From Ernest Hemingway’s perfect hamburger to Beatrix Potter’s home-made gingerbread, The Writer’s Table presents 50 of the world’s best-loved authors’ favourite recipes. From Ernest Hemingway’s perfect hamburger to Beatrix Potter’s home-made gingerbread, The Writer’s Table presents 50 of the world’s best-loved authors’ favourite recipes. In the style of books including, A Room of One’s Own and Writer’s Letters, The Writer’s Table provides a glimpse into the daily lives, routines and eccentricities of famous creatives. Each recipe is accompanied by a short introduction to the dish and its author, and provides practical instructions and up-to-date ingredients for you to make the dish yourself. Writers and recipes featured to include: Harper Lee’s Crackling Bread Anna Tolstoy’s Russian Mint Cookies Sylvia Plath’s Tomato Soup Cake Emily Dickinson’s Coconut Cake Allen Ginsburg’s Cold Summer Borscht Nora Ephron’s Crab Dip Edgar Allen Poe’s Egg Nog
