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> How about a Nabokov cookbook? Some years ago, a "Wind in the Willows
> Cookbook" appeared. I still use many of the recipes in it in my
> day-to-day cooking. I shall consult some of my chef friends and see if
> there is any interest in developing recipes/idshes.
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> Paul Tudor
> Wine Writer
> 22 Grove Road, Sandringham, Auckland, NZ
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From: ValSyl@aol.com
I loved the menu concept. We must have _chocolat glace_ and all the gooey
American versions Lo was constantly slurping. Get some decent _frites_
("they call those fries 'French,' mon dieu!"). Sugar-coated almonds, so
beloved by the pregnant Liza in PNIN. The ham sandwich which sickened
Gradus in PALE FIRE. And I keep thinking there must be something made of squirrel,
but the squirrel motif that darts through PNIN presents the little creatures
as too sympathetic to be eaten. There is a character in that novel, however,
the husband of Praskovia (the "woman of the people" who takes care of the
chickens at Cook's Place), "whose sole passions in life were amateur
bookbinding ... the making of fruit liqueurs, and the killing of small forest
animals." Not known if he ate the squirrel while sipping the liquor.
These are mostly grisly and unappetizing selections, I see. I'm sure others
can and will supply more tempting choices.
Sylvia Weiser Wendel
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> Be sure to include cocktails, beginning with pineapple juice and gin.
> Tom Seifrid, usc
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If cocktails are included, don't forget the viscous and sawdust! (Pnin)
Steven Barnat
San Francisco, CA
exnihilo@sirius.com
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>From discoboy@u.washington.edu Thu Mar 6 10:23:11 1997
As a cook, I am curious to divine the ingredients of these mythical
recipes. Perhaps VN knew good food, but could he cook it, a rather
difficult and separate skill altogether.
Lawrence W. Freese
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