Shapiro has created inventive menus to accompany the pleasures of reading Proust, Isak Dinesen, and Charlotte Bronte. Over 50 recipes for such delights as Queso Rellono (Serenade), Quail with Potaoes and Grapes ("Babette's Feast"), Lamb a la Robin (David Copperfield), and Meat Tart (Ethan Frome) accompany essays which expound upon the importance of food in such masterpieces as Anna Karenina, Moby Dick, and Jane Eyre | Feast Of Words by Anna Shapiro, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters