Jean Hanff Korelitz is the author of nine novels, including THE SEQUEL, THE LATECOMER and THE PLOT (the latter two in development for limited series), YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN (adapted as HBO’s 2020 limited series, THE UNDOING, by David E. Kelley and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant) and ADMISSION (basis for the 2013 film starring Tina Fey). THE PLOT was featured on The Tonight Show as the Fallon Summer Reads 2021 pick. Korelitz lives in New York City, and has two grown children.
Drop Biscuit Virtual Cook-ins
My debut novel, The Peach Seed, is set in my birthplace, southwest Georgia (SOWEGA). In the story, minor character, Florida Dukes Flowler, is famous for her drop biscuits—a SOWEGA favorite. I grew up devouring drop biscuits made by my maternal Auntie Curt.
In my own kitchens over the years, I quickly grew to love making these over the more traditional rolled or hand-formed biscuits. You just can’t beat drop biscuits for their crispy peaks and flaky insides.
My novel launched on August 1, 2023, and paperback released on July 30, 2024. This past year, I’ve had the pleasure of visiting several book clubs where readers have prepared amazing book-themed meals!
This outpouring around food in the story was my incentive to do a limited series of virtual cook-ins featuring drop biscuits because they are quick and easy and oh so delicious!
Like many themes I uplift in the novel, the drop biscuit is an undertold story in the culinary world. — Anita Gail Jones
Food is often more than a savory accessory in literature; it fell like a character, or serve as a device for uniting themes and advancing plot. In this series, Anita invites readers to join her and special guest authors in taking a deep dive into how writers use food in their storytelling.
Choose your level of participation:
🧑🏾🍳 Join us in the grid with a glass or cup of something festive or soothing—hanging out and chatting —just as you would in a real kitchen!
🧑🏾🍳 Or Zoom in from your kitchen and bake along as Anita demos the making of her Auntie Curt’s drop biscuits, and our guest author bakes along from their kitchen.
🧑🏾🍳 While our biscuits bake, my guest and I will continue conversing and answering questions from the chat.
🧑🏾🍳 Once the timer goes off, we’ll break into piping hot biscuits, share our results— and favorite sweet condiments!—before wrapping up the session!
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