Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be invited to dinner with Franz Kafka, Jane Austen, or Raymond Chandler? In this book, you will find the answer.

Mark Krik borrows the voices of famous writers and creates 17 recipe-stories that will delight both kitchen lovers and literature enthusiasts. The Greek edition is complemented by an additional recipe by Athena Dimitriadou.

The recipes included are:

• Lamb with dill sauce à la Raymond Chandler
• Eggs with tarragon à la Jane Austen
• Easy miso soup à la Franz Kafka
• Chocolate cake à la Irvine Welsh
• Tiramisu à la Marcel Proust
• Wine-braised rooster à la Gabriel García Márquez
• Mushroom risotto à la John Steinbeck
• Stuffed chicks à la Marquis de Sade
• Grandma's clafoutis à la Virginia Woolf
• Stewed rabbit à la Homer
• Vietnamese chicken à la Graham Greene
• Language à la diepoix à la Jorge Luis Borges
• Cheese toast à la Harold Pinter
• Onion tart à la Geoffrey Chaucer
• Resti à la Thomas Mann
• Mussels with white wine à la Italo Calvino
• Christmas pudding à la Charles Dickens
• Cherry sweet spoon dessert à la K. P. Kavafis.