Literary meals by Federica Fragapane

The visualization shows the meals described in 49 novels. The descriptions and the novels have been selected by Dinah Fried, who has collected them in the book Fictitious Dishes: An Album of Literature’s Most Memorable Meals. For each novel are indicated: author, title, year of publication and meals mentioned in the description. For each meal are indicated: type of food, predominant compound (carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins or other) and calories. For each novel is shown the total glycemic load.

Artwork for Corriere della Sera – La Lettura.