Marcia Brown

Marcia Brown has made of this old tale a carnival of activity, dancing, and laughter Three soldiers came marching down the road towards a French village. The peasants, seeing them coming, suddenly became very busy, for soldiers are often hungry. So all the food was hidden under mattresses or in barns. There followed a battle of wits, with the soldiers equal to the occasion. Stone soup? Why, of course, they could make a wonderful soup of stones...but,...

In her haste to leave the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.

Three clever billy goats outwit a big ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain.

"Well Read, Well Fed supports the notion that while almost all book groups start out as serious literary endeavors, they inevitably become monthly gatherings that are as much about sharing food, wine, and catching up, as the books that are read. It's a go-to kitchen staple for book group hosts, and a helpful source of lists from classics to cutting-edge contemporaries for book groups to explore. The book includes a year of themed lists, short essays...