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=="Recipe" works== | =="Recipe" works== | ||
Not necessarily including recipes, but works which centrally feature food and/or recipes as part of the characters' life. | Not necessarily including recipes, but works which centrally feature food and/or recipes as part of the characters' life. | ||
* ''[[Like Water for Chocolate]]'' | * [[Laura Esquivel]], ''[[Like Water for Chocolate]]'' (and [[Like Water for Chocolate (film)|the movie]]) | ||
* [[Nina Kiriki Hoffman]], ''[[Fistful of Sky]]'' | * [[Nina Kiriki Hoffman]], ''[[Fistful of Sky]]'' | ||
* [[Robin McKinley]], ''[[Sunshine]]'' | * [[Robin McKinley]], ''[[Sunshine]]'' | ||
* [[Josephine Saxton]], ''[[The Queen of the States]]'' | |||
==Sieges, starvation, food supplies== | ==Sieges, starvation, food supplies== | ||
* [[Tanya Huff]] "Slow Poison" in ''In the Shadow of Evil'' | * [[Tanya Huff]], "Slow Poison" in ''In the Shadow of Evil'' | ||
* [[Stephen King]], ''[[Thinner]]'' | |||
==Eliminating need for food== | ==Eliminating need for food== | ||
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* super-dense protein etc bars of food that are like gold in "[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]" | * super-dense protein etc bars of food that are like gold in "[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]" | ||
* numerous SFnal stories in which food is made of various compressed algal forms, often because of destruction of Earth's environment; see, e.g., ''[[Beauty (Tepper novel)|Beauty]]'' by [[Sheri S. Tepper]] | * numerous SFnal stories in which food is made of various compressed algal forms, often because of destruction of Earth's environment; see, e.g., ''[[Beauty (Tepper novel)|Beauty]]'' by [[Sheri S. Tepper]] | ||
* lots of vat-grown meat not taken from animals in SF | * lots of vat-grown meat not taken from animals in SF; see, e.g., [[Rudy Rucker]], hardware/software/wetware series, with cloned flesh of various sorts | ||
* replicator food, as in "Star Trek" | * replicator food, as in "Star Trek" | ||
==Magic or special food== | ==Magic or special food== | ||
* | * [[Hope Mirrlees]], ''[[Lud-in-the-Mist]]'' | ||
* [[Joanna Russ]], "[[Little Dirty Girl]]" (ghost) | |||
* [[Joanna Russ]] | * fairy food in many stories; see, e.g., "[[Goblin Market]]" by [[Christina Rossetti]]; * vampirism & blood | ||
==Food taboos== | ==Food taboos== | ||
Revision as of 09:24, 29 May 2007
This is a list of works in which eating or food play a central part.
"Recipe" works
Not necessarily including recipes, but works which centrally feature food and/or recipes as part of the characters' life.
- Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate (and the movie)
- Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Fistful of Sky
- Robin McKinley, Sunshine
- Josephine Saxton, The Queen of the States
Sieges, starvation, food supplies
- Tanya Huff, "Slow Poison" in In the Shadow of Evil
- Stephen King, Thinner
Eliminating need for food
- Suzette Haden Elgin, Earthsong (Native Tongue v.3)
- Nancy Kress, Beggars' series
Future food
- super-dense protein etc bars of food that are like gold in "Firefly"
- numerous SFnal stories in which food is made of various compressed algal forms, often because of destruction of Earth's environment; see, e.g., Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper
- lots of vat-grown meat not taken from animals in SF; see, e.g., Rudy Rucker, hardware/software/wetware series, with cloned flesh of various sorts
- replicator food, as in "Star Trek"
Magic or special food
- Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist
- Joanna Russ, "Little Dirty Girl" (ghost)
- fairy food in many stories; see, e.g., "Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti; * vampirism & blood
Food taboos
- cannibalism
- animal products: see, e.g., "Carnival" by Elizabeth Bear