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Feasting on Murder: A Highly Subjective List of the Top Ten Classic Foodie Mysteries

By Amy Pershing

February 23, 2021

How does one account for the sheer number of mysteries in which food, both for good and evil, features prominently? So prominently that it’s virtually a character itself—or at least a character witness. Perhaps it’s because food (the cooking of it, the eating of it, the sharing of it) offers so many lovely options for…

Aavery Aames’ French Toast

Cooking the Books: Dining on Murder, Part I

By Leigh Neely

February 18, 2012

I love reading and I love eating so it stands to reason I’d enjoy mysteries that involve food. I’ve been reading about amateur sleuths who solve murders and prepare great food since the early days of the “culinary cozy.” I now have lots of favorites including one about a chef who makes gourmet bloods for…

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