The Writers Table : Famous Authors and their Favourite Recipes – Valerie Stivers

Description

From Ernest Hemingway’s perfect hamburger to Beatrix Potter’s home-made gingerbread, The Writer’s Table presents 50 of the world’s best-loved authors’ favourite recipes.

In the style of books including A Room of One’s Own and Writer’s Letters, The Writer’s Table provides a glimpse into the daily lives, routines and eccentricities of famous creatives. Each recipe is accompanied by a short introduction to the dish and its author, and provides practical instructions and up-to-date ingredients for you to make the dish yourself.

Small, accessible and giftable, it’s the perfect collection for lovers of food and literature.

Writers and recipes featured to include:
Harper Lee’s Crackling Bread
Anna Tolstoy’s Russian Mint Cookies
Sylvia Plath’s Tomato Soup Cake
Emily Dickinson’s Coconut Cake
Allen Ginsburg’s Cold Summer Borscht
Nora Ephron’s Crab Dip
Edgar Allen Poe’s Egg Nog