The Book Bistro | Summer Tasting Menu
Booking storied pages with novel ideas
Maître d’: Madelyn Chen
The Stranger | Albert Camus
An ordinary man served with a senseless murder. Garnished with an exploration of the absurd.
Pair with: deserted beaches, edges of the abyss
The Art of War | Sun Tzu
2500 year old military strategies preserved for modern conflicts. Can be chilled passive aggression or sizzling divide and conquer counterplans.
Pair with: boardroom, battlefield
The Road | Cormac McCarthy
Destruction and devastation seared alongside family bonding and the heartwarming will to survive.
Pair with: road trips, post-apocalyptic wastelands
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Hunter S. Thompson
A drug trip through addled brains soaked with mushrooms.
Pair with: road trips, Las Vegas
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance | Robert M. Pirsig
A motorcycle trip piping with love and fear, a personal and philosophical odyssey.
Pair with: motorcycle trips, meditation
Crime and Punishment | Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A Russian dish of dramatic intrigue, sin, and redemption, baked with sharp characterization.
Pair with: prison, philosophical wanderings
Oryx and Crake | Margaret Atwood
A slice of love whipped with apocalypse, using genetically modified ingredients.
Pair with: lush wilderness, post-apocalyptic cities
A Clockwork Orange | Anthony Burgess
An insane mixture of criminal activity peppered with droogs and the struggle between good and evil. Ingredients might undergo reformation.
Pair with: the streets, prison
The Color Purple | Alice Walker
A Southern dish bursting with gumption against a bed of tragedy. Served with power, joy, and freedom.
Pair with: broken homes, repaired homes
The Time Traveler’s Wife | Audrey Niffenegger
A fully-baked love story with a twist of time-travel. Glazed with insights on life, love, and the effects of time on both.
Pair with: bedrooms, parking lots
Mastering the Art of French Cooking | Julia Child
A bouillabaisse of classics from beef bourguignon to coq au vin. Butter up.
Pair with: kitchens, couches in front of the TV