I have to go to anorexia rehab and need to be reminded of what it means to love food.
I’m scared, I don’t want to go, and reading has always been one of my great loves. I’m so lost, and I hope a good book will help me find my way back. Thank you.
by holloday
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Tolkien’s *The Hobbit* and *The Lord of the Rings!* No one enjoys Second Breakfast and pastries more than Samwise Gamgee.
I *heavily* recommend dungeon meshi
Eat Pray Love
Can you watch movies at all? Apologies if not, for bringing it up, but if so *Babette’s Feast* is a delightful little gem, just lovely, quiet humor and the food…. Okay so it’s Danish, and set in the 19th c. but subtitles count as reading? “Beautiful but pious sisters Martine (Birgitte Federspiel) and Philippa (Bodil Kjer) grow to spinsterhood under the wrathful eye of their strict pastor father on the forbidding and desolate coast of Jutland, until one day, Philippa’s former suitor sends a Parisian refugee named Babette (Stéphane Audran) to serve as the family cook. Babette’s lavish celebratory banquet tempts the family’s dwindling congregation, who abjure such fleshly pleasures as fine foods and wines.”
Anything in the Redwall series by Brian Jacques. Truly splendid.
If you enjoy crime fiction, try the Bruno Courrèges series (starting with Bruno, Chief of Police) by Martin Walker. They’re set in a small French town and the main character is, in addition to the police chief, a forager, gardener, and gourmet chef.
I do not have any book recommendations but I do want to wish you good luck! Be strong, be proud and be ready to open a new chapter of your life along with a new good book chapter ☺️
The Mallory Towers or Famous Five series by Enid Blyton are both children’s books, but really amazing, and their descriptions of food are mouthwatering — it’s food as a connection point for all these kids and a reminder of how it brings people together. Not directly about food, but maybe something close? They’re also just lovely and comforting stories.
Best of luck, OP. I believe in you and know you’re going to pull through this!!