Includes a selection of recipes for dishes or ingredients mentioned in individual stories.
Contents:
Introduction / John Helfers -- The last bottle in the world / Stanley Ellin -- Takeout / Joyce Christmas -- The case of the shaggy caps / Ruth Rendell -- The cassoulet / Walter Satterthwait -- Tea for two / M.D. Lake -- The second-oldest profession / Linda Grant -- Connoisseur / Bill Pronzini -- Gored / Bill Crider -- Day for a picnic / Edward D. Hoch -- Guardian angel / Caroline Benton -- The main event / Peter Crowther -- The deadly egg / Janwillem van de Wetering -- Dead and breakfast / Barbara Collins -- Recipe for a happy marriage / Nedra Tyre -- Death cup / Joyce Carol Oates -- Poison peach / Gillian Linscott -- Of course you know that chocolate is a vegetable / Barbara D'Amato -- Poison a la carte / Rex Stout.
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