Food in books: mushroom, bacon and leek pie from The Fellowship of the Ring

Kate Young riffs on the last hot meal the hobbits eat before embarking on a huge journey – which takes her back to her dad’s affectionate storytelling

By Kate Young for The Little Library Café, part of the Guardian Books Network

One to two other hobbits belonging to the farm-household came in. In a short while fourteen sat down to eat. There was beer in plenty, and a mighty dish of mushrooms and bacon, besides much other solid farmhouse fare. The dogs lay by the fire and gnawed rinds and cracked bones.

The Fellowship of the Ring, JRR Tolkien

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