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.
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...
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!
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.
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 :)
Looking forward to Luke experimenting with tacos...
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.
Ha! Of course you would think about that, lol.
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...
I need to find that recipe... then I'll post it here!
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!
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!
There's always good food cooking in the Nick Hoffman mysteries. All recipes have been author tested, too. :-) https://www.levraphael.com/mystery.html
Testing the recipe... one of the cases where knowing what you write about is supremely important!
:-)
The Ipcress File by Len Deighton is a favorite of mine (have the disc), as are all Len Deighton.
I still have my old paperbacks... Funeral in Berlin is another one...
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.
Maybe a line of inspiration for a future story, Andrew....
Indeed. Have to address this underrepresented aspect of character development!
Maybe I'll go that way for my Punk Noir November call...
Back for more, eh?
Indeed... as if I didn't have enough to do, lol!
Ah, there you go! I knew there were some out there! Thanks, Terry.