I pretend I’m a book blog, but we all know the real truth. I AM A FOODIE FICTION BLOG.
This is because I talk about books only to cover up how much I’m talking about food. And this is perfectly okay. Because food is life. And books are life. So the two of them combine monstrously admirably.
And while eating + reading = a glorious combination sent as a gift to us from the heavens — I want to talk about books about food. I call them FOODIE FICTION. It’s a thing. And even if it wasn’t a thing, I just said it was a thing, SO IT’S A THING BECAUSE WHO QUESTIONS ME? NO ONE, YOU FIENDISH PINEAPPLES. *
Today I have a list of books that are delightfully foodie and you should read them and eat the pages because they make you so hungry. And then: I have a quiz for you! Let’s test your knowledge by giving you foodie quotes from books and seeing if you know where they come from. **
* I even use food to refer to people. I insult in fruit. I welcome you to my blog by renaming you into a vegetable. Occasionally people misread my name and think it is “CAKE” instead of “Cait”. I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON AROUND HERE EITHER. JUST GO WITH IT.
** If this quiz sounds familiar, CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve stalked me for a whole year! Back in 2015 when dinosaurs still roamed the earth, I did another foodie quiz. So consider this part 2.
- THE SCORPIO RACES: There is actually a distinct lack of foodliness in Puck’s life because #poor…but when she does eat the food descriptions will make you start gnawing on the cover. Plus cake. Apple cake, November cakes, tea and pastries…oh stahp. You’re hurting my soul with hunger.
- THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF CINNAMON GIRL: This is hugely centred around a girl whose mother runs a bakery, not to mention how much Alba loves cooking. Not to mention there’s food in the title. Say no more, I’m eating a cupcake. It’s a dying shame this book itself isn’t edible honestly.
- THE CROWN’S GAME: The first chapter starts off in a bakery. Is that not an entirely assuring sign that this book is going to have some delightful foodie moments? I think YES.
- SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA: Oreos. Literally oreos EVERYWHERE. Never have I read a book with so much oreo appreciation (never have I tasted an oreo either but shhhh…they look delicious).
- ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS: How do you feel about chocolate covered crepes? Because YES is what I see in your eyes. Plus there is copious amounts of French food because, hello. we’re in Paris.
- THE WRATH AND THE DAWN: Persian food. Pages and pages of it. Like most of the story is fuzzy to me now (it’s been a year since I read it) but I can remember the food descriptions CLEARLY BECAUSE I WAS SO HUNGRY. #priorities
- OUTRUN THE MOON: This involves a devastating earthquake and a girl who makes a kitchen out of nothing to feed people. Includes Italian food and Chinese food and it’s all delicious.
- THE SMELL OF OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES: And these houses, apparently, smell like food. Pie to be specific. There is a delicious mention of pie in this book and I think pie should be a priority in everyone’s life.
- THE FIRST THIRD: I have one thing to say: Greek food. So. much. Greek food. You will actually be packing your bag and moving to the Mediterranean before you finish chapter one.
- TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE: Cake! Baking! Cookies! Cupcakes! IT’S SO DELICIOUS I FELL IN LOVE.
- SIX OF CROWS: All I need to say is WAFFLES. And also cake. Nina is a cake-hoarding-dragon (actual quote from the sequel) so WHAT MORE IS THERE TO SAY? GO READ THIS.
- IVORY AND BONE: Look, I get it, we’re not all obsessed with cake (weird) so if you’re more after the Paleos, then here let me introduce you to THE STONE AGE. The food in here still seems delicious with cooked meats and honey!
- DEATHLESS: Hello Russian folklore and so much food at the beginning you will be buying a companion Russian cookery book.
- RUINED: All I need to say is there is a boy with a severe appreciation for cheese bread. CHEESE BREAD BEFORE ROMANCE, YES.
- SWEETLY: This is a Hansel and Gretel retelling so it involves a magical sweet shop and a dubious baker.
- MAGIC BITTER MAGIC SWEET: Another Hansel and Gretel x Gingerbread man retelling! And I actually confess I didn’t love this book because #SoConfused but the food was still divine. Magical cakes. MAGICAL CAKES.
- FISH OUT OF WATER: This is a super cute contemporary that involves much Japanese and Indian food and it involves me feeling very hungry but yet happy.
Since this is like a teeny tiny sampling (LIKE EATING A MINI CUPCAKE WHICH IS ROBBERY BY THE WAY) I shall leave you with my goodreads shelf for Foodie Fiction. Also an excellent reminder you should be following me on Goodreads because why would you want to miss out on the gift to the world that is me???
Time to test your foodie fiction knowledge!
NOTE: not all the books in this quiz will be the ones mentioned above! I will sneak in some others too because I gotta make life difficult for you. It’s who I am. (You can also find a direct link to the quiz here if it doesn’t show up below.) THIS SHOULD BE A HARD QUIZ SO WOOO. GO FOR IT!
May the odds be ever in your flavour!
