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Mark Crick

Autor/a de Kafka's Soup

7 obres 426 Membres 15 Ressenyes

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So full of its own self-reverential cleverness that I think it's turned me off soup forever.
 
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Belbo713 | Hi ha 12 ressenyes més | Mar 13, 2024 |
An amusing collection of recipes, household and gardening tips. Crick has used the style of each of the featured writers to write each entry. Machiavelli on rebellious lawns, Mary Shelly on grafting, Edgar Allen Poe on putting a floor down in the attic.

This is much more enjoyable if you are familiar with the featured authors. The entries in the style of authors I was not familiar with were somewhat tedious and I skimmed or skipped most of them. A few however, were good stories in their own right, and so engaged me. The entries from authors I was familiar with were charming/hilarious. Many of the recipes, when you could suss them out of the story, sounded delicious. The household and gardening tips were sound, as with the recipes, when one pulled out the pertinent bits.… (més)
½
 
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MrsLee | Aug 28, 2020 |
Clever and entertaining. Await the second course.
½
 
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rhbouchard | Hi ha 12 ressenyes més | Sep 11, 2018 |
This is a delightful collection of recipes with stories written in the style of famous authors. The directions for the recipes are contained in the stories and all sound tasty and ate ertainly humorous and dead on. I can't wait to try Garcia Marquez's cow au vin or Chaucer's onion tart.
 
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varielle | Hi ha 12 ressenyes més | Jan 16, 2016 |

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Obres
7
Membres
426
Popularitat
#57,313
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
15
ISBN
26
Llengües
11

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