Could I Eat a Horse?

Laurie McAndish King December 14th, 2008

Please join us for the launch of a new Travelers’ Tales anthology, Venturing in Italy: Puglia, Land Between Two Seas. Laurie McAndish King will read from her story “Could I Eat a Horse?” about her search for the Puglian delicacy.

“Rolls of veal or horse and tomatoes,” the translation read.

There it was.

In that moment, when I expected to feel delight, a seed of doubt arose. I was not certain whether I could actually eat an equine. I had never owned a horse; my personal experience of them was not unlike my experience of cows, visible chiefly in rural fields, and from a distance. I eat steak occasionally, but I began to worry that horses might somehow be different. Could I actually consume a Seabiscuit steak? A Black Beauty roast? Filet o’ Flicka?”

This event is free. Location:

Book Passage Bookstore
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA 94925
(415) 927-0960
(800) 999-7909

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