This may be the best idea in a stocking stuffer yet! I only wish I had thought of it. The literary foodie in your life will be tickled and delighted by recipes written in the style of some very famous and diverse authors. My personal favorite is "Tarragon Eggs" a la Jane Austen closely followed by "Tiramisu" a la Marcel Proust.

I needed a table at Maxim’s, a hundred bucks, and a gorgeous blonde; what I had was a leg of lamb and no clues. I took hold of the joint. It felt cold and damp, like a coroner’s handshake. I took out a knife and cut the lamb into pieces. Feeling the blade in my hand I sliced an onion, and before I knew what I was doing a carrot lay in pieces on the slab. None of them moved.
—from “LAMB WITH DILL SAUCE
À LA RAYMOND CHANDLER”

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to make dinner with Franz Kafka, Jane Austen, or Raymond Chandler, this is the chance to find out. 

 

Literary ventriloquist Mark Crick presents fourteen recipes in the voices of famous writers, from Homer to Virginia Woolf to Irvine Welsh.

 Guaranteed to delight anyone in love with food and books, these witty pastiches will keep you so entertained in the kitchen that you’ll be sorry when the guests arrive.

PRAISE FOR KAFKA'S SOUP

 

"Unpalatable."--Franz Kafka
 
"Stuck in my throat."--Raymond Chandler
 
"Long-winded."--Marcel Proust
 
"He'll rot in hell."--Graham Greene

"Brief and witty and also useful: pastiche with a purpose . Mr. Crick is evidently a man of many talents: his recipes are both plausible and appetizing; his literary impersonations are all cleverly executed and, in patches, brilliant; and the illustrations (also by Mr. Crick) are playful pastiche, too."

"In this lovingly executed little volume of literary parodies, Mr. Crick mines his early obsessions with food and fiction . a small but sparkling marriage of the tasteful and the tasty."

Mark Crick is a photographer. He lives in London. This is his first book.

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to have dinner with Franz Kafka, Jane Austen or Raymond Chandler, this is the chance to find out.

 

Literary ventriloquist Mark Crick presents 14 recipes in the voices of famous writers, from Homer to Irvine Welsh.

Guaranteed to delight anyone in love with food and books, these witty pastiches will keep you so entertained in the kitchen that you’ll be sorry when the guests arrive.

"Unpalatable."--Franz Kafka
 
"Stuck in my throat."--Raymond Chandler
 
"Long-winded."--Marcel Proust
 
"He'll rot in hell."--Graham Greene

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Imprint: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Distributor: Houghton Mifflin Company
Publication Date: 11-06-2006
Pages: 96
Measurements: 7.00in X 5.00in