(in no particular order)
1.
Willa Cather: This fellow Midwesterner gets pink
Jell-O salad.
2.
J.D. Salinger: I would make him eat a big ole rare
steak and a gigantic baked potato with tons of sour cream
3.
F. Scott Fitzgerald: My husband will be charge,
and we’ll get out the good silver shaker and FILL it with icy cold gin martinis,
all night long.
4.
Ernest Hemingway: I’m not good at cooking fish,
but I bet he’d like the spicy, secret salsa and the story of how I wheedled the
recipe out of that restaurant owner in Kearny, AZ.
5.
E.B. White: I think I’ll order lox and bagels
from Barney Greengrass in NYC.
6.
Louise Fitzhugh: Tomato sandwiches, natch!
7.
Herman Melville: I’m worried about scurvy, so I
think I’ll make him a smoothie.
8.
Laurie Colwin: Oh, darling, I’ll happily let you
cook for me!
9.
Raymond Carver: Mashed potatoes with gravy (and
if you don’t know why, read this).
10. Nancy
Mitford: We each get our VERY own Fuller’s
Walnut Cake (pictured above).