From Mary Shelley´s Frankenstein to Shirley Jackson´s The Haunting of Hill House, A Gothic Cookbook focuses on thirteen different Gothic stories and their edible motifs before bringing them to life--and to your table. Delicious yet devious, this cookbook is a culinary and literary delight.
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...
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 appetizing cuts of the genre, featuring over sixty original recipes illustrated by Lee Henry.
Including recipes such as:
- Mina´s Chicken Paprikash from Bram Stoker´s Dracula
- That Very Special Gingerbread from Daphne du Maurier´s Rebecca
- Acorn Bread inspired by Mary Shelley´s Frankenstein
- And many more