Alice B Toklas reckoned that ‘food is far too pleasant to combine with horror.’ In Episode 13 I will be exploring how food is used in crime fiction with writer and host of the Shedunnit podcast Caroline Crampton and food writer and author of the Paul Delamare mysteries, Orlando Murrin.

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Useful Links

* Orlando’s thrilling Paul Delamare Mysteries Knife Skills for Beginners and Murder Below Deck are available now.

* Orlando has written lots of delicious cookery books too including Two’s Company: The best of cooking for couples, friends and roommates

* Orlando’s website

* Caroline’s website

* Shedunnit podcast

* Caroline’s books include A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria (now available in paperback) and The Way to the Sea: The Forgotten Histories of the Thames Estuary

Suggested Reading

We talked about a lot of books in this episode so here are just a few that we mentioned:

* Alice B Toklas Cookbook

* The Pimlico Poisoning

* The Poisoned Chocolate Case by Anthony Berkeley

* ‘The Tuesday Night Club’ in The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie

* A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie

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A huge thank you to Thomas Ntinas of The Delicious Legacy for doing the sound mixing on this season of the podcast.

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