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Our new kitchen, for design reasons, has one ‘cupboard’ door that just covers some wall. I want to cover the wall with fake bookends so that when you open the door it looks like a shelf of cook books, but I want joke titles that are puns on classic literature, eg ‘Loaf of Pi’ or ‘Bun day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich’. Ideas, please!
In Search of Lost Thyme
Beans and Nothingness
A Kitchen of One’s Own
posted by vacapinta at 4:03 AM on March 15 [10 favorites]
Beans and Nothingness
A Kitchen of One’s Own
posted by vacapinta at 4:03 AM on March 15 [10 favorites]
Saul Bellow
Him with His Food in His Mouth
Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes Were Watching Cod
Paul Bowles
The Sheltering Pie
Josephine Tey
The Daughter of Thyme
posted by theory at 4:14 AM on March 15 [7 favorites]
Him with His Food in His Mouth
Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes Were Watching Cod
Paul Bowles
The Sheltering Pie
Josephine Tey
The Daughter of Thyme
posted by theory at 4:14 AM on March 15 [7 favorites]
It's off mission, but in your place I would not be able to resist including To Serve Man — it's a cookbook!
posted by RichardP at 4:39 AM on March 15 [10 favorites]
posted by RichardP at 4:39 AM on March 15 [10 favorites]
As I Lay Frying
posted by archimago at 4:44 AM on March 15 [10 favorites]
posted by archimago at 4:44 AM on March 15 [10 favorites]
Fahrenheit 375
Of Mince and Men
Finnegan’s Bake
The Unbearable Lightness of Meringue
The Pickle Jar
All the Pretty Courses
The Lady of Shallot (by Allium Tennyson)
And Mastering the Margarita
Midnight’s(nacks for) Children
Vanity Pear
posted by Mizu at 4:47 AM on March 15 [13 favorites]
Of Mince and Men
Finnegan’s Bake
The Unbearable Lightness of Meringue
The Pickle Jar
All the Pretty Courses
The Lady of Shallot (by Allium Tennyson)
And Mastering the Margarita
Midnight’s(nacks for) Children
Vanity Pear
posted by Mizu at 4:47 AM on March 15 [13 favorites]
War and Peas
posted by Too-Ticky at 4:50 AM on March 15 [10 favorites]
posted by Too-Ticky at 4:50 AM on March 15 [10 favorites]
Adventures of Huckleberry Pie
To Cook a Mockingbird
The Cabbage in the Rye
posted by RichardP at 4:58 AM on March 15 [8 favorites]
To Cook a Mockingbird
The Cabbage in the Rye
posted by RichardP at 4:58 AM on March 15 [8 favorites]
Romeo and Julienne
The Spatchcock in the Rye
posted by Calvin and the Duplicators at 5:20 AM on March 15 [8 favorites]
The Spatchcock in the Rye
posted by Calvin and the Duplicators at 5:20 AM on March 15 [8 favorites]
Little Dorritto
Olive Twist
Barnaby Fudge
Martin Chorizowit
Steak House
A Tale of Two Zitis
posted by pipeski at 5:36 AM on March 15 [8 favorites]
Olive Twist
Barnaby Fudge
Martin Chorizowit
Steak House
A Tale of Two Zitis
posted by pipeski at 5:36 AM on March 15 [8 favorites]
This is definitely a Good Place gag. One of the writers, Megan Amram, put out a list of all the unused puns. Here's a compilation.
posted by JoeZydeco at 5:38 AM on March 15 [3 favorites]
posted by JoeZydeco at 5:38 AM on March 15 [3 favorites]
Frankenbeans
posted by coolcoolkitty at 5:38 AM on March 15 [1 favorite]
posted by coolcoolkitty at 5:38 AM on March 15 [1 favorite]
Thanks, pipeski, I just snorted hot tea all over the breakfast table.
posted by sixswitch at 5:41 AM on March 15
posted by sixswitch at 5:41 AM on March 15
Bowl Flanders
Martini on the Bounty
Robinson BBQsoe
posted by sixswitch at 5:44 AM on March 15 [4 favorites]
Martini on the Bounty
Robinson BBQsoe
posted by sixswitch at 5:44 AM on March 15 [4 favorites]
To Grill a Mockingbird
Grape Expectations
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Flan
posted by toastedcheese at 6:12 AM on March 15 [11 favorites]
Grape Expectations
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Flan
posted by toastedcheese at 6:12 AM on March 15 [11 favorites]
Lord of the Fries
To Ham and Ham Not
Charlotte Russe's Web
The Grated Gatsby
Goldilocks and the Three Pears
The Bun Also Rises
War and Peas
Burger on the Orient Express
How to Bake Friends and Influence People
Feast of Eden
The Scarlet Batter
Crepe Expectations
(This was a very fun exercise!)