GO HAVE OREOS
WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING
HAVE AN OREO CUPCAKE, OREO MILKSHAKES (these are literally heaven, I’m not kidding) AND OREO EVERYTHING
BUT I’M GLUTEN FREE. IF I ATE ONE I MIGHT DIE. 😭 (well, I wouldn’t die but that sounds so much more fun/dramatic to say)
Oh damn. I’m sorry :/
Well, at least there’s cake (“at least”)
ISN’T LIFE SO CRUEL SOMETIMES. Bahah, but seriously now, one day I probably will try an oreo! ONE DAY.😂
Try them, try them now, you go outside and buy yourself double stuffed oreos now
Somehow I only magically got two wrong despite not reading quite a few on the list??? Not sure how I pulled that off (amazing context skills maybe?) but it was a great quiz! Except now I feel kind of hungry… 😀
Love this post! <3
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FOODIE GENIUS. *awards you with cake as seems appropriate*
I got 8 right! Which is better than I expected. 🙂
One day, when I am rich/feel like I can justify spending lots of money on ingredients that I will probably never use again, I am going to make November Cakes. I mean, can you imagine how good something that tastes that good on paper would taste in real life?
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WOOOOO. YOU ARE ON THE PATH TO FOODIEDOM. (Okay that just sounds…weird. But whatever. I’m making it a word.) Also omg I want to make November Cakes SO BAD but I’m actually allergic to honey, dangit, but someday I’m going to figure out how to get around that so I can eat a November Cake and stay true to my Stefivaterfan soul.
CAIT!!!! I AM SO HUNGRY NOW.
I actually hate reading foodie books just because they MAKE ME SO FREAKING HANGRY. I’ve barely read any of those you’ve mentioned, but I HAVE read Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda and OMG, oreo overload. Becky should get a lifetime supply of Oreos for her Oreo appreciation in this book! And it should come with *FREE* oreos.
If you want a good foodie author, and don’t mind Chick Lit/Women’s Fiction, try Stella Newman. She is ALL ABOUT THE FOOD. I loved The Dish, and it was just foodie heaven.
PS: Do you watch The Great British Bake Off, if you get it in Australia? If not, you should. You would die of happiness, because it is epic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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JUST THINK ABOUT HOW HUNGRY I WAS MAKING THIS POST. I NEARLY ATE MY LAPTOP. And yes, the oreo appreciation in Simon Vs was SO REAL. I’m almost going to be disappointed if I read Becky Albertalli’s sequel and it doesn’t have oreos in it.😂 I hope it at least has a reference! EEEEP.
So I don’t read a lot (haha, any) chicklit, but like food could convince me…so I’ll keep an eye out for it!
Do you mean: I WOULD DIE OF HUNGER?!? I’ve watched Master Chef before and that’s cruel enough.😂
GAH, i only got 6! 🙁
It was a pretty hard quiz!!😂 *gives you cake anyway*
ALL THE FOOD!!! Now I’m hungry… I only got 8 right on that quiz but to be fair I haven’t read a lot of those books ahaha xD So I did pretty good all things considering. BUT OREO’S THOUGH. <3
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I DID MAKE IT KIND OF HARD.😂 But I needed to challenge all your foodiness. :’) And seeeeee…this is why I needed your expertise!!😂
I got 7 correct, I had a lucky guess on 5 of them, and the other three were the only ones I had actually read. :
Most crazily, ~Olive
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oooh, you should have added the keeper of the lost Cities! Mallowmelt. help me. *drools* 😀
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I shall look up this Keeper of the Lost Cities immediately, then, right?! ALL THE FOODIE BOOKS MUST BE MINE. (Also good on you for not having even read many of these then!!😂)
I was going to start a diet today but I saw ypur blog Post. I think it’s a sign that I shouldn’t start and eat chocolate instead.
And for God’s seek eat oreos Cait, You’re missing out.
YOU’RE WELCOME FOR THE DESTRUCTION THAT IS ME. (Also *whispers* I can’t eat oreos because I’m mostly gluten free…but maybe one day I’ll get to?!)
Oh I’m so sorry for you, maybe one day you’ll eat them. At least you won’t start a diet because you eat oreos a lot 😂
P. S. There’s a middke Eastern (Egyptian to be specific) food called Kahk and believe me when I say it You will love it!!
This is an amazing list Cait! OMG how have you not eaten an Oreo?!? What is the evil force preventing you from its gloriousness? I only got 9 right in the quiz and those food quotes are now making me super hungry 😍. Also, this is an excellent method of recommending books. HIGHLY APPROVE!!
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I’M GLAD YOU LIKED THE POST!! I did make it kind of hard, didn’t I?!😂
Yoooo! Ten right answers and I have read only four books! Pure luck. And maybe a message from the universe: “read these books!”
Food is important. Food is so so very important. The type of food you eat reveal your personality, your passion and your deepest weaknesses.
I read The sweetness of forgetting, by Kristin Harmel, beautiful book, that I know is supposed to be about the Shoah, family and dreams, but there were so many recipes of so different pastries… love.
And there was this scene, in Daughter of Smoke and Bone, that had me dying to eat goulash for almost four years…
Do you know Camilleri? He is an italian writer of crime stories, set in Sicily. Not really your genre, but there are some descriptions that perfectly picture Sicilian food.
