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‘Beautifully written, artfully illustrated, and filled with wonderful recipes' Tom Parker Bowles

A literary-inspired cookbook that reveals the hidden meaning behind food in your favourite Gothic tales, from Jane Eyre to Beloved, The Picture of Dorian Gray to The Haunting of Hill House.

Dracula lulls his victim into a false sense of security with a spicy, smoky, peppery stew, served here with black tagliatelle for full Gothic effect. Frankenstein’s ‘monster’ starts out as a vegetarian who feasts on acorns, which happen to make crumbly, delicately sweetened bread. A sumptuous honeymoon dinner of pheasant with hazelnuts and chocolate signals consumption and indulgence in The Bloody Chamber, while the dripping crumpets and melt-in-the-mouth angel cake from Rebecca are pawns in a battle for control.

With knife-sharp analysis followed by divinely delicious, approachable recipes and hand-drawn illustrations, A Gothic Cookbook is the perfect culinary companion for those of you who enjoy a slice of the macabre with your meal. Featuring hand drawn, original illustrations by Lee Henry and a foreword by Leone Ross.

'The perfect guide to cooking meals inspired by some of the book world’s favourite monsters' Book Riot

‘One of the most inspiring books I have read in years' Ivan Day, food scholar and broadcaster

‘Wickedly delicious' Annie Gray, author of The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook

‘Will leave you wanting more' Jewelle Gomez, author of The Gilda Stories

The recipes include in the book are based on UK measurements, for an edition with US measurements please go to Andrews McMeel Publishing.

A Gothic Cookbook: Hauntingly Delicious Recipes Inspired by 13 Classic Tales

Ella Buchan and Dr Alessandra Pino, with illustrations by Lee Henry
Status: Published
Publication date: 03.10.2024
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    Dimensions: 252 × 173 mm - UK Edition, recipes use UK measurements.

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    Page count: 224 - UK Edition, recipes use UK measurements.

‘Beautifully written, artfully illustrated, and filled with wonderful recipes' Tom Parker Bowles

A literary-inspired cookbook that reveals the hidden meaning behind food in your favourite Gothic tales, from Jane Eyre to Beloved, The Picture of Dorian Gray to The Haunting of Hill House.

Dracula lulls his victim into a false sense of security with a spicy, smoky, peppery stew, served here with black tagliatelle for full Gothic effect. Frankenstein’s ‘monster’ starts out as a vegetarian who feasts on acorns, which happen to make crumbly, delicately sweetened bread. A sumptuous honeymoon dinner of pheasant with hazelnuts and chocolate signals consumption and indulgence in The Bloody Chamber, while the dripping crumpets and melt-in-the-mouth angel cake from Rebecca are pawns in a battle for control.

With knife-sharp analysis followed by divinely delicious, approachable recipes and hand-drawn illustrations, A Gothic Cookbook is the perfect culinary companion for those of you who enjoy a slice of the macabre with your meal. Featuring hand drawn, original illustrations by Lee Henry and a foreword by Leone Ross.

'The perfect guide to cooking meals inspired by some of the book world’s favourite monsters' Book Riot

‘One of the most inspiring books I have read in years' Ivan Day, food scholar and broadcaster

‘Wickedly delicious' Annie Gray, author of The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook

‘Will leave you wanting more' Jewelle Gomez, author of The Gilda Stories

The recipes include in the book are based on UK measurements, for an edition with US measurements please go to Andrews McMeel Publishing.

As tasty as it is terrifying, a delicious leap into the pits of both our nightmares and our stomachs.
Neil Buttery, host of The British Food History Podcast

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