![]() ![]() Instead the chapters include breakfast, luncheon, cold- and warm-weather dinners, Rustermann's restaurant, and dishes cooked by Wolfe himself. The recipes are organized by meal time and location, so you don't get a chapter on appetizers, one on meat, one on salads, and so on. He doubts it will make you a worse one, however. Fritz says he doubts the book will make you a better cook, since great cooking is a matter of soul, not knowledge. ![]() There's a little bit of original text, in the way of a delightful introduction by Fritz Brenner, Wolfe's cook (!) - I'm not certain it was written by Stout, but it's fun. The book is peppered with dining-related quotes from the Nero Wolfe novels and stories. It arrived just the other day, and thus far it seems quite wonderful. Obviously, that evening I went on Amazon marketplace and bought a copy. But I didn't know about this book until a couple weeks ago, when a friend mentioned it in passing. Like all cookbooks in my house, this one is taking a turn by the bedside before it makes its way to the shelves by the kitchen. ![]()
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