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The Decadent Cookbook (Literary Cookbooks) (Paperback)

by Durian Gray (Author), Medlar Lucan (Author), Alex Martin (Editor), Jerome Fletcher (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Dedalus Ltd (24 May 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1873982224
  • ISBN-13: 978-1873982228
  • Product Dimensions: 19.9 x 12.6 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 541,890 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'The chapter headings say it all:Corruption and Decay;Blood, the Vital Ingredient; The Gastronomic Mausoleum; and I can Recommend the Poodle. This is not a normal cookbook but a slightly sinister and highly literate feast of decadent writing on food. There are dishes from the tables of Caligula and the Marquis de Sade, a visit to Paris under seige (where rat was a luxury), some unexpected uses for cat food and some amblongous recipes from Edward Lear. There should be something to delight and offend everyone: the recipes for cooking with endangered species looking particularly tasty. Mouthwatering.'

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good little book for a target audience, 4 Feb 2001
I discovered a used copy a few years ago. It would appeal to those with an eccentric taste bordering to noir, who would stomach Sade for intrigue rather than pleasure. For this group, a 4-5 rating would be more accurate.
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4.0 out of 5 stars apples for jam, by tessa kiros, 11 Nov 2008
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if all you read is the cover and think, "wow, what a fantastic title, what a fantastic photograph, how evocative!", then this is the book for you. If you don't cook, don't possess pots and pans, but enjoy reading descriptive, colourful, in-the-moment prose, then this is the book for you. If you never plan to take up cooking, but marvel at its weight, its history, its contents, then this is the book for you. If you don't read it cover to cover, if you put it in the loo for others to pick up, then this is the book for you. If you actualy DO cook, and wish to have a go, to great success, at the recipes, to much delight and full-ness, then this is the book for you. Read it and smile. It's wonderful. And reassuringly heavy. Well worth it.
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