Your deducing skills are clearly ON POINT, my foodie friend. And yes it is very important and *nods* it can totally tell things about you. Unless you’re confusing like me who would equally love to eat 80% dark chocolate and ALSO icecream and sprinkles.
OHHHH I’m going to look up The Sweetness of Forgetting then! And I LOVE DOSAB. I really wanted to eat that goulash….badly. Seriously, why doesn’t someone come out with a YA cookbook?!?
Damn girl, I’m so hungry now….better go get something to eat hehe
HEY BUT I WARNED YOU YOU’D STARVE TO DEATH IN THIS POST!😂
I haven’t had breakfast yet, so now I’m STARVING. And craving cake for breakfast. Thanks.
If you want foodie books, definitely Redwall by Brian Jacques.
Oh oh I’ve heard of that one!! I must push it up higher on my TBR.😂 (Also cake for breakfast is totally a good idea, right?!)
Stop, stop, STOP! I just ate the last bun in my dorm and have to go resupply. I’ve only read one of these, but The Scorpio Races was strong with the foodie game. Ridiculously strong. Good lord, now I’m getting hungry. I need to go buy food. Especially chocolate. Excuse me…
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YOU’RE WELCOME FOR THIS HORRIBLY HUNGRY-FYING POST. I’m here to be cruel. :’) And omg The Scorpio Races just won with the cake appreciation. I nearly died reading it and my copy is lucky it didn’t get devoured because hungry.
I got a few of them. Simply not enough reading done in the last couple years, I guess. 😉
More books for you to EAT then!! haha…I mean, wait. Read. I meant read… Ahem.😂
😀 😉
OH I GOT 8 correct. Ahem I failed. #shame Anyways great post!! Also that Abnegation one was super easy….. Omg November Cakes. Maggie also has a recipe for them. Have you tried making(and then eating) them?? I haven’t as my cooking is a disaster. (Maybe a good disaster? Huh totally kidding.😂)
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I had to put a FEW easy ones in amongst the super hard ones, right?!?😂 And YES I know there’s a November cake recipe and I 1000% want to make them except I can’t eat honey and Idek that they’d work out without it?!?
You haven’t had Oreos? You poor human. Oreos are awesome and make every dessert better. I love Oreo cake and Oreo ice cream.
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They LOOK delicious!! I believe you!😂
I scored an eight on the quiz, despite the fact that I only recognized one of the quotes.
I’m a Paleo kind of girl, but you’re making me hungry for cake and brownies, Cait.
*whispers* hhahah my family is like 80% paleo too so I KNOW THE FEEL.
Thanks for giving me the desire to go stuff myself with all the best food in the world until I can’t even stand up. I’M HUNGRY NOW.
You are most welcome. :’) I’m here to torture.
I ADORE CAKE AND COOKIES AND ALL OF THE GOOD STUFF BUT I GOT A 5 IN THE TEST JAJAJAJA
OH WELL YOU HAVE SOME NEW BOOKS YOU NEED TO READ, CLEARLY, NINA. AND ALSO *HI FIVES* BECAUSE FOODIE APPRECIATION.
APPARENTLY I FAIL AT THE FOODIE FICTION LIFE (10/14… ouch). Although, to be fair, I only read the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Lightning Thief (of the ones on this quiz)… Aaannnd I got the first one because I happened to read your Goodreads review on that so go me. I kind of cheated on the others by deducing from what you’ve said about them for guessing region and time period and style and stuff, so not really fair of me.
AND OREOS!!!! Cait, you haven’t had OREOS?!?!?! They kind of taste like you made a cake into a cracker with frosting smooshed between. I personally prefer a particular knock off brand, but whatever. Oreos are Oreos. I KNOW!!! You should come stateside so you can taste Oreos!!! Omg, I’m brilliant. Come to the stateside. We have cookies.
HEY YOU ACTUALLY DID PRETTY GOOD!! And especially good if you haven’t even read many of them!? (although, come now, Kat, get thee onto this.) And hey deducing is fair! I SHALL RENAME YOU THE FOODIE DEDUCING SHERLOCK. It as a nice ring to it. :’)
Oh I’m sure they have oreos in Australia.😂 I’m just gluten-free so I haven’t had one before. hehhe.
So um I have to read all of these now (and the ones I’ve already read, I have to read again).
Also, I’ve decided that, should I ever become an assassin, frosting people to death will be my method of choice. ^.^
DUDE YES. Frosting people to death will work marvellously because it’s not like they’ll suspect it, right?! #win
Oh, Dear…. I’m starving!!! By the way, you should read Garden Spells, Cait. It’s a pretty good one!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1158967.Garden_Spells
I’m starving just MAKING this quiz. It’s torture. 😂 Ahh, but thanks for the rec!
I’m WAY too proud of my 11/14 on this quiz! So many of these are on my favorites list: Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda, The Crown’s Game, The Wrath & the Dawn…apparently I love foodie books! There’s also Saint Anything, which I guess counts even though 90% of the food mentioned is pizza. But really, REALLY good pizza.
