It’s always a treat to partake vicariously in a Three Pines meal or cafe au lait. As Nancy Reddy points out, it’s not just the food but the magic combo of cuisine and company that makes this such an inviting and intriguing place--plus murder, of course. Thanks for pointing that out and for sharing your pandemic experiences, which ring painfully true. I do wonder, now that there’s an Amazon series, can the Three Pines cookbook be far behind?
Another mystery series where I think the is even more important is the Bruno Chief of Police by Martin Walker. I think the series lost steam around the 7th or 8th book, I gave up around 11, but the early books are great and the rural French setting and food are such an important part of the books. I started reading them before Gamache and a friend of mines told me if I liked Bruno I should try Gamache. I now think that Penny's series had much greater staying power (I can't really think of another series that I have stayed with for 18th books) but I still think that Walker is well worth reading, especially because of the food and setting.
It’s always a treat to partake vicariously in a Three Pines meal or cafe au lait. As Nancy Reddy points out, it’s not just the food but the magic combo of cuisine and company that makes this such an inviting and intriguing place--plus murder, of course. Thanks for pointing that out and for sharing your pandemic experiences, which ring painfully true. I do wonder, now that there’s an Amazon series, can the Three Pines cookbook be far behind?
Another mystery series where I think the is even more important is the Bruno Chief of Police by Martin Walker. I think the series lost steam around the 7th or 8th book, I gave up around 11, but the early books are great and the rural French setting and food are such an important part of the books. I started reading them before Gamache and a friend of mines told me if I liked Bruno I should try Gamache. I now think that Penny's series had much greater staying power (I can't really think of another series that I have stayed with for 18th books) but I still think that Walker is well worth reading, especially because of the food and setting.
I literally started drinking cafes au lait because of these books and that's all I order from coffee shops now. Thanks Gamache!
Great article!
Although not murder mysteries, Elin Hilderbrand writes very enticingly about food in her books on Nantucket.