Comments on: A Secret Message…From My Teeth! http://jcarrot.org/a-secret-messagefrom-my-teeth/ Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:46:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Eric Schulmiller http://jcarrot.org/a-secret-messagefrom-my-teeth/#comment-4563 Eric Schulmiller Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:09:02 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/a-secret-messagefrom-my-teeth/#comment-4563 That great NYT Book Review article is actually what inspired an adult education seminar I did on this very topic, which caused me to look up the quotes that I listed. That great NYT Book Review article is actually what inspired an adult education seminar I did on this very topic, which caused me to look up the quotes that I listed.

]]> By: Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus http://jcarrot.org/a-secret-messagefrom-my-teeth/#comment-4562 Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:46:34 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/a-secret-messagefrom-my-teeth/#comment-4562 There's a great book about these Jewish "bibliophagous" traditions, Ivan Marcus' <i>Rituals of Childhood: Jewish Acculturation in Medieval Europe</i> (http://www.amazon.com/Rituals-Childhood-Jewish-Acculturation-Medieval/dp/0300076584). And there was a delightful essay on bibliophagy in general in the <i>New York Times Book Review</i>, Blake Eskin's "Books to Chew on,"(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/books/review/26eskin.html?scp=2&sq=bibliophagy&st=nyt).There are links there to some great images of edible books for the now annual Festival of the Book on April 1. There’s a great book about these Jewish “bibliophagous” traditions, Ivan Marcus’ Rituals of Childhood: Jewish Acculturation in Medieval Europe (www.amazon.com/Rituals-Childho.....0300076584).

And there was a delightful essay on bibliophagy in general in the New York Times Book Review, Blake Eskin’s “Books to Chew on,”(www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/boo.....amp;st=nyt).There are links there to some great images of edible books for the now annual Festival of the Book on April 1.

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