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Sherlock Holmes of Baking Street
A Sherlock Holmes Book Like No OtherSherlock Holmes of Baking Street contains 37 essays, personal reflections, and short stories that use baking as a springboard, and a springboard only—it is not a cookbook. Subjects range from a progressive dinner mystery to the revelation that one of the original Holmes stories is actually a secret code for a recipe that will probably kill you; a very nice traybake of kitchen fire adventures; death by flour; thoughts about dopamine as it relates to milk, cookies, and Sherlock Holmes; and the power of Japanese bean paste to turn Sherlock into a very real boy by way of the movie Mr. Holmes.The anthology is the brainchild of Margie Deck, a long-time Sherlockian and skilled amateur baker devoted to the Great British Baking Show. The pun of Baking Street and Baker Street was too much for her busy brain to resist during lockdown, when everyone with an oven decided to start baking. She invited New York Times best-selling author, avid Sherlockian and baker Nancy Holder onto the project. For the last eight months they have collected and edited contributions to Sherlock Holmes of Baking Street from Sherlockians in Italy, India, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, Canada, the US, and the UK. The work also includes an interview with the screenwriter Jeffrey Hatcher and two illustrations by the Australian artist J. Scherpenhuizen.The book features superstars in the Sherlockian world and seasoned writing stars from other genres.Statements of Advance Praise“There is nothing half-baked or cookie-cutter about this charming confection of culinary-themed Sherlockian fact, fiction and fancy. The editors, with a finger in every pie, have separated the wheat from the chaff for readers, and without over-egging the pudding, this collection proves you can have your Sherlockian cake and read it too! Bon appétit.”--Charles Prepolec, BSI, MBt Editor, Gaslight Strange Tales of Sherlock Holmes“Sherlock Holmes of Baking Street is a smorgasbord of delightful stories, essays, and articles that will satisfy the hunger of its readers. My mouth was watering as I turned the pages and you, too, will find yourselves returning for a second helping.”