Criminally Good Cooking
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Recipes from the Stories
Criminals, their victims and the detectives who investigate their misdeeds all need to eat. Cooking can be a therapeutic activity for both overworked police officers looking for relaxation in the midst of a difficult case and for grieving relatives needing something to take their minds off their ever-present feelings of loss and confusion.
It is not, therefore, surprising that food features prominently in a series of crime novels. This book contains recipes for many of the dishes described in the fourteen Bernie Fazakerley Mysteries and other related books. It includes comfort food from bereaved mother, Chrissie Hughes, delicious baking by pillar-of-the-church Deirdre who is always worried that Father Damien does not feed himself properly, exotic eastern dishes taught to young Lucy by her Muslim friends, and a wide range of food prepared by house-husband and ex-police officer, Peter using produce from their large garden.
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank my good friend Sarah Tyson, from my days with the Stroke Research Network, for proposing the title Criminally Good Recipes for this book and my Facebook friend Maryalice Hogg-O’Rourke who suggested a change from “recipes” to “cooking”, which I think has a better ring to it. I hope that the recipes all live up to the claim that they are criminally good!
I am grateful to the members of the Helsby MU Friendship Group who have encouraged me in my writing, and especially to those of them who tested some of the recipes and offered suggestions for improvements.
I am indebted to the many Facebook friends who have commented on portions from early drafts of this book and contributed ideas for recipes.
All the recipes are my own, although some are re-workings of traditional dishes or variations on previously-published ideas.
Editions
After taking soundings from various quarters, I decided not to publish Kindle or EPUB editions of this book, because people who use recipe books tell me that they prefer a physical book that they can refer to in the kitchen. then, when I attempted to deposit an electronic version in the British Library (publishers are obliged to give copies of all books published in Britain to the British Library and 5 othe copyright libraries in the UK and Ireland) I discovered that you can only make an electronic deposit if the book is availble for purchase in that format. So, I've now made an EPUB edition, which is published through Kobo. It's not as easy to use as the printed editions, but it's a bargain at just 99p!
I've gone for a slightly larger paperback format than usual, so that the text can be large enough to be easily readable, and tried to fit every recipe on to a double-page spread tp avoid having to turn over while in the throes of cooking. The hardback edition is goind to be the same internal format as the paperback. I thought that a hardback might be more hardwearing and would also make a nice present for someone.
How to get your copy
You can buy your own copy (or perhas a gift for a friend) using the links beneath the cover picture.
If you prefer to support your local bookshop, give them these ISBNs and they will be able to order one for you. (This may be more expensive than ordering online from Amazon.)
Paperback: 978-1-911083-83-2
Hardback: 978-1-911083-88-7