β Scribed by Nina Killham
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Cookbook author Jasmine March's life is like a perfectly prepared bΓ©chamel-rich, satisfying, and drenched in butter. But even a great bΓ©chamel curdles sometimes. Her husband, Daniel, has taken up with one of his Zone-dieting drama students; Careme, her daughter, is bent on starving herself to death; and Jasmine's fellow foodies have had just about enough of her astronomically caloric recipes. To make matters worse, her publisher is threatening to cancel her contract. And then there's the small matter of the dead body she finds one morning on her kitchen floor. Filled with mouth-watering descriptions of Jasmine's creations-venison stew with Madeira and juniper berries, crispy chicken breasts stuffed with goat cheese and mint-Nina Killham's smart and spirited first novel is good enough to eat. Nina Killham was born in Washington, D.C. After graduating from the College of William and Mary, she wrote about food for the Washington Post. She lives in London with her husband and their two young children. Her husband does most of the cooking. 'A devilish delight...Smart, sexy, hilarious and not to be missed.'-Washington Post 'How to Cook a Tart is gastro-porn-as if Julia Child and William Burroughs had a bastard child. Filled with magnificent descriptions of the best of food, the novel's dark subtext left me questioning whether I should cook less and have more sex-or cook more, just with more butter.' -Anthony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential and A Cook's Tour 'A wickedly wonderful dark comedy that makes mouths water and skewers self-proclaimed gourmands, cookbook writers and self-righteous dieters.' -Chicago Sun-Times 'This debut black comedy...is not only delicious, it's simultaneously rare and well-done.' -Glamour 'A delicate, wicked comedy that made me want to throw out my margarine and luxuriate in butter. I can relate to a book that celebrates eating and laughs at diets.' -Tracy Chevalier, author of Nina Killham's smart and spirited first novel is good enough to eat.
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