Agatha Christie’s collection of recipes for poisonous dishes

Torquay. In the British city of Torquay, at the festival in honor of the 125th anniversary of the Queen of Detectives Agatha Christie, a unique culinary book, Creams and Punishments, based on the works of a famous writer, will be presented. In the culinary collection recipes of dishes are presented in which the heroes of novels and stories of Agatha Christie added the same ingredient - poison.

The author of an unusual collection of recipes is the French writer Anna Martinetti. At the solemn celebration of Christie’s anniversary, the writer will not only talk about the dishes from her book, but also hold cooking classes and invite guests to try the cooked dishes. Of course, they will all be prepared without the use of poisons.

The culinary event will take place in the house where the English queen of detectives lived in Torquay. In particular, the festival will prepare a chocolate cake from Christie’s work “Murder Declared” and fish in oil from the novel “Sad Cypress” - according to recipes from books, the characters added strychnine poison to them.

Martinetti said that not all dishes in Christie’s books were intended for poisoning. In her collection of recipes, she collected references to other food, which was also described in the works of Agatha Christie.

Recall that poison was a favorite murder weapon in Christie’s novels. In her youth, the writer worked as a volunteer physician during the two world wars, so she was well versed in various medicines and chemicals, and often used her knowledge in books.

Agatha Christie’s detective novels gained popularity almost immediately after their release in the 1920s. During your career, the writer has created 80 works, as well as written 19 plays. Her works have been translated into more than 70 languages of the world, according to unconfirmed data on circulations, they are second only to the works of Shakespeare and the Bible. Many of her novels have been repeatedly filmed.

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