posted by WithWildAbandon at 6:17 AM on March 15 [14 favorites]
To Ham and Ham Not
Charlotte Russe's Web
The Grated Gatsby
Goldilocks and the Three Pears
The Bun Also Rises
War and Peas
Burger on the Orient Express
How to Bake Friends and Influence People
Feast of Eden
The Scarlet Batter
Crepe Expectations
(This was a very fun exercise!)
posted by WithWildAbandon at 6:17 AM on March 15 [14 favorites]
Two Fat Ladies of Lyndon
Rabbit, Rump
All the President’s Melon
posted by sixswitch at 6:43 AM on March 15 [4 favorites]
Rabbit, Rump
All the President’s Melon
posted by sixswitch at 6:43 AM on March 15 [4 favorites]
This is a fun idea!
In the middle of all the pun / joke titles, maybe have a few actual book titles that will suddenly seem as being about food. Like:
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
Crazy Salad by Nora Ephron
Children of the Corn by Stephen King
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
And... two more puns...
Fear of Frying
Yeast of Eden
posted by Tim Bucktooth at 6:46 AM on March 15 [9 favorites]
In the middle of all the pun / joke titles, maybe have a few actual book titles that will suddenly seem as being about food. Like:
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
Crazy Salad by Nora Ephron
Children of the Corn by Stephen King
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
And... two more puns...
Fear of Frying
Yeast of Eden
posted by Tim Bucktooth at 6:46 AM on March 15 [9 favorites]
Wm Shakespeare's "Omelette".
posted by Calvin and the Duplicators at 6:48 AM on March 15 [4 favorites]
posted by Calvin and the Duplicators at 6:48 AM on March 15 [4 favorites]
The sound and the curry
The old man and the brie
posted by matcha action at 7:01 AM on March 15 [9 favorites]
The old man and the brie
posted by matcha action at 7:01 AM on March 15 [9 favorites]
I went the other way, mostly thought of altered cookbook titles:
flower water salt beast by pen spoonish
how to cook anything: meatitarian by artman bitten
the silver big spoon
eh, maybe they'll inspire someone else to think of some good ones heh
posted by garo at 7:25 AM on March 15 [1 favorite]
flower water salt beast by pen spoonish
how to cook anything: meatitarian by artman bitten
the silver big spoon
eh, maybe they'll inspire someone else to think of some good ones heh
posted by garo at 7:25 AM on March 15 [1 favorite]
Bread Mars (and the sequel, Greens Mars) by Kim Stanley Robinson
The (Cheese?) Wheel of Thyme by Robert Jordan
All the Breads in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
The Murderpot Dairies by Martha Wells (including All Systems Bread, Artificial Coloring, and Souffle Collapse)
This is How You Lose the Thyme Jar by Amal el-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
The Fifth Seasoning by N K Jemisin
Leviathan Bakes by James S A Corey
posted by wintersweet at 7:29 AM on March 15 [7 favorites]
The (Cheese?) Wheel of Thyme by Robert Jordan
All the Breads in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
The Murderpot Dairies by Martha Wells (including All Systems Bread, Artificial Coloring, and Souffle Collapse)
This is How You Lose the Thyme Jar by Amal el-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
The Fifth Seasoning by N K Jemisin
Leviathan Bakes by James S A Corey
posted by wintersweet at 7:29 AM on March 15 [7 favorites]
Oh sorry, you said classic literature, and the ones I posted above are more recent. Classics in the making? Maybe I'll come back with older novels.
posted by wintersweet at 7:31 AM on March 15
posted by wintersweet at 7:31 AM on March 15
Soups by Phillip K Bisque. (This was a background gag in BoJack Horseman and incredibly there's a BoJack Horseman cookbook.)
posted by SPrintF at 7:48 AM on March 15 [2 favorites]
posted by SPrintF at 7:48 AM on March 15 [2 favorites]
Some great suggestions already, but make sure to have a cppy of To Serve Man.
