蜜芽传媒

Aleks Krotoski takes her seat at the table to explore the amazing world of fictional food made real.

Food is not a new force in fiction, but increasingly fictional food is finding its way onto the table.

And fan communities from the new breed of modern cultural canon aren鈥檛 just nibbling on Laura Esquivel鈥檚 devastating quail in rose petal sauce from Like Water for Chocolate, but also tucking in to fried squirrel and raccoon from The Hunger Games, Sansa鈥檚 lemon cakes from Game of Thrones, or downing a frothy glass of butterbeer from Harry Potter.

Now Aleks gathers together three people who know a lot about fictional food to discuss its appeal for fans, authors and food creators alike.

Together, they will make, and eat, a meal of food from fiction, and discuss some of the interesting questions it raises.

* Joanne Harris is author of several novels where food is almost a character in its own right - most famously Chocolat, which was turned into a film of the same name. She also co-created a cookbook, The Little Book of Chocolat, for the many fans desperate to make the concoctions they had read about in her novels.

* Sam Bompas is co-founder of creative food studio Bompas & Parr, who recently helped create Dinner At The Twits, inspired by Roald Dahl's book.

* Kate Young brings together her passion for food and literature in her blog The Little Library Caf茅, where she creates recipes for food found in fiction. Many are included in her first cookbook, The Little Library Cookbook.

Plus music played on the flavour conductor - a working cocktail organ, conceived by Sam Bompas for Johnnie Walker.

The music is composed by Simon Little.

Producer: Giles Edwards

First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in June 2017.

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