Monday, March 2, 2009

The Unbidden Truth, by Kate Wilhelm

For the most part, practical food:

* A meeting in a restaurant does not include a description of the food ordered.

* A dinner at Frank's (father of main character Barbara Holloway):

a layered casserole of freshly-picked vegetables and lamb riblets

* On the road: sandwiches and a thermos of coffee; no description of what is inside the sandwiches

* At a campground, cooked on a camp stove: hamburgers and spicy black beans

* At a campground, cooked on the camp stove: bacon and eggs and coffee

* At a campground, potatoes baked in foil in the fire, steaks cooked on a camp stove, deli slaw, wine. Comments from the chef - Darren - that if Barbara wants her steak well-done he will hang up his chef's hat.

* Reference to a plan to stop at Sisters for soup and salad. I take this as an indication Wilhelm is in her comfort zone, choosing places she personally knows (Sisters).

* Dinner made by a friend: quiche and a roast. Neither is described in greater detail.

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