Certain food books make their way unexpectedly into the world of the non-foodies. Suddenly they are on display at Barnes and Noble, clutched by subway and bus riders nation-wide, and discussed on talk shows. Cod and Salt, two in-depth commodity analyses written by James Beard award-winning author Mark Kurlansky, drew this sort of interest upon their release in recent years. In Edible Stories: A Novel in Sixteen Parts, Kurlansky delves for only the second time into the world of fiction writing. More