Bread and Bookstores
Dear Mr. Robin Sloan, I've been binging your books. I started out of order and read Moonbound first. Then Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore made it off my holds. After that one I ripped through Sourdough. I have several things to say: Number One: You can't reel us in with sentient sourdough bread and spirit-cleansing spicy soup and NOT LEAVE US A RECIPE FOR THE SOUP!!! I understand that sourdough is an artisanal craft, and I'm perfectly content to get a loaf from Safeway rather than build a brick oven in my backyard. But after finishing the book, man, I was craving that soup, and Safeway only carries chicken noodle and chili--neither of which come close to the shadow-sensations left in my brain of the double spicy combo searing down Lois Clary's throat. I looked it up to see if any chefs had caught the vision of the Mazg, and I did find a Reddit thread suggesting Thai tomyum soup, or Burmese khow suey. The "Cook the Books" book club read Sourdough and se...