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I've heard of that cake! I love a super-dense chocolate cake, I should try to make (I'm not much of a baker though).

I love the idea of characters who cook - I think I'll have Luke whip something up in the new one I'm working on.

Great post.

And yes, JT always takes some focus :)

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Looking forward to Luke experimenting with tacos...

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Beware!! The IRS has bots that scour the web for the terms "cook" and "books" used in close proximity. Make sure your house is in order. And as for losing a cake recipe, better than leaving it in the rain.

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Ha! Of course you would think about that, lol.

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I love sacher torte, I even used to have one of the wooden boxes the hotel packaged them in... It is a little strange - of course, back in the day, men didn't cook, but when they did, they had to be star chefs...

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I need to find that recipe... then I'll post it here!

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Hey, my hardboiled P.I., Alexander Southerland, spends a lot of time in the kitchen! His favorite breakfast is toasted waffles smeared with peanut butter, doused in maple syrup, and topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. His favorite self-prepared dinner is microwaved frozen pizza. He's practically a gourmet!

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That doesn't meet the smell test, Douglas, lol! But I give you a little bow for the effort. At least he uses a microwave!

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There's always good food cooking in the Nick Hoffman mysteries. All recipes have been author tested, too. :-) https://www.levraphael.com/mystery.html

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Testing the recipe... one of the cases where knowing what you write about is supremely important!

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:-)

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The Ipcress File by Len Deighton is a favorite of mine (have the disc), as are all Len Deighton.

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I still have my old paperbacks... Funeral in Berlin is another one...

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What a great topic. My brain is spinning, but the only thing I can think of is a stew recipe at the end of a comic book called Skullkickers (fantasy/D&D type story). Now that you bring it up, you’d think it would be more common, especially with a protagonist trying to lure someone further into their good graces.

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Maybe a line of inspiration for a future story, Andrew....

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Indeed. Have to address this underrepresented aspect of character development!

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Maybe I'll go that way for my Punk Noir November call...

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Back for more, eh?

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Indeed... as if I didn't have enough to do, lol!

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I remember that Spencer scene. For a little BSP, I've used cooking in a lot of my books. Graham Harrigan is a cop who cooks (Nowhere to Hide), and Gordon's wife, Angie (Mapleton series), runs the local diner. In Saving Scott, Ashley is opening a chocolate shop, and she has a cooking competition as a marketing plan. I did include the recipes in that book.

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Ah, there you go! I knew there were some out there! Thanks, Terry.

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