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AHHH YOU DID SO WELL!! *flings confetti at you* Foodie books are, without doubt, the best. And omg Saint Anything is foodie?! That is already on my TBR but I shall put it higher because FOOD obviously.
I confess I’ve read your name Cake a lot because I always think about food while reading your posts. AND I ALWAYS SNACK AFTER!! I got 8 right! I obviously need to eat-read-a lot more foodie fiction! ALSO- YOU HAVE NEVER HAD OREOS?! Sorry but no. You must you must!!!!! To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before though, the descriptions from Lara Jean about cookies and cake and food make me want to get up and bake myself 7 cakes!! Basically the book is about a girl who eats baked goods and has a boyfriend on the side. As it should be.
Now I’m hungryyyyy!! xx
Omg so many people do!😂 It’s actually kind of hilarious…I might as well just CHANGE MY NAME TO CAKE AT THIS POINT.😂
I got 7… but I haven’t read most of the books. I’m surprised I got as many as I did! (I would’ve gotten 8, but my clicker finger was too speedy and I hit the wrong square on one of them.)
I can’t actually recall reading that many books that had a lot of food in them. So many YA books sort of skip over eating (and the inevitable going to the bathroom that’s the natural result of eating… but I digress). The only book I can think of that featured food that really made my mouth water was a middle grade book called A Handful of Stars. I’m still wanting a blueberry enchilada after that one…
WOOOO!. Your deduction skills are on point then!😂 And yes, ugh, YA books can be so rude about food sometimes. I literally just finished a book where they NEVER ATE IN 3 DAYS. It made me quite put out. Like how can you do all this strenuous physical stuff without having low-blood sugar and ending up killing your own team because you’re hangry? Where is my realism. *stamps foot*
I do have A Handful of Stars on my TBR!!
10/14. Not bad seeing as I’ve only read about 1/4 of those books. XD WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?? Clearly I need more foddie books in my life. Pronto.
Ooh, that is VERY good actually!! Most people are yelling at me that they’re hungry and failing the quiz.😂 I THINK I MADE IT TOO HARD. But also: yes you need to go read more foodie books. I shall pile them on your head.
All books need to have food in them. Like, all the food. And that cake in the background of your photo looks delicious. If I had to guess…flourless chocolate with raspberry filling? (crosses fingers I got that right).
And I was sooo excited about Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet, but from I’ve heard it’s not that good. :\
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AGREED. *hi fives* We need to start a petition to make sure all authors are aware of this so they can fi their books accordingly. AS THEY SHOULD.
DUDE. HOW DID YOU KNOW?!? That is exactly what the cake is.😂 At least I think it’s flourless. It possibly has coconut flower but my parental made it and I just stole it for photos. When I saw it I literally yelled “I NEED THAT FOR BOOKSTAGRAM” and my family just sighed basically.
(Yeah Magic Bitter Magic Sweet is pretty much a dead loss apart from the cake.😭)
THIS IS A FABULOUSLY ENTERTAINING POST. OMG. Also hey I did pretty good in the quiz (6 right) for having reAD LITERALLY NONE OF THESE BOOKS (except for Divergent) so obviously I need to read more foodie fiction. 😉 AND OBVIOUSLY I NEED TO READ CROOKED KINGDOM BECAUSE THEY MENTION WAFFLES?!?! HONESTLY SERIOUSLY THIS IS HAPPENING!?!!? WAFFLES????? IF I READ ABOUT WAFFLES IN A BOOK I WOULD PROBABLY CRY. no joke. :”’)
Insulting in fruit = the best way to insult, honestly. I WILL FOREVER AND ALWAYS BEEN YOUR LOYAL PINEAPPLE SUBJECT, QUEEN CAIT. Also I will forever and always include many food descriptions in my books because FOOOOOOOOD. <3 It is glorious indeed.
lotsalove,
abbieeeeee
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Yesss, you must read ALL THE FOODIE FICTION. And I will literally get on my knees and beg you to read Six of Crows because SO MANY WAFFLES, ABBIE. Every time they started diving into waffle-appreciation I was like “omg Abbie needs to read this”. And the sequel is especially waffle-y (shh that’s a word) It was made for you.
YOU ARE THE BEST FIENDISH PINEAPPLE UNIT THERE IS OBVIOUSLY. <3
“A long way to a small angry planet” by Becky Chambers is surprisingly foodie! I love the descriptions, and especially because they’re about alien food. But it just makes me want to gobble it up.. OMG.
You should read that book, by the way. It’s so wonderful, it’s like the Harry Potter for space, minus the magic. It’s so brilliant, I can’t obsess about it enough!
– @AvalinahsBooks
Omg I keep HEARING about that book!! I swear it’s following me around…obviously I shall bump that higher on the need-to-acquire-asap list *nods*
Ooh! So much food! Great. Now I’m hungry…. *eats a million cheesecakes*
This was such a fun post! I’m not gonna try the quiz, though, because I honestly haven’t read like any of these books (I know, I know, #epicfail), but maybe I shall try it anyway… Maybe…
*eats a million cheesecakes with you* Aww, it was a pretty YA centred quiz, I know.😂 BUT I’M GLAD YOU STILL LIKED THE POST!
