If art imitates life, it's a wonder that the bulk of book scenes aren't set at diners or dinner tables. Still, a number of classics tie the sensuousness of eating in with their themes of memory (Proust's famous madeleine), anxiety (Holden's birdlike diet in The Catcher in the Rye) and tradition (the family business in Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides). Paying homage to the role of food in fiction, Dinah Fried began a project for which she photographed meals from classic novels. The result, Fictiti...
If art imitates life, it's a wonder that the bulk of book scenes aren't set at diners or dinner tables. Still, a number of classics tie the sensuousness of eating in with their themes of memory (Proust's famous madeleine), anxiety (Holden's birdlike diet in The Catcher in the Rye) and tradition (the family business in Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides). Paying homage to the role of food in fiction, Dinah Fried began a project for which she photographed meals from classic novels. The result, Fictiti...
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