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Tasty trips: delicious reads for you
From a Nigerian cook’s memoir（实录）to a classic novel of Mexican moles and magic, these books take you on unforgettable kitchen journeys.
Bon Appetite: Travels Through France with Knife, Fork and Corkscrew (2001), by Peter Mayle. After a childhood spent tolerating British cooking, Mayle fell in love with France’s cooking culture. It was a lifelong journey he kindly and knowledgably documented in this mouthwatering memoir, the most food-focused of his many books.
Dirt (2020), by Bill Buford. After befriending the always great French chef Michel Richard, the Italophile-turned-Francophile writer winds up at a cooking school in Lyon studying the country’s secrets for cooking delicious foods. Finally, he walks away having learned the taste of good food. That comes from a place, as it has for thousands of years.
The Spice Necklace: A Food-Lover’s Caribbean Adventure (2010), by Anne Vanderhoof. As a brave couple pilot their sailboat, the Receta (Spanish for recipe), around the Caribbean, they dig into local delicacies along the way. The lively memoir-cookbook will make you want to head to the tropics—or at least your kitchen—to try frozen pumpkin soup or delicious coconut-custard tarts（蛋挞）.
Like Water for Chocolate (1989), by Laura Esquivel. Set in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Mexico, this novel combines magical realism with food sensualism（感官刺激性）to tell the tragicomic（悲喜剧的）story of Tita De La Garza, a farmer’s daughter with mad kitchen skills—but no luck at love. Each chapter starts with a traditional recipe (oxtail soup, turkey molé) tied to the storyline.
1. What can we learn from Bon Appetit?
A. Mayle was fond of cooking at an early age.
B. Mayle finally enjoyed France’s cooking culture.
C. Mayle spent his whole life writing an autobiography.
D. Mayle himself could cook the most mouthwatering food.
2. If you want to know the story behind a traditional recipe, you will read ________.
A. Dirt B. Bon Appetit
C. The Spice Necklace D. Like Water for Chocolate
3. Who are the books intended for?
A. Food lovers. B. Cook trainers.
C. Book collectors. D. Kitchen adventurers.
【答案】1. B 2. D 3. A
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【分析】
【详解】本文是一篇应用文。介绍了四本与烹饪有关的书籍，带着读者去烹饪的海洋中畅游。
细节理解题。由文中第二段“After a childhood spent tolerating British cooking, Mayle fell in love with France's cooking culture. It was a lifelong journey he kindly and knowledgably documented in this mouthwatering memoir, the most food-focused of his many books.”（小时候，梅尔忍受着英国烹饪，后来他爱上了法国烹饪文化。他终极一生，用自己
热情和博学，记录了这令人垂涎的文献，这是他的许多书籍最集中描写食物的书籍。）可知，Bon Appetite一书可以知道梅尔最终喜欢上了法国的烹饪文化。故选B项。
细节理解题。由最后一段中的"Each chapter starts with a traditional recipe（oxtail soup, turkey mole）tied to the storyline.”（每一章都从与故事情节相关的传统食谱（牛尾汤，火鸡摩尔）开始。）可知，如果你想知道一个传统食谱背后的故事，你可以读Like Water for Chocolate。故选D项。
推理判断题。由标题"Tasty trips： delicious reads for you"以及四部书的内容可知，这四部书籍是为美食爱好者推荐的。故选A项。
