Feeding Their Muse: Authors in the Kitchen
by Marcia Moston @MarciaMoston Years ago when my husband (a polyester-clad, New York City dweller from Queens) asked me (a back-to-the-land, tepee-dwelling ex-hippie) to marry him, I asked him how he felt about dinner. After a moment of stunned silence, he said, �As in eating it?� Clearly he was mortified by images of grazing in the garden after a day�s work and would need a properly concocted meal. Over the years, I�ve learned to make some cd�s , as he calls them�culinary delights�although I never acquired an attachment to the kitchen. That�s why I was surprised when a friend said she�d thought of me when she came across a cookbook. Turns out her association was all in the title: Lit A� La Carte : Favorite Recipes of Famous Authors . Since the main reference to food I hear from authors these days is chocolate, I was curious what the likes of Stephen King, Annie Dillard and �Dear Abby� had to say about feeding their muse. They didn�t disappoint. The book is as mu...