Novel Cooking Ideas

May 22, 2007

Not long ago, I attempted to mimic some cooking as it is done in a number of relatively recent novels. I began, foolishly, with several recipes from Günter Grass’s Nobel Prize-provoking “The Flounder,” the epic allegory of German history told through the endlessly repeated parable of an evil fish, a gullible man, a virtuous woman, and a lot of potatoes.

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I’ve made some recipes right out of Parker’s Spenser novels myself. I credit the witty detective with inspiring my love for Johnny Cakes with butter and good maple syrup (among other things), the recipe for which can be found in the Unofficial Spenser Cookbook.

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