So I decided to try it….and I got 5 right… It is a terrible score but I AM A PROUD BEAN.
That just means I need to read more books, right?
I got 12 out of 14, I am a food queen! HOW HAVE YOU NEVER TASTED AN OREO BEFORE?!?! Are you serious. I don’t love them, but I feel like it is a priority to at least taste one in your life. Do they have Oreo’s in Australia? I feel like they are everywhere here, in ice-cream, at McDonald’s, in every store cracker aisle. You can’t hide from them. I guess I didn’t realize how many foodie books I read. I usually read and focus on the outfits for some reason, especially colorful pretty dresses. My mind craves it. Oh, and I just had waffles for dinner two days ago. Coincidence, I think not (Insert Nina reference here). They were so good to:P My mom makes the best waffles EVER! I also saw that you reached your Goodreads book goal. Congrats! How did you do it? How do you finish books so fast? I want to know your secret. Tell me all your bookish ruler secrets.
Oh I’m sure they have oreos in Australia! I just haven’t ever eaten one because I’m gluten/sugar free hahaa…I know. This is probably why I enjoy reading about food so much.😂 But like I probably WILL try an oreo someday because Simon.
NIIIIIIIINA. There were so many Nina-waffle quotes it was very hard to narrow it down for the quiz. WAFFLES THO. I have a severe waffle craving thanks to Nina.
Oh, and thanks about the goal!😊 This is actually slow for me haha, I read 300 last year.😂 I just….read! I DON’T HAVE ANY SECRETS. JUST READING FAST I GUESS. And possibly, like, never sleeping.
This post was so FUN, Cait! (and now I’m hungry. Shoot XD.)
I only got a SIX on the test! *wails* (it was totally a test, not a quiz. BECAUSE WE SHOULD KNOW SUCH THINGS), I think my brain went missing because I messed up even when I DID know what book the quote came from! BUT ANYWAYS, I have got to read more books *nodnod* *scampers off to library*
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I was super hungry just MAKING it.😂 What a torturous post omg. AND YES IT WAS A TEST SO TRUE. Because like shame on you for not paying more attention to all the food in books. 😉
NOW I’M HUNGRY, WHY??? Ugh. Actually though, books about food are the best and worst because food is amazing but then it makes you want to eat all the food,. I need to stop eating all the food. *reaches for the cupcake that’s on my desk*
Elizabeth
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I WARNED YOU THO, SO DON’T BLAME ME. 😂 Actually totally blame me. I’m horrible. Who wrote this post? Omg so hungry.
Holy cannoli I got 10 right! I think I have read 2 books on your list??? OBVIOUSLY THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED! I love me some foodie books, but I don’t keep track of them at all. 🙁 I did just buy the Traveling Tea Shop because there is all of the delicious baked goods on the cover!! The only others I can think of are Gail Carriger’s books because her characters LOVE TEA TIME and put high importance on eating all the delicious things (as of course, they should!)
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OMG YOU MUST READ MORE OF THEM, FOR SURE!! And I mean, I’m the complete oddball here who actually keeps track of how much food is in a book.😂 It’s probably a problem but pfft. And all books should put good emphasis on delicious things, amirite??!
Hmmm… I apparently don’t notice food in my books nearly as much as I should. I only got five of these right!
Oops, it was kind of a hard quiz, right?!? 🙈🙊
I am totally a fellow fictional food appreciator! Sadly I failed this quiz, as I haven’t read the majority of the books yet 🙁 But someday..xD
The Redwall books by Brian Jacques have tons of food, banquets etc.. and the book Pie by Sarah Weeks 😀 (really cute, and lots of pie!!)
oh oh I’ve heard of the Redwall books!! I really need to bump them up my TBR because, obviously, food reasons.😍
YESSS A FOOD POST I LOVE FOOD.
*calms self*
This post was amazing, Cait!
I didn’t take the quiz but I for sure will once I read more of the marvelous books listed above.
(But really though, the food in The Scorpio Races. I LIVED FOR THE FOOD.)
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I live for the food in The Scorpio Races too.😍 Like that book was already perfect without it and then it became 398938% MORe perfect. The perfectist book to ever grace the universe. <33
I get 10 out of 14 yay! AND NOW I’M HUNGRY #blamecait. But yeah, TWATD and Lara Jean books definitely make me hungry… I ate a lot of persian food after reading TWATD, no kidding, and begging my mom to go to Korean restaurants after reading Lara Jean books (I know she bakes a lot and cake is the most mentioned food… but I don’t really like sweets *hides*) You should try reading Bliss and Chocolate Box Girls! They’re so full with sweets, it would make you hungry just by reading about all the molten chocolate.
Now excuse me, I have to eat.
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WELL I DID WARN YOU THAT THIS POST WOULD CAUSE NEAR STARVATION! Don’t say I didn’t.😂 And I’m just going to pretend you didn’t JUST SAY YOU DIDN’T LIKE SWEETS so we can continue being friends because omg, Tasya?!?? No sweets?!??! WHAT IS YOUR LIFE.
