Perhaps the category 5 should be things I've thought about doing but haven't done. That will include things I've started but haven't finished.
Once upon a time, having read the Nero Wolfe Cookbook, I went through all of the Spenser novels written at the time and copied all of the references to food. I've been through:
The
Godwulf Manuscript (1973)
God Save the Child (1974)
Mortal Stakes
(1975)
Promised Land (1976)
The Judas Goat (1978)
Looking for Rachel
Wallace (1980)
Early Autumn (1981)
A Savage Place (1981)
Ceremony
(1982)
The Widening Gyre (1983)
Valediction (1984)
A Catskill Eagle
(1985)
Taming a Sea-Horse (1986)
Pale Kings and Princes (1987)
Crimson
Joy (1988)
Playmates (1989)
Stardust (1990)
Pastime (1991)
Double
Deuce (1992)
Paper Doll (1993)
Walking Shadow (1994)
Thin Air
(1995)
Chance (1996)
Small Vices (1997)
Sudden Mischief (1998)
Hush
Money (1999)
Hugger Mugger (2000)
Potshot (2001)
Widow's Walk
(2002)
Back Story (2003)
Bad Business (2004)
Cold Service
(2005)
School Days (2005)
Hundred-Dollar Baby (2006)
I haven't read:
Now and Then
(2007)
Rough Weather (2008)
The Professional (2009)
I still have a three-ring binder filled with the copies. There are also copies of bits that seemed typical of the main characters. I don't think I so much as cooked one meal. I tried to get one of my kids interested in helping with the project, but they just weren't.
I've learned there is a website called The Unofficial Spenser Cookbook, that is collecting recipes. Part of me wants to jump in and play along. It would be doing part of what I had wanted to do. Another part of me wants to hold on for doing the book.
I haven't flipped through that binder in years, now. I'd do it now, but everyone in the house is on a different diet. That may be an excuse to put it off. Maybe over the holidays.
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