A Gothic Cookbook
By Ella Buchan and Dr Alessandra Pino, with illustrations by Lee Henry
A feast for the senses: an illustrated cookbook inspired by classic and contemporary Gothic texts.
Publication date: TBC
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Cocktail Booklet
A beautifully illustrated booklet of libations inspired by favourite Gothic novels, printed in full colour on high-quality recycled paper, in the style of a bound pamphlet or vintage chapbook.
More than a dozen cocktail recipes include a Mint Espresso Martini, inspired by coffee and creme de menthe in Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby, a Champagne cocktail as quaffed by vampires in Jewelle Gomez’s The Gilda Stories, and a Corpse Reviver 1818 – stiffened with absinthe and named in honour of the year Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was published.
And, of course, your very own Cup of Stars a la Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House – though ours is a sheer, silky-smooth clarified rum milk punch based on an 18th-century recipe.
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A beautifully illustrated, full-colour, booklet with more than a dozen recipes for Gothic cocktails, from an absinthe-infused Corpse Reviver 1818 – named in honour of the year Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was first published – and a Cup of Stars inspired by Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House (ours is a clarified milk punch, stiffened with rum).
You’ll also get a set of 3 downloadable, illustrated cocktail recipe cards that can be shared with friends.
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Our patron level includes a special thank you printed in the FRONT of the book with your name and/or the name of your organisation.
You will also have our eternal, undying (and undead) gratitude for helping to bring our book into being.
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Gothic Pet Portraits
A beautiful, drawn-to-order portrait of your beloved animal companion, whether gerbil, guinea pig or Great Dane. Hand-drawn in a gloriously Gothic style by Lee Henry, illustrator of A Gothic Cookbook, and including your pet's name.
Your Gothic pet portrait will be printed in colour on A3 high-quality 300gsm paper.
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A Gothic Cookbook is composed of thirteen chapters, each focusing on a different Gothic story and its edible motifs before bringing them to life - and to your table. Delicious yet devious, this cookbook is a culinary and literary delight.
Inspired by Dr Alessandra Pino’s academic studies into how food manifests itself on the pages of Gothic literature, and combining her knife-sharp analysis with Ella Buchan’s experience as a food writer and recipe developer, A Gothic Cookbook pays homage to the most appetising cuts of the genre, featuring over sixty original recipes illustrated by Lee Henry.
Dracula lulls protagonist Jonathan Harker into a false sense of security with cold cuts and a spicy, smoky, peppery stew. Frankenstein’s “monster” starts out as a benign vegetarian, while Mrs Poole’s overindulgence in Mother’s Ruin triggers Mr Rochester’s downfall in Jane Eyre – and a bitter tangerine signals a sharp, yet unheeded, warning against marriage and Manderley in Rebecca. Notice, too, how a ghostly presence craves sugar and burnt bread in Toni Morrison’s Beloved...
In this interplay between supper and the supernatural, you’ll learn to pick your desserts carefully: chocolate mousses foreshadow impending doom, yet the humble seed cake is a gesture of kindness.
With a foreword from acclaimed writer, editor and academic, Leone Ross, A Gothic Cookbook is the perfect culinary companion for those of you who enjoy a slice of the macabre with your dinner.
Image credits: Design by Mecob. Images: © Shutterstock.com. Book illustrations © Lee Henry. Book designs, cover and other images are for illustrative purposes and may differ from final design.
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