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 7:56 AM on March 15 [3 favorites]
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 7:56 AM on March 15 [3 favorites]
Pear Gynt by Henrik Ibsen
posted by Stoneshop at 8:33 AM on March 15 [4 favorites]
posted by Stoneshop at 8:33 AM on March 15 [4 favorites]
Was falling asleep mulling this over and suddenly it came to me:
Love in the Time of Cholula
posted by Mizu at 8:44 AM on March 15 [10 favorites]
Love in the Time of Cholula
posted by Mizu at 8:44 AM on March 15 [10 favorites]
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Flour
One Flew Over the Quinoa Nest
Preheat Oven to Fahrenheit 451
The Wings They Carried
You Can't Snow Cone Again
Finnegan's Cake
A Distant Mirepoix
Pho of Flying
All Quiet on the Western Bundt
Their Eyes Were Spatching Cock
Ivan Hoecakes
Invisible Ham
Stewed the Obscure
I also like the idea of folding in some unaltered titles that can read as foodish: The Grapes of Wrath, The Ginger Man, Roots, The Bean Trees, Breakfast of Champions...
posted by miles per flower at 8:59 AM on March 15 [3 favorites]
One Flew Over the Quinoa Nest
Preheat Oven to Fahrenheit 451
The Wings They Carried
You Can't Snow Cone Again
Finnegan's Cake
A Distant Mirepoix
Pho of Flying
All Quiet on the Western Bundt
Their Eyes Were Spatching Cock
Ivan Hoecakes
Invisible Ham
Stewed the Obscure
I also like the idea of folding in some unaltered titles that can read as foodish: The Grapes of Wrath, The Ginger Man, Roots, The Bean Trees, Breakfast of Champions...
posted by miles per flower at 8:59 AM on March 15 [3 favorites]
All Cheeses Aren't Blue
The Velveeta Monologues
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margarine
The Catcher in the Rye
Go Ask Alice Waters
The Mango on House Street
Portnoy's Compote
Naked Lunch
posted by box at 9:22 AM on March 15 [4 favorites]
The Velveeta Monologues
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margarine
The Catcher in the Rye
Go Ask Alice Waters
The Mango on House Street
Portnoy's Compote
Naked Lunch
posted by box at 9:22 AM on March 15 [4 favorites]
The Count of Monte Crisco
The Brothers Cavatelli
So Long, See You Tamale
Paradise Frosting
Buttering Heights
The Picture of Dorian Gravy
The Tempesto
An Enquiry Concerning Hummus Understanding
Critique of Pure Seasoning
Civilization and Its Vol-au-Vents
The Golden Dough
Lady Chatterley's Oven
The Sage of Innocence
The Marble Fondue
The Red and the Black Pudding
Sous-Vide Unto Death
Lives of the Later Caesar Salads
And some more real ones: The Wild Duck, Peter Pan, Spoon River Anthology, Oil!, In the Night Kitchen...
posted by miles per flower at 9:32 AM on March 15 [5 favorites]
The Brothers Cavatelli
So Long, See You Tamale
Paradise Frosting
Buttering Heights
The Picture of Dorian Gravy
The Tempesto
An Enquiry Concerning Hummus Understanding
Critique of Pure Seasoning
Civilization and Its Vol-au-Vents
The Golden Dough
Lady Chatterley's Oven
The Sage of Innocence
The Marble Fondue
The Red and the Black Pudding
Sous-Vide Unto Death
Lives of the Later Caesar Salads
And some more real ones: The Wild Duck, Peter Pan, Spoon River Anthology, Oil!, In the Night Kitchen...
posted by miles per flower at 9:32 AM on March 15 [5 favorites]
Of Rice and Naan
A Brief History of Thyme
Lord of the Pies
Much Ado about Stuffing
posted by urbanlenny at 10:04 AM on March 15 [6 favorites]
A Brief History of Thyme
Lord of the Pies
Much Ado about Stuffing
posted by urbanlenny at 10:04 AM on March 15 [6 favorites]
Animal Farm To Table
One Hundred Beers of Solitude
East of Edam
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 10:06 AM on March 15 [5 favorites]
One Hundred Beers of Solitude
East of Edam
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 10:06 AM on March 15 [5 favorites]
Nicholas Pumpernickelby
Za'atar Baby
The Divinity Comedy
Goodbye to Schmaltz Fat
Our Mutual Frenchfry
Everything that Rises Must Convect
posted by miles per flower at 10:19 AM on March 15 [3 favorites]
Za'atar Baby
The Divinity Comedy
Goodbye to Schmaltz Fat
Our Mutual Frenchfry
Everything that Rises Must Convect
posted by miles per flower at 10:19 AM on March 15 [3 favorites]
Meaty Macbeth
Farro from the Madding Crowd
The Sacred & Profane Bread Machine
Middlemarzipan
The Red Batch of Porridge
Winnie-the-Puttanesca
Fried Bread Revisited
posted by miles per flower at 11:05 AM on March 15 [3 favorites]
Farro from the Madding Crowd
The Sacred & Profane Bread Machine
Middlemarzipan
The Red Batch of Porridge
Winnie-the-Puttanesca
Fried Bread Revisited
posted by miles per flower at 11:05 AM on March 15 [3 favorites]
Response by poster: Many thanks, all, I knew you would not fail me. I don’t think I can pick a best answer but together these gems have had me sniggering for hours.
