish: 1/6/2023: Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoevsky, p. 167
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✔️J for Jam or G for Grapes: 1/3/2023, Black Box by Amos Oz, p. 139
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✔️L for Leeks, Cauliflower, Oysters, Giovanni’s Room
✔️M for Mutton, T for Tripe, V for Vermicel, A for Apricots, C for Cherries, G for Giblets: 1/6/2023: Oblomov Ivan Goncharov, p. 144
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✔️O for Oranges: 1/4/2023, The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, p. 149
✔️P for Porridge: 1/6/2023: Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, p. 288
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✔️R for rabbit, fowl, chocolate, A Tale of Two Citues
✔️S for Salted Fish: 1/4/2023: Notes from the Underground & The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky, p. 165
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✔️V or W is for Vienna Steak or Wiener Schnitzel: 1/77/2023: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, p. 160
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✔️Y for Yam: 1/2/2023, Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, p. 495
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Time Frame: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Only two food words per book.
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A: apples Pnin
B: brown rice Falling Man
C: crackers The Awakening
D: damsons Lady Chatterley's Lover
E: eggs Kitchen
F: fish Mother's Milk
G: grits Invisible Man
H: herring Tipping the Velvet
I: Ices The Story of the Lost Child
J: jam The Glimpses of the Moon
K: ketchup Vernon God Little
L: lamb Cakes and Ale
M: mashed potatoes Another World
N: nuts Daniel Deronda
O: Oysters Giovanni's Room
P: pheasant H is for Hawk
Q: quail Sentimental Education
R: rice Monkey King: Journey to the West
S: salmon The Sea, the Sea
T: thyme Quo Vadis
U: udon Kitchen
V: vegetables Of Love and Shadows
W: Wine Vanity Fair
X: Xoi Paradise of the Blind
Y: yellow dal Family Matters
Z: Zucchini I'm Not Scared

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B: bread (Lord Jim)
C: chile (Lord Jim)
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E: eggs (Lord Jim)
F: fish (Lord Jim)
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I: iced pudding (Lord Jim)
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S: sandwich (Lord Jim)
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Completed: 9/26
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B - beer / The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy
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F - fricasseed chicken / A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne
G - grapes / Notre-Dame de Paris The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
H - herring / Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun
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K - kidney / The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie
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M - mussels / Nana by Émile Zola
N - nuts / The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
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P - peas / The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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W - wine / The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg
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T: is for toast - Une vie
U: is for ugali - Matigari
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Banana - The Autumn of the Patriarch
Cream Puffs - The Garden Party and Other Stories
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Eggs - Metamorphoses
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Honey - The Blind Owl
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Lobsters - Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady
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Smoke Salmon Sandwich - Absolute Beginners
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25/26 Completed
Apples - The Blind Assassin
Banana split - A Town Like Alice
Cherry - Sometimes a Great Notion
Dark Chocolate - Atonement
Eggs - Where Angels Fear to Tread
Fish - A Bend in the River
Grits - Go Tell It to the Mountain
Honey - Out of Africa
Ice cream soda (dessert)- Rabbit, Run
Jam - Anna Karenina
Kidneys - Cold Comfort Farm
Licorice - Miss Lonelyhearts
Madeleine Cake - In Search of Lost Time
Nuts - The Pilgrim's Progress
Oyster soup - Around the World in Eighty Days
Pates - The Awakening
Quail - Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Rolls - In a Free State
Soup - Passing
Toast - Bleak House
Udon - Kitchen
Veal kidneys - Casino Royale
Wine Cakes - A Confederacy of Dunces
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Yogurt - The Bell Jar
Zucchini - White Teeth

(No more than 2 foods per book)
0/26 Completed
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(Only 2 foods per book)
26/26 Completed
A: Artichoke The Green Man
B: Brocolli A Question of Power
C: chokecherries Love Medicine
D: Dates The Temple of My Familiar
E: eel soup The Green Man
F: Fatback The Violent Bear It Away
G: Grapes The Grapes of Wrath (Had to do this one)
H: Haricot beans Parade's End
I: Ice cream A Fine Balance
J: Jugged Hare The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
K: Kidney's a la madeira The Good Soldier Švejk
L: Lamb curry Possessing the Secret of Joy
M: Mutton vindaloo Money
N: Nectarines The Grapes of Wrath
O: Oranges The Tin Flute
P: Pineapple Matigari
Q: Quince Parade's End
R: Runner beans A Question of Power
S: Smoked Sausage The Good Soldier Švejk
T: Turbot Castle Richmond
U: Ugali Matigari
V: venisonLove Medicine
W: watermelon sherbert A Fine Balance
X: Xoi Paradise of the Blind
Y: Yams Americanah
Z: Zucchini White Teeth
Finished 3/5/2023 with "X"

6 / 26 (double dipping with scavenger hunt tasks)
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B: Bartlett Pairs - Mrs. Dalloway
C: Canvas-backs - The Age of Innocence
D: Damsons - Lady Chatterley's Lover
E: Eclairs - Mrs. Dalloway
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21/26 completed
A - ackee in Small Island
B - boiled onion suppers in Quartet by Jean Rhys
C - consommé in The Tin Flute
D - dried goat meat in Robinson Crusoe
E - egg:scrambled or with bacon in The Killer Inside Me
F - fruit and ices in The Mysteries Of Udolpho
G - gooseberries in Cranford
H - ham in To the North
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J - jam (raspberry, blackberry not strawberry) in On Love
K - kernel of corn in The Autumn of the Patriarch
L - lettuce in La Celestina
M - millet gruel in The Temple of My Familiar
N - noodles (sesame) in Timbuktu
O - ochazuke in Crossfire
P - pheasant in H is for Hawk
Q - quince (wine) in Cider with Rosie
R - rolete de Cana (sugar cane rolls) in Foe
S - smoke salmon sandwich in Absolute Beginners
T - toffees in A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
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V - veal in August Is a Wicked Month
W - watercress in The Black Prince
X -xòi in Paradise of the Blind
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Books mentioned in this topic
Paradise of the Blind (other topics)I'm Not Scared (other topics)
On Love (other topics)
Timbuktu (other topics)
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Jean Rhys (other topics)Émile Zola (other topics)
Oliver Goldsmith (other topics)
Thomas Hardy (other topics)
Knut Hamsun (other topics)
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