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Cooking The Books - An Authors Electric Anthology
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- Editore:
- Susan Price
- Pubblicato:
- Feb 27, 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781498912396
- Formato:
- Libro
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Tasty treats and unusual eats from Authors Electric blogging collective! Eating your words, devouring a book, writing and food go together like fiction and chips. Here’s a chance to cook from our books with e-readable recipes, or just get the not-so-skinny on what keeps authors stoked while they scribble: some of it yummy, some of it funny. An ebook to binge or snack on, where the calories are certified virtual. Dig in!
Informazioni sul libro
Cooking The Books - An Authors Electric Anthology
Lunghezza: 149 pagine1 ora
Descrizione
Tasty treats and unusual eats from Authors Electric blogging collective! Eating your words, devouring a book, writing and food go together like fiction and chips. Here’s a chance to cook from our books with e-readable recipes, or just get the not-so-skinny on what keeps authors stoked while they scribble: some of it yummy, some of it funny. An ebook to binge or snack on, where the calories are certified virtual. Dig in!
- Editore:
- Susan Price
- Pubblicato:
- Feb 27, 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781498912396
- Formato:
- Libro
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Cooking The Books - An Authors Electric Anthology - Susan Price
Cooking The Books
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By members of
Authors Electric
Introduction
Go into a bookshop: Nigella, Jamie, Nigel, Louise, Gordon, Delia...
In self-defence, the Authors Electric decided to produce a cook book.
They’re muscling in on our territory – why shouldn’t we invade theirs?
Except...
Well...
I’ll just come clean and admit it.
Most writers don’t cook much. Not any more than they can get away with.
They’re too busy writing. The hours of obsession some put into perfecting a Victoria sponge, a loaf of artisan bread or a perfectly cooked skate wing – writers put all that obsession into writing. Perfectly placing a comma in the morning, taking it out in the afternoon. Fretting over pace, characterisation, dialogue, plot, motivation...
So what follows is a mixed bag. Perfect for dipping into if you like cooking and writing, but perhaps not in that order.
There are some genuine recipes in here, that will turn into actual food if you follow them.
I’ll leave you find them for yourselves.
In other places there are essays, sketches, jokes.
All of us at Authors Electric hope you enjoy this little collection – and please drop by the blog and the website.
http://authorselectric.blogspot.co.uk/ http://electricauthors.jimdo.com/authors/
Table of Contents
Cooking With Blott: How to Bake a Bestseller
Cartoon by Adam Price
Debbie Bennett
The Care and Feeding of Writers
Elizabeth Kay
Grimspite’s Recipes
Kathleen Jones
Italian Peaches
Jan Needle
Saucy Sossie Delight
Jo Carroll
Over The Hill and Far Away
Karen Bush
Blueberry Muffins with Added Whippet
Archie and Angel’s Peanut Butter Oaty Crunchies
Flash’s Carrot Surprise
L for Leather: a cartoon by Karen Bush and Claire Colvin
Ann Evans
Bonito, Coconut and Spice
Bill Kirton
A DCI’s Time-Outs
Artichokes with Garlic Butter
Pasta and Olive Sauce
Jerusalem Artichokes with Garlic
Roast Lamb and Garlic
Goat’s Cheese Salad
Roasted Mixed Vegetables
Choron Sauce
Lynne Garner
It Looks Like A Banana
Valerie Laws
The Skull Hunter’s Recipe
Erica Bruce Style Sweet Potato
Erica’s Calorie Saving Tips
Erica’s Cupcakes
Stacey Reed’s Diet Tips
Lydia Bennet’s Hot Chocolate
Sandra Horn
Roasted Marrow Bones
(Not) Peach Icecream
Ruby Barnes
Preserving The Victim in Alchol
(or Chicken Saltimbocca)
Julia Jones
Sailing On Your Stomach
Die Booth
Fakie Pizza
Susan Price
Cooking With The Sterkarms
The Starter: Groats
The Main: Venison Pudding
The Dessert: Frumenty
Chris Longmuir
A Crime Writer Cooks!
A Post-Christmas/New Year Family Dinner
Black Forest Gateaux
Fruit Salad
Sweet and Sour Pudding
Catherine Czerkawska
Papas Arragudas
Sweet Wooing
Nick Green
Get Lost In The Bermuda...Cake
Dennis Hamley
Comfort Food From New England
Cassie’s recipe for A New England Boiled Dinner
Cassie’s recipe for Clam Fritters
Cassie’s recipe for Fried Clams
Cassie’s recipe for Pumpkin Bread
Cassie’s recipe for Cranberry Applesauce Cake
Blott: ‘When Witches Indulge...’
Cartoon: copyright Adam Price
Appendix 1
Levels of Oven Heat: a guide to Gas Marks, Fahrenheit and Celsius
Copyright: Adam Price 2012
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Our Debbie Bennett is a crime writer who knows what she writes about – she’s worked in law enforcement, in lots of different roles, for twenty-five years. Which is why her Crime books are so nerve-shreddingly realistic.
She ran an IT help desk for a while, and got into data-bases and e-forensics – which is why she’s quite often the person we run to with IT problems.
She’s also organised Fantasy Conventions – and once asked Stephen King to dance!
But here she offers us some which are sure to keep your writer, electric or otherwise, happy and healthy for years to come.
Well – happy anyway.
The Care and Feeding of Writers
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Debbie Bennett
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Writers are a strange breed. Generally solitary creatures, they occasionally emerge from their study/shed/creative funk (delete as applicable) and growl menacingly. Learn to recognise these sounds and you and your writer should have a long and happy relationship.
The caffeine growl.
This can usually be identified as the writer will bite your head off when you innocently ask how the current masterpiece is going. When you have recovered from the verbal assault, supply caffeine in the preferred form. Make sure it is hot.
The nicotine roar.
Even more ferocious than the caffeine growl, this can only be assuaged by a prompt provision of a cigarette, patch or inhaler. Note that it is common to also supply caffeine at this point.
The hunger wail.
Now here it gets tricky, as you must learn to recognise and respond to the different variations in the tone of this call. Every writer is unique and it will take you time to familiarise yourself with your writer and his or her peculiarities. Try to provide food that can be eaten with one hand as often the writer will want to continue working. It also helps if the food is solid and less likely to drip and damage a keyboard or mouse.
Biscuits – particularly Jaffa Cakes – are often a quick solution; sometimes Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers (or indeed anything chocolate will work in an emergency) are the perfect mid-session snack. For more lasting sustenance, a cheese sandwich works well – granary bread, strong cheddar cheese and possibly a smidgeon of lettuce and grated carrot and red onion, cut into quarters and pushed down firmly so the bits don’t fall out. Never serve grated cheese as your writer won’t be able to get the bits out of the keyboard. For similar reasons, never ever give your writer crisps when they are working, as not only will the crumbs get inside the keyboard, but the keys will become greasy and sticky.
Your writer wants more than a snack? Try pasta, rice or any other carbohydrate. Not spaghetti, unless you have a really cruel streak. Pasta tubes or bows will be perfect – with a non-drippy sauce and maybe some chicken for protein. Chips (hot, with a fork, lots of pepper and vinegar) are always welcome for a treat.
The lonely whimper.
Give your writer a hug and tell them they are wonderfully talented. Supply chocolate to reinforce the message.
In summary – if you spend some time observing your writer, you will quickly come to understand their needs. Nurturing your writer can be a rewarding hobby and as you watch them grow and flourish, you can be sure it is in no small way due to your care and attention.
Debbie Bennett
Find Debbie’s website at www.debbiebennett.co.uk
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