(hehe, just kidding. More for me, obviously.)
Also I shall look up that book immediately. BECAUSE CHOCOLATE.
I scored seven on the quiz! I’m somewhat okay with that. xD Gosh, I really need to catch up with my YA but life’s like, “LOL, nope, we’re going to make your three year wait longer.” I’m going to go make cake now. Participation cake > not receiving cake at all.
xoxo Morning
Ahhh, I get that!! THERE ARE TOO MANY BOOKS AND NOT ENOUGH TIME!! It is the bookworm tragedy.😂 But still 7 is pretty awesome. GO YOU. Also, um, I hope you’re planning on sharing this cake with me…
I only got two of them wrong so I deserve some sort of foodie medal for this. You’ve made me SO hungry though, Cait, these quizzes should come with a hand delivered cake at the end of them. Also, how do you remember all of these passages? I am picturing you going through all the books you read with a post it note, highlighting whichever passage mentions food XD!!
Although I didn’t love The Crown’s Game, I gotta admit that the food game in that book is strong – I bought so much stuff from the bakery the day I read that book!
YES YOU DO DESERVE A FOODIE MEDAL! Better yet: we’ll make the medal out of food, so you can eat it. #winning And hey now, no complaints. I did warn you that this quiz would cause instant starvation. 😂
Bahah, okay so I do save foodie passages when I come across them. GUILTY. And for some reason I have like an excellent memory about which books had which passages?!? Like I wish I could use my memory for good purposes but NO. Just for remembering foodie quotes.😑
*WOULD STILL MURDER FOR A NOVEMBER CAKE*
TAKING OFFERS NOW!
Like, (a) I don’t THINK I pay as much attention to food descriptions as you do, but I VERY OBVIOUSLY DO, BECAUSE 14/14, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I’ll take like 80% of the credit, though, because there are 2-3 books in there that I haven’t yet gotten to, but your reviews quoted and rhapsodized about their foodie qualities to such a delightful level that I was able to guess them nooooo problem. (*cough* When We Collided *cough*).
P.S. As someone with a dairy aversion, I was personally victimized by that quote in Ruined. *cries forever*
P.P.S. WAZZUP WITH OREOS, OZ?! HOW CAN THIS CAKEISH CREATURE GONE THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT EVER HAVING TASTED THEM? Simon and Blue are sending care packages as we speak
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*WOULD STILL JOIN YOU IN MURDERING FOR SAID NOVEMBER CAKE* I really really want to make one but I don’t eat honey because allergies and I don’t feel like they’re possible without honey.😩 Why is my life so HARD.
Wooooo!! I think you’re the only person to score 100%?!??! THIS MEANS YOU ARE GLORIOUS, CLEARLY. Mwahha. But yes. If one reads my reviews this quiz is actually quite easy. What can I say? I CAN’T HELP MYSELF FROM SAVING FOODIE QUOTES.😂
But duuuude, I’m 99% sure the reason I love reading about food so much is because I CAN’T EAT HALF OF IT EITHER. I am gluten free, actually mostly grain free. And sugar-free. Basically I eat air *nods* But like one day I’ll risk my life and have an oreo because #REASONS.
YESSSS I love food in books! It’s the reason why I snack while I read or else I would die of hunger!
~Sara
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FOOD IS THE BEST!! I mean, it’s great in books but better IRL of course…and snacking + reading = how it should be. *nods*
I got 11/14, which I think is pretty good considering I only read a handful of the books 😉 But I knew a few just from… well, good logical reasoning, so I think that in itself is a win, yes? Also, you made my fangirl heart happy to see a THG quote. I will pretend you added it just for me okay? Thanks. OH I have oneeeee! So I read A Darkly Beating Heart, and then I wanted ALL. THE. SUSHI. It made me VERY hungry. And frankly, a little mad because I didn’t have access to any sushi.
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Of course I added it just for you. I was literally sitting here thinking “HOW CAN I WRITE THIS POST TO MAKE SHANNON HAPPY” and went with that sage life goal. *nods*
Also HUZZAH for the score!! You did super well.😂
Ooohhh what a delicious post <3 I love food descriptions in books! I actually misread Anna and the French Kiss as Anna and the French FRIES! OMG guess someone's excited 😛
I love ALL the french foods from Anna trilogy it sounds super tasty. And they keep eating pizzas which is incredible because pizza = love <3 I didn't remember any single food descriptions from TWATD (what a shame bc I reread it a million times) 🙁 AND YES TO SIX OF CROWS!! Nina managed to insert food and cakes on every conversations #relatable 😛 I think Crooked Kingdom has even more foods in it though haha anywayyy how come you never tasted oreo? It's my favorite especially when I was a kid. I used to dip it on full cream milk and it was heavenly when the biscuit+chocolate melted in my mouth 😛
Anyway, I haven't checked your goodreads foodie fiction shelf, but have u read I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson? If so, you must remember the heavenly doughnuts that got all the characters moaning heavily! I wonder what kind of doughnut it is… and where I could get a box or two or ten of them 😛
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Okay but Anna and the French Fries would be a MUCH BETTER TITLE. PETITION FOR IT TO CHANGE TO THAT!! 😂
But omg you didn’t notice the food in TW&TD?!? It was literally my favourite part. I mean, the plot was good too and all that *waves dismissively* BUT THE FOOD.😂 And I haven’t ever eaten an oreo because I’m allergic to wheat.😂
YES YES I HAVE READ I’LL GIVE YOU THE SUN!! I FORGOT ABOUT THE DONUTS OMG BUT THEY DEFINITELY BELONG ON THIS LIST.
