Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die discussion

A to Z Food Challenge:

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A - apple tarts; The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler; 5/17.
B - bread; New Grub Street; George Gissing; 4/4.
C - coconuts; Nostromo by Joseph Conrad; 5/24.
D - dessert; Eline Vere by Louis Couperus; 4/21.
E - eggs; The Gaucho Martín Fierro; José Hernández; 2/11.
F - fruit; Under the Yoke; Ivan Vazov; 3/29.
G - grapes; Nana by Émile Zola; 2/8.
H - horseradish; The Enchanted Wanderer; Nikolai Leskov; 1/31
I - ice cream; The Portrait of a Lady; Henry James; 3/30.
J - jelly; L'Assommoir; Émile Zola; 1/27
K - kelp; By the Open Sea; August Strindberg; 4/7.
L - loaves of bread; Quo Vadis; Henryk Sienkiewicz; 3/15.
M - mushroom gnocchi; The People of Hemso; August Strindberg; 2/28.
N - nuts; Daniel Deronda; George Eliot; 2/28.
O - onion soup; Bouvard and Pecuchet by Gustave Flaubert; 5/23.
P - pudding; In a Glass Darkly; J. Sheridan Le Fanu; 2/20.
Q - quince jelly; The Crime of Father Amaro; Eça de Queirós; 1/24
R - red berries; The Child Of Pleasure by Gabriele d'Annunzio; 5/2.
S - sugar lumps; The Wings of the Dove by Henry James; 5/10.
T - toast; Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton; 5/24.
U - ugali (steamed cornmeal loaf); Matigari; Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o; 8/7.
V - vegetables; Marius the Epicurean; Walter Pater; 3/5.
W - wine jelly; Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family; Thomas Mann; 4/30
X - xochitl; Here's to You, Jesusa!; Elena Poniatowska; 8/1.
Y - yams; Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad; 4/19.
Z - Zambezi slab; Nervous Conditions; Tsitsi Dangarembga; 6/18.

Q - quince jelly; The Crime of Father Amaro; Eça de Queirós; 1/24

J - jelly; L'Assommoir; Émile Zola; 1/27

H - horseradish; The Enchanted Wanderer; Nikolai Leskov; 1/31

G - grapes; Nana by Émile Zola; 2/8.

E - eggs; The Gaucho Martín Fierro; José Hernández; 2/11.

P - pudding; In a Glass Darkly; J. Sheridan Le Fanu; 2/20.

M - mushroom gnocchi; The People of Hemso; August Strindberg; 2/28.

N - nuts; Daniel Deronda; George Eliot; 2/28.

V - vegetables; Marius the Epicurean; Walter Pater; 3/5.

L - loaves of bread; Quo Vadis; Henryk Sienkiewicz; 3/15.

F - fruit; Under the Yoke; Ivan Vazov; 3/29.

I - ice cream; The Portrait of a Lady; Henry James; 3/30.

B - bread; New Grub Street; George Gissing; 4/4.

K - kelp; By the Open Sea; August Strindberg; 4/7.

Y - yams; Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad; 4/19.

D - dessert; Eline Vere by Louis Couperus; 4/21.

W - wine jelly; Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family; Thomas Mann; 4/30

R - red berries; The Child Of Pleasure by Gabriele d'Annunzio; 5/2.

S - sugar lumps; The Wings of the Dove by Henry James; 5/10. Mr. James doesn't hardly ever mention food. He mentions generic meals but not what the characters had to eat.

A - apple tarts; The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler; 5/17.

O - onion soup; Bouvard and Pecuchet by Gustave Flaubert; 5/23.

C - coconuts; Nostromo by Joseph Conrad; 5/24.

T - toast; Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton; 5/24.

Z - Zambezi slab; Nervous Conditions; Tsitsi Dangarembga; 6/18.

X - xochitl (flower, one of the edible ones, I guess); Here's to You, Jesusa!; Elena Poniatowska; 8/1.

U - ugali (steamed cornmeal loaf); Matigari; Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o; 8/7.