Ira Levin, Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary took a loose brown velvet hostess gown to the cleaner, made an appointment to have her hair done, and ordered wine and liquor and ice cubes and the ingredients of a Chilean seafood casserole called chupe.On the Thursday morning before the party, Minnie came with the drink while Rosemary was picking apart crabmeat and lobster tails. “That looks interesting,” Minnie said, glancing into the kitchen. What is...
Ira Levin, Rosemary’s Baby
She made Guy chicken Marengo and vitello tonnato, baked a mocha layer cake and a jarful of butter cookies. Chicken Marengo Chicken Marengo is a classic French dish. You season and brown chicken, then make a tasty sauce with onions, garlic, wine, tomatoes, and herbs. Simmer the chicken in the sauce until it's cooked. Finish with fresh parsley and thyme for a flavorful meal perfect for a cozy dinner at home. 4...
Bram Stoker, Dracula
I dined on what they called ‘robber steak’—bits of bacon, onion, and beef, seasoned with red pepper, and strung on sticks, and roasted over the fire, in simple style of the London cat’s meat! Robber Steak – Räubersteak Robber Steak, also known as "Räubersteak" in German, is a traditional dish that is typically made with bits of bacon, onion, and beef, seasoned with red pepper, and strung on sticks before being...
Bram Stoker, Dracula
I had for breakfast more paprika, and a sort of porridge of maize flour which they said was ‘mamaliga’, and eggplant stuffed with forcemeat, a very excellent dish, which they call ‘impletata”. (Mem., get recipe for this also.) Eggplant Impletata Impletata is a traditional Romanian dish, similar to a stuffed eggplant. This recipe will use ground meat as the filling. 2 large eggplants1 lb ground meat (pork, beef or a...
Bram Stoker, Dracula
I had for dinner, or rather supper, a chicken done up some way with red pepper, which was very good but thirsty. (Mem. get recipe for Mina.) I asked the waiter, and he said it was called 'paprika hendl’ and that, as it was a national dish, I should be able to get it anywhere along the Carpathians. Paprika Hendl Paprika Hendl is a traditional dish from Austria and Hungary. It is a roasted chicken dish that is marinated in...
Stephen King, The Shining
Wendy had cooked Dick Hallorann’s turkey to a turn and they had all eaten to bursting without even coming close to demolishing the jolly bird. Jack had groaned that they would be eating turkey for the rest of the winter—creamed turkey, turkey sandwiches, turkey and noodles, turkey surprise.No, Wendy told him with a little smile. Only until Christmas. Then we have the capon. Creamy Turkey and Noodles This creamy...
