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How about a James Bond recipe book?
I was thinking about it reading another thread: why not write/publish a James Bond recipe book? With all the meals mentioned in the novels, not counting the cocktails, there is certainly enough for one. Sauce béarnaise, sole meunière, etc. With abstracts from the novels to accompany the recipes and tips from chefs and bit of history about the meal and its relationship with Fleming and his creation.
I usually hate recipe books, but I would buy that one.
I usually hate recipe books, but I would buy that one.
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12 fresh eggs
Salt and pepper
5-6 oz. of fresh butter
Break the eggs into a bowl. Beat thoroughly with a fork and season well. In a small copper (or heavy-bottomed saucepan) melt four oz. of the butter. When melted, pour in the eggs and cook over a very low heat, whisking continuously with a small egg whisk.
While the eggs are slightly more moist than you would wish for eating, remove pan from heat, add rest of butter and continue whisking for half a minute, adding the while finely chopped chives or fines herbes. Serve on hot buttered toast in individual copper dishes (for appearance only) with pink champagne (Taittainger) and low music.
http://jamesbondmemes.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page_13.html
A recipe book with 1950s/60s era could be a novel idea, especially when you think of Bond's world wide travels, you could involve Jamaican recipes, Japanese etc - I'd buy it!
Edit: BBC Food article on Bond's tastes in the novels - discussing him eating kebabs and curries etc.
That would be part of its charm I think.
I'd rather buy a recipe book, providing it is done properly, than a videogame or a fanfic... herr I mean a continuation novel.
Although riddled with mistakes and really hard to read, it still offers the recipes for the many alcoholic beverages Bond drinks in the novels and movies.
If it is riddled with mistakes, it means the true recipe book needs to be written still.
the problems with continuation novels is that every author wants to leave his mark on it and all of them had a special reasoning why they chose what they did. I can see the personality of each author in their continuation novel but none brought any excitement. Well except Deaver as he is quite a master with his twists and as such the story entertained even if his 007 was difficult to recognise.
The books are the only aspect of 007ness I tend to buy along with the dvd's & soundtracks [I admit I never bought QoB, but my generous daughters gave it as present, they must really hate me. :(( ;) ].
But a recipe book, I have plenty is a bridge to far, which is by the way an excellent book and a fairly decent movie.
That is the point for discussion: Are we talking a book With only recipes or dishes that are mentioned in the novels, or are we talking more of a trevelogue sort of thing With dishes from the places or countries Bond visits? Without remembering every detail of hand, I can't remember that meny Jamaican or Japanese recipes mention in the books (I mean; some are mentioned, but probably not enough for a substancial recipe book...)?
It's very well written, and the author/chef is so obviously a Fleming fan, he is very well versed on the subject of every dish Bond has eaten in the novels.
Highly recommended.
That's interesting. Maybe I'll have a look at it.
Btw (nitpicking, I know); why spell the Italian/English dish 'Spaghetti Bolognese' (I say "English" because the Italians would traditionally not use Spaghetti with the Bolognese ragu) in French, 'Blognaise'? I hope that's not how it is written in the book?
;))
The continuous wisking is absolutely vital. For most of my life I made the mistake of making scrambled eggs more like an omlet, ie pouring the eggs in and letting them harden a bit before flipping them. Since I started whisking constantly they've been extremely light and fluffy.
The food is probably one of the least dated things from the Fleming novels (besides the rip-roaring sense of adventure obviously).
There's a pretty huge difference between the two IMO. Bond branded items (that Bond would never use himself) are a rather cynical marketing ploy.
Odd, because one of the worst continuation novels occurred when the author tried not to leave his mark and wrote 'as Ian Fleming'. ;)