Kafka's Soup: A Complete History of World Literature in 14 Recipes

mark crick

I needed a table at Maxim’s, a hundred bucks, and a gorgeous blonde; what I had was a leg of lamb and no clues. I took hold of the joint. It felt cold and damp, like a coroner’s handshake. I took out a knife and cut the lamb into pieces. Feeling the blade in my hand I sliced an onion, and before I knew what I was doing a carrot lay in pieces on the slab. None of them moved.
—from “LAMB WITH DILL SAUCE
À LA RAYMOND CHANDLER”

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to make dinner with Franz Kafka, Jane Austen, or Raymond Chandler, this is the chance to find out. Literary ventriloquist Mark Crick presents fourteen recipes in the voices of famous writers, from Homer to Virginia Woolf to Irvine Welsh.

Guaranteed to delight anyone in love with food and books, these witty pastiches will keep you so entertained in the kitchen that you’ll be sorry when the guests arrive.

Genres foodshort storiesfictionbooks about bookshumorcookbookscookingcontemporaryliteraturefood and drink

96 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,2005

This edition

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Published: November 6, 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780151012831
ASIN: 0151012830
Language: English

About the author

mark crick

Mark Crick is a British photographer and author, best known for his literary parodies Kafka's Soup and Sartre's Sink, in which he presents recipes and DIY tips in the style of famous literary writers.
Crick studied literature at Warwick University and the University of London.