A new compendium of classic authors’ favourite recipes, including Beryl Bainbridge, has been featured by The Guardian – with a reminder that ‘a writer’s place is not in the kitchen. . .’
Published by Faber & Faber earlier this month, Sylvia Plath’s Tomato Soup Cake is a new anthology collecting recipes ranging from the homespun to the outlandish, introduced by food writer Bee Wilson.
With unexpected recipes such as Agatha Christie's hot bean salad, Noel Streatfeild's filets de boeuf aux bananas and Spike Milligan's spaghetti dolce, The Guardian noted Beryl’s instant mince as a revolting highlight. Reviewer Rachel Cooke referred to it as ‘quite obviously a crime not only against mince, but also against potatoes, tinned tomatoes, vinegar, and any human beings who might end up having to eat it.’