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September 2001
Compiled by Susanne Booker of Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington, IN, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.

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FICTION:

Douglas Adams -   The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Milliway's)

Charlotte Vale Allen -   Claudia's Shadow

Karen Allison -   How I Gave My Heart to the Restaurant Business

Matthew Anderson -   Burger Wuss (Burger Queen, O'Dermott's)

Robert Asprin -   Thieves' World (The Vulgar Unicorn)

Thomas Fox Averill -   Secrets of the Tsil Cafe

Joanne Bauer -   Hope Was Here (Welcome Stairways Diner)

Claudia Bishop -   A Dash of Death, A Touch of the Grape, etc. (Hemlock Falls Inn)

Michael Bond -   The Monsieur Pamelmousse mysteries

Anthony Bourdain -   Bone in the Throat (Dreadnaught Grill)

Duff Brenna -   The Holy Book of the Beard (Fat Stanley's)

Martha Brooks -   Paradise Cafe

Steven Brust -   Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille

Bartle Bull -   A Cafe on the Nile (Cataract Cafe)

James M. Cain -   The Postman Always Rings Twice (Twin Oaks Tavern), Mildred Pierce.

Denise Chavez -   Face of an Angel (El Farol Mexican)

Arthur C. Clarke -   Tales from the White Hart

Robbie Cohn -   The Other Side of the Table (Alvaron's)

Millie Criswell -   The Trouble with Mary (Mama Sophia's)

Sandra Dallas -   Buster Midnight's Cafe

DeCamp & Pratt -   Tales from Gavagan's Bar

Earl Emerson -   Catfish Cafe

Fannie Flagg -   Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Valerie Frankel -   Smart Vs. Pretty

Peter Gadol -   Mystery Roast

John Gardner -   Nickel Mountain (The Stop-Off)

Laurell K. Hamilton -   The Lunatic Cafe

Michael Hardwick -   The Duchess of Duke Street

Joanne Harris -   Five Quarters of the Orange, Chocolat

Ellen Hart -   Hunting the Witch, Merchant of Venus etc. (Lyme House Restaurant)

Simon Hawke -   The Wizard of Lovecraft's Cafe

Ernest Hemingway -   The Killers, A Clean Well-Lighted Place

Takis & Judy Iakovou -   There Lies a Hidden Scorpion, So Dear to Wicked Men, etc. (The Oracle Cafe)

Joyce Johnson -   In the Night Cafe

Annie Jones -  The Double Heart Diner

Frances Parkinson Keyes -   Dinner at Antoine's

Peter King -   Spiced to Death

Eric Kraft -   Reservations Recommended

John Lanchester -   The Debt to Pleasure

Lorna Landvik -   The Tall Pine Polka (The Cup o'Delight)

Caroline Leavitt -   Coming Back to Me

Billie Letts -   The Honk and Holler Opening Soon

Nan Lyons -   Someone is Killing the Great Chefs of America, Someone is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe

Suzanne Matson -   The Hunger Moon

Peter Mayle -   Hotel Pastis

Carson McCullers -   Ballad of the Sad Cafe

K.C. McKinnon -   Dancing at the Harvest Moon

Rosalyn McMillan -   One Better (Southern Spice Restaurant)

Fern Michaels -   Annie's Rainbow

Joseph Mitchell -   McSorley's Wonderful Saloon

Giuliana Morandini -   The Cafe of Mirrors

Tom Murphy -   Appetites (Chez Elice, The Palais Royale)

Landon Napoleon -   ZigZag

Gloria Naylor -   Bailey's Cafe

Harold Nebenzal -   Cafe Berlin (The Klub Kaucasus)

Janet Neel -   To Die For

Geoff Nicholson -   The Food Chain

Melanie Nielson -   The Persia Cafe

George Orwell -   Down and Out in Paris and London (L'Hotel X, The Auberge)

Benito Perez Galdos -   The Golden Fountain Cafe

Jodi Picoult -   Salem Falls (The Do or Diner)

Joe Pieri -   Tales of the Savoy

Anthony Powell -   Casanova's Chinese Restaurant

Nani Power -   Crawling at Night (The Sugibar)

Luanne Rice -   Blue Moon

Phyllis Richman -   Murder on the Gravy Train, Who's Afraid of Virginia Ham, etc.

Tom Robbins -   Skinny Legs and All (Isaac & Ishmael Restaurant)

Kelsey Roberts -   Unforgettable Night

Spider Robinson -   Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

Barbara Rogan -   Cafe Neve

Cynthia Rylant -   The Van Gogh Cafe

Cora Sandel -   Krane's Cafe

Steven Sherrill -   The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break

Roberta Smoodin -   The White Horse Cafe

John Steinbeck -   The Wayward Bus, Sweet Thursday (Cafe La Ida)

Kathleen Taylor -   Mourning Shift, Sex and Salmonella etc.

Lou Jane Temple -   The Cornbread Killer, Red Beans & Vice etc. (Cafe Heaven)

Frederic Tuten -   Van Gogh's Bad Cafe

Anne Tyler -   Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

Alfredo Vea -   The Silver Cloud Cafe

Janice Weber -   Devil's Food

Helene Wiggin -   Dancing at the Victory Cafe

Vinita Wright -   Velma Still Cooks in Leeway (Velma's Place)

NONFICTION

Anthony Bourdain -   Kitchen Confidential

Debra Ginsberg -   Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress

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Last updated: 10/10/2001