I love food and I love books that have food in them. They usually make me incredibly hungry, but I don’t care. Loved the Oreos in Simon. I also loved that he talked about going to Waffle House. Yeah, that’s a reference that only people from the Southern United States can understand. They are open 24 hours a day/365 days a year and their hash browns are all kinds of amazing. Okay, now I’m drooling for Waffle House and I’m in Italy, so there is no satisfying that craving. Ugh. I read a book called Only in Naples by Katherine Wilson and the food descriptions were so incredible. It was about a woman who meets and falls in love with an Italian guy and moves to Italy. Italians love food and she learns how to make these incredible dishes from her mother-in-law. It’s awesome.
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I have no idea what Waffle House is but HOW DO THEY SELL HASHBROWNS?!? SHOULDN’T THEY JUST SELL WAFFLES? 😂 But omg I’m actually really craving waffles right now. Darn this post. Wh wrote it? THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED.
(..wait…)
And omg Only in Naples sounds, literally, delicious. FOOD.
I’m officially hungry now, DARN IT CAIT WHY. XD
You must try oreos someday. They’re not my FAVORITE but they’re pretty good…
I took the test and got 10 right, which isn’t bad since I’ve hardly read any of these. XD
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DUDE! You did so well!! That’s one of the highest scores.😂 Apparnetly I made this quiz far too hard haha. But anyway YAS TO FOOD IN BOOKS and also I probably will try an oreo someday…although I don’t eat wheat so there is a slight problem there.😂
Omggg I have just eaten and you’re making me hungry! You should read Heartless because literally every page has baked goods. There is also lots of food in Throne of Glass although I felt like that kind of fell off later on. LOVE THE FOODIE FICTION shelf!
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I cannot WAIT till Heartless is out because I will be (literally) devouring it. I’m so excited for all the cake!! 😀
I got 6 right (I actually only knew the Divergent and the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory one and even got the Hunger Games ones wrong) #fluke FORGIVE ME CAIT! I’ll pay more attention to food in books next time.
Then you did pretty excellently!! CAKE FOR YOU. 🎉🍰
Hahahaa, I got a pretty good score in the quiz but lots of the books I hadn’t actually READ, I’d just heard you talk about! Eg the wild Alaskan salmon quote, I remember that very specifically from your review of When We Collided, or the Oreo one, because I know the whole internet likes to chant “SIMON AND OREOS.” So you see, Cait, you are educating me in foodie fiction even when I …. don’t …. actually read the books ….
Oh yes, the internet DOES love to talk about Simon and his oreos. *nods* To be fair, Simon spends like a fair few scenes giving an ode to oreos so the appreciation is real.😂 AHHH THAT MAKES ME LAUGH THO THAT YOU REMEMBER ME TALKING ABOUT THAT SALMON QUOTE.😂 I’m totally educated the world. Forcing you all to pay attention to food in books. #MyJobHereIsdone
I got 12/14, which isn’t too bad. But I really should know my foodie books better, because food is so good,
All those descriptions though. *dies*
I haven’t read nearly enough of the books you’ve mentioned, so I will have to do that. I must, because food. And omg, yes, I also need apple cake and November cakes. *nods*
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That’s totally one of the highest scores!!😂 WELL DONE THO. And yes, there is literally no downside to reading foodie books. Well, except the whole “now you’re starving even if you just ate” awkward side effect.
11/14! I had a feeling I’d do okay on this quiz hahaha. Also now I’m hungry and I want to read all of these books and CAIT WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DO THIS TO ME DAMMIT. Also Katniss shouldn’t be so condescending, I’m sure you can frost someone to death. You just need to use enough frosting. THE PERFECT MURDER? Maybe not. 😀
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I TORTURE YOU TO SHOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU ALL. #winning And omg yes Katniss needs to just calm down because obviously frosting someone to death is a real thing that could totally happen. Just give Peeta and his baking skills a chance in the next arena.
NEW IDEA: The Hunger Games but set in a bakery.
First – love the Supernatural GIF. 😉
Second – I need to read all the books. I have not read any of these mentioned (though I have read some from your quiz).
Third – I pretty much failed your quiz, didn’t even get 50%, probably because of not reading many of them. LOL
I love your posts. Off to follow you on Goodreads… I know you’ll have amazing shelves to check out after seeing that you have a Foodie Fiction shelf! 😉
And I think I’ll be paying a lot more attention to food in books now.
