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The Decadent Cookbook
Author(s): Durian Gray (Author), Medlar Lucan (Author), Alex Martin (Editor), Jerome Fletcher (Editor)
- Publisher: Dedalus Ltd
- Publication Date: 24 May 1995
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 1873982224
- ISBN-13: 9781873982228
Editorial Reviews
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Review from The Sunday Times
‘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.’
‘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.’
