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Kafka's Soup: A Complete History of World Literature in 14 Recipes
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Kafka's Soup: A Complete History of World Literature in 14 Recipes Hardback - 2006 - 1st Edition

by Mark Crick

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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.

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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
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.

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  • Title Kafka's Soup: A Complete History of World Literature in 14 Recipes
  • Author Mark Crick
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 96
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin, NY
  • Publication date November 6, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780151012831 / 0151012830
  • Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 7 x 5 x 0.57 in (17.78 x 12.70 x 1.45 cm)
  • Category Cooking / Wine
  • Library of Congress subjects Cookery, Food in literature
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006014569
  • Dewey Decimal Code 641.5

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"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."


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