Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
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A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers
Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC
Jo Grossman
, Robert Weibezahl
Class/Genre: Cook Book Mystery Non-Fiction
Poisoned Pen, 1999, $19.95
This is not a culinary murder mystery. Instead this tome lives up to its title as a mystery lover’s cookbook. The recipes come from a cross section of some of the great genre authors either what they ate while solving an impossible puzzler or what their hero or another character cooked. The topics include what one would expect in a mystery cook book such as Dressed to Kill, Quick and Painless, Pasta Mortem, Secret Meat-ings, and Just Desserts, etc. The compilers Jo Grossman and Robert Weibezahl provide companion wit about the contributor, their sleuth, and/or the recipe.
The recipes are fun, but like some inquisitive reviewers I tested a few of the recipes on my sidekick though I allowed him to “Choose your Poison” within genre (house) rules. He enjoyed “Fowl Play”, the non murder by chocolate “Just Deserts”, and Millhone’s “Peanut Butter and Pickle Sandwich”, etc. However, like most sidekick sleuths he remains clueless as to why he mysteriously has received a few cooked meals from me. Don’t worry he is back to the microwave (I’ll use the kid to star in the sequel). Genre fans who enjoy items about their heroes or just appreciate a delightful cookbook will want to test the recipes of A TASTE OF MURDER: DIABOLICALLY DELICIOUS RECIPES FROM CONTEMPORARY MYSTERY WRITERS and follow up with the equally tasting and tasteful A SECOND HELPING OF MURDER: MORE DIABOLICALLY DELICIOUS RECIPES FROM CONTEMPORARY MYSTERY WRITERS, the next book in the series (what did you expect with a mystery you always get act two)
Harriet Klausner
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