Food

by Ogden Nash, Étienne Delessert (Illustrator)

This is a collection of humorous poetry in which Nash examines such topics as the question of salad dressing in "The chief has imagination" and the dilemma of dining out in "I'll stay out of your diet if you'll stay out of mine".

Genres: Poetry, Food, Humor, Nonfiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1989

About the author

Frederic Ogden Nash was an American poet well known for his light verse. At the time of his death in 1971, the New York Times said his "droll verse with its unconventional rhymes made him the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry".

Reviews

[R.K. Cowles · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 1/2 stars

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

witty foodie fun

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very odd, but humorous collection of poems about food. I thought it was a children's poetry book, but while reading the poems, I realized that it was not. Still, our girls tolerated me reading the poems and caught a little of the humor. Some of the poems were a bit too strange for me to appreciate, though, and I know they just tuned out for those.

new word: umbelliferous

[Greta · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fun book of snappy little poems about food.

[Apryl Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ogden Nash gets 5 stars; so does the illustrator, Etienne Delessert. It's the trendy (outdated) publishing that annoys me. A classic assortment of Nash's poetry destined for the discount bin...

[Janie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I felt an affinity for The Parsnip (imperative italics — may this not be misconstrued).

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Got this years ago for my birthday - have always liked Nash

[Hillary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty damn funny!

[Carol · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always seen in our kitchen!

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Silly, fun. Poems.