posted by Phanx at 11:07 AM on March 15 [1 favorite]
posted by Phanx at 11:07 AM on March 15 [1 favorite]
Teff in Venice
The Picnic Papers
The Adventures of Tom Yum Sawyer
Broilus and Cressida
The Island of Doctor Merlot
The Bluest Ribeye
Focaccia in the Rye
Brine and Punishment
posted by saladin at 12:59 PM on March 15 [4 favorites]
The Picnic Papers
The Adventures of Tom Yum Sawyer
Broilus and Cressida
The Island of Doctor Merlot
The Bluest Ribeye
Focaccia in the Rye
Brine and Punishment
posted by saladin at 12:59 PM on March 15 [4 favorites]
Another real one to add to Tim Bucktooth's list: How to Bake Pi by Eugenia Cheng.
posted by Logophiliac at 3:16 PM on March 15
posted by Logophiliac at 3:16 PM on March 15
The Little Blintz
To the Steakhouse
And Then There Were Buns
On the Roe
In Cold Brownies
Valley of the Dills
Feta and Limberger in Las Vegas
Jonathan Livingston Sea Bass
Flautas in the Attic
One Hundred Pears of Solitude
The Food Chemist
The Fridges of Madison County
Fifty Shades of Gravy
The Girl with the Chicken Tattoo
Where the Crawdads Steam
posted by box at 5:18 PM on March 15 [2 favorites]
To the Steakhouse
And Then There Were Buns
On the Roe
In Cold Brownies
Valley of the Dills
Feta and Limberger in Las Vegas
Jonathan Livingston Sea Bass
Flautas in the Attic
One Hundred Pears of Solitude
The Food Chemist
The Fridges of Madison County
Fifty Shades of Gravy
The Girl with the Chicken Tattoo
Where the Crawdads Steam
posted by box at 5:18 PM on March 15 [2 favorites]
Love in the Time of Cauliflower
One Hundred Years of Celery
The Old Man and the Sea Salt
The Bread Also Rises
A Midsummer Night's Feast
posted by Athanassiel at 5:29 PM on March 15 [4 favorites]
One Hundred Years of Celery
The Old Man and the Sea Salt
The Bread Also Rises
A Midsummer Night's Feast
posted by Athanassiel at 5:29 PM on March 15 [4 favorites]
Some Sci-Fry and fantasy:
Good Ovens, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
The Michelin Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams (including The Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
The Ziti and the Ziti, Ted Chiang
The Deft Hand of Doneness, Ursula LeGuin
The Chives and Worcester books by P.G. Wodehouse were also turned into a BBC mini-series
posted by meijusa at 6:46 AM on March 16 [4 favorites]
Good Ovens, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
The Michelin Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams (including The Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
The Ziti and the Ziti, Ted Chiang
The Deft Hand of Doneness, Ursula LeGuin
The Chives and Worcester books by P.G. Wodehouse were also turned into a BBC mini-series
posted by meijusa at 6:46 AM on March 16 [4 favorites]
Mickey Mousse, Walt Disney
posted by Stoneshop at 9:01 AM on March 16 [1 favorite]
posted by Stoneshop at 9:01 AM on March 16 [1 favorite]
Lady Chatterley's Liver, by D.H. Lawrence.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Ham, by Olive Sacks.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Flan, by James Joyce.
Personally I would go for book titles and/or author names that would require minimal changes so that you could create your fake shelf from actual spine images and a dash of Photoshop.
posted by Stoneshop at 9:34 AM on March 16 [4 favorites]
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Ham, by Olive Sacks.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Flan, by James Joyce.
