Mark Crick

An amusing collection of recipes, household and gardening tips. Crick has used the style of each of the featured writers to write each entry. Machiavelli on rebellious lawns, Mary Shelly on grafting, Edgar Allen Poe on putting a floor down in the attic.

This is much more enjoyable if you are familiar with the featured authors. The entries in the style of authors I was not familiar with were somewhat tedious and I skimmed or skipped most of them. A few however, were good stories in their own right, and so engaged me. The entries from authors I was familiar with were charming/hilarious. Many of the recipes, when you could suss them out of the story, sounded delicious. The household and gardening tips were sound, as with the recipes, when one pulled out the pertinent bits.… (meer)