A La Carte: Food & Fiction Collected and Edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

By Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and Marily Ysip Orosa

Collectible.
A collection about fiction and food from a Filipino publisher. Includes short stories written by Shirlie Mae Mamaril Choe, Susan Evangelista, Alfred Yuson, among others. Winner, Gourmand Award, 2008 as the Best Food Literature Book from the Philippines. 

"A menu of stories to suit your every craving! That's 'A la Carte: Food & Fiction'. This book fills a hunger in Philippine literature for fantasy, hyper-reality, romance, mystery but with a good measure of culinary flavoring mixed in."
-Felice Prudente Sta. Maria, culinary heritage advocate and writer

"Here is a book guaranteed to satisfy even the most discriminating taste, but also to make readers hungry for more stories, characters, insights, and recipes. Fact, fiction, fantasy, and food mix in a feast for the mind, the heart, the palate, and the soul. There are many well-known writers in the anthology, but it is not so much who writes as what is written that makes this book a must-read, just as it is not so much the chef or the cook that makes a recipe to die for, but the dish itself. Enjoy the 25-course banquet."
-Isagani R. Cruz, The Philippine Star

"Books on food are quite popular these days and we are glad that recent publications have gone beyond mere recipes to evoke what Proust called a remembrance of things past. "
-Ambeth R. Ocampo, Chairman, National Commission for Culture and the Arts and Chairman, National Historical Institute
A Philippine import. Limited copies available.

Softcover: 207 pages
Publisher: ANVIL PUBLISHING (2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 971271876-X
ISBN-13: 978-97-1-271876-2