Personally I would go for book titles and/or author names that would require minimal changes so that you could create your fake shelf from actual spine images and a dash of Photoshop.
posted by Stoneshop at 9:34 AM on March 16 [4 favorites]
Teff of the d'Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy
Crime and Punnish Mint, by Fyodor Dostojevski
posted by Stoneshop at 1:47 PM on March 16 [2 favorites]
Crime and Punnish Mint, by Fyodor Dostojevski
posted by Stoneshop at 1:47 PM on March 16 [2 favorites]
American Pho
posted by box at 7:03 PM on March 16 [2 favorites]
posted by box at 7:03 PM on March 16 [2 favorites]
Infinite Zest
posted by box at 7:04 PM on March 16 [3 favorites]
posted by box at 7:04 PM on March 16 [3 favorites]
Mod note: [btw, something punny happened on the sidebar and Best Of blog!]
posted by taz (staff) at 4:35 AM on March 17 [1 favorite]
posted by taz (staff) at 4:35 AM on March 17 [1 favorite]
I’m Glad My Mom Fried
posted by box at 6:10 PM on March 17 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 6:10 PM on March 17 [1 favorite]
True Grits
posted by box at 5:02 AM on March 18 [2 favorites]
posted by box at 5:02 AM on March 18 [2 favorites]
The Joy of Tex-Mex
posted by box at 8:00 AM on March 18 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 8:00 AM on March 18 [1 favorite]
Fear of Frying
The Mangosteen Prophecy
Tuesdays with Nori
What Color is Your Parmesan?
Who Moved My Cheese?
posted by box at 8:18 AM on March 18 [1 favorite]
The Mangosteen Prophecy
Tuesdays with Nori
What Color is Your Parmesan?
Who Moved My Cheese?
posted by box at 8:18 AM on March 18 [1 favorite]
Shakespeare shelf:
All’s Well That Ends Well-Done
Chicken Caesar
The Comedy of Eclairs
Ham Omelet
The Merry Wines of Windsor
A Midsummer’s Ice Cream
Much Ado About Stuffing
The Two Noble Kimchis
The Tempeh
posted by box at 6:19 PM on March 20 [4 favorites]
All’s Well That Ends Well-Done
Chicken Caesar
The Comedy of Eclairs
Ham Omelet
The Merry Wines of Windsor
A Midsummer’s Ice Cream
Much Ado About Stuffing
The Two Noble Kimchis
The Tempeh
posted by box at 6:19 PM on March 20 [4 favorites]
Vonnegut Shelf:
Breakfast of Champignons
Cat’s Crabcake
Chopstick
Deadeye Spotted Dick
God Bless You, Mr. Rigatoni
Mother Sauce
Quailbird
The Sirloins of Titan
Slaughterhouse-Five
posted by box at 4:59 PM on March 22
Breakfast of Champignons
Cat’s Crabcake
Chopstick
Deadeye Spotted Dick
God Bless You, Mr. Rigatoni
Mother Sauce
Quailbird
The Sirloins of Titan
Slaughterhouse-Five
posted by box at 4:59 PM on March 22
Thyme Enough for Love
By Mr. Fleming:
For Your Plate Only
Cupcakes are Forever
The Fry Who Loved Me
You Only Baste Twice
As Her Majesty's Dining Service
posted by caphector at 5:36 PM on March 25 [1 favorite]
By Mr. Fleming:
For Your Plate Only
Cupcakes are Forever
The Fry Who Loved Me
You Only Baste Twice
As Her Majesty's Dining Service
posted by caphector at 5:36 PM on March 25 [1 favorite]
All 149 Special Burgers From 'Bob's Burgers', Ranked by Their Puns
posted by ovvl at 8:00 AM on March 27
posted by ovvl at 8:00 AM on March 27
Top Ten Challenged Books of 2023:
Ginger Queer
All Soups Aren’t Stew
This Beef is Gay
The Perks of Being a Cauliflower
Broiler
The Bluest Pie
Me and Earl and the Boiling Curd
Cake Decorating Tricks
Let’s Talk About It: The Teen’s Guide to Weck, Buffalo Sauce, and Frying a Wing
Scrod
posted by box at 5:30 PM on April 16
Ginger Queer
All Soups Aren’t Stew
This Beef is Gay
The Perks of Being a Cauliflower
Broiler
The Bluest Pie
Me and Earl and the Boiling Curd
Cake Decorating Tricks
Let’s Talk About It: The Teen’s Guide to Weck, Buffalo Sauce, and Frying a Wing
Scrod
posted by box at 5:30 PM on April 16
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Banana Karenina
Bun Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Artichoke Heart of Darkness
I feel like this is a The Good Place gag…
posted by sixswitch at 3:57 AM on March 15 [11 favorites]