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Eeeep, the quiz was kind of hard though, wasn’t it?! MY BAD.😂 But still, so many foodie recommendations….*piles them all on your head*
I don’t think it was too hard. I just hadn’t read many of those books yet. My bad! LOL
You were right, this did make me hungry. Ha ha. I went and made broiwnies and then forgot to come back comment. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I HOPE YOU’RE PLANNING TO SHARE THESE BROWNIES BECAUSE I NEED SOME.
Cait, I am shocked. You’ve never had an oreo?! [Are there no oreos in Australia, or, or, WHY?!] They are the best store bought cookie ever! [So I have thing against most store bought cookies, but oreos are the grand exception.]
Wait, what? There are waffles in Six of Crows? WAFFLES ARE LIFE! Reason #1823 why I need to read this book.
So I only knew THG, PJO, and Divergent quotes from the quiz, but I still got 11 out of 14? [Okay, but I did cheat a little and use your as a guideline when it came to oreos and waffles. XD] That one from The Wrath and the Dawn though, man! I’m so hungry now! And I want oreos. . .
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Because I’m gluten freeeee, Ashley. I CAN’T EAT WHEAT. (Although, I mean, I’m not deathly allergic so I foresee myself having an oreo ONE DAY I promise!) And oh I’m sure Australia has them. We steal most things from America because apparently we haven’t shaken our thieving origins.😂
SIX OF CROWS IS BASICALLY AN ODE TO WAFFLES. Well Crooked Kingdom moreso. But stiiiill. Bless those books omg.
AHH YOU DID REALLY WELL! It was a hard quiz hehee.😂
Whaaaaaaat?!? How could dear Cait (or cake) have never tried Oreos? THE COOKIE THAT LEGENDS SPOKE OF!!!! Someone mail this girl a pack of double stuffed Oreos noooooow!
I’m gluten free.😂 That’s why I’ve never had an oreo! Darn allergies.
I should NOT have scrolled back to all the posts I hadn’t read, because this post made me so goddamn hungry. Although bonus points for giving me ideas for my bloggy baking feature. OREO EVERYTHING FOR SIMON VS.
Is it bad that I’m considering buying the hardback just for a photo to go with it? Bookstagram has ruined me.
I WARNED YOU, IN ALL FAIRNESS. This post is basically stamped “DON’T READ” in the very title. Also: can someone open up a restaurant that sells purely bookish food dishes??? #need
And omg, yES please make all of these. I need you to make some Nina waffles. And I’m really voting for some Russian food from The Crown’s Game at some point. JUST SAYIN’ I CAN ALSO COME HELP YOU EAT IT IF YOU NEED IT, I AM JUST THAT HELPFUL. (And yes, Bookstagram has ruined us all.😂)
I got 11/14 most of which were wild guesses. Hahaha. I never intentionally read foodie fiction but when I stumble upon food being mentioned in a book I’m currently reading, that’s a big plus for me! Food is a good way to know about people’s culture while appealing to the senses, FIGURATIVELY of course. (Reading the Wrath and the Dawn made me visualize and imagine how Persian food would look and smell like.), And because it’s FOOD! Who doesn’t wanna talk about food. (Personally, I was a bit envious about Percy having all that food to himself. I mean who wouldn’t want a refillable magical goblet who would give any drink that you order it to. I would have unlimited chocolate milkshakes every meal!) Hahaha. So yes, I’m totally up for foodie fiction! 😀
Well you still did marvellously!😂 Better than most people, heheh. And omg I totally actually seek out foodie fiction. Even if it I’m not interested in a book, as soon as someone says “well there’s so much food in it…” I’m like “SIGN ME UP.” I’m hopeless.😂
And omg YES. Someone please let me be a demigod because of the food reasons.
Awww, Thanks Cait! 😀 And I totally get you. FOOD IS LIFE. SIgh. Demigods do have it all. They’ve got super reflexes, amazing abilities and they get unlimited FOOD!!! XD
The food is the absolute best parts about books. I loved all the cake you mentioned in The Dead Boy and the Paper Cut.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I’M SMILING RIGHT NOW. *dances wildly around you*
If you’re planning on reading Heartless by Marissa Meyer, make sure you have cakes with you. Or tarts, or macaroons. Something!
And have you ever watched Pushing Daisies? If you haven’t, you need to! It’s pie heaven. It’s about a pie maker who makes pies and wakes the dead. They solve murders.
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Omg I am 100% planning on
eatingreading Heartless. I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE CAKE AND TART APPRECIATION AHH!!!! And omg Pushing Daises is about pie and murder? I need.OMG YES The Scorpio Races and The Wrath & the Dawn. I was drooling all over myself with both of those for their glorious descriptions of FOOD. I still need to read The Crown Game, The Smell of Other People’s Houses and Six of Crows though but knowing there will be glorious references to food is motivation enough 😀
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I wanted to EAT MY COPY OF THE WRATH AND THE DAWN. Which wouldn’t have been that satisfactory, let’s be honest, ahem. BUT WHATEVER. It was beautiful.!!
I GOT ELEVEN. And after taking BOTH of your quizzes, I am absolutely starving. And it is lunchtime. GOODBYE, I NEED TO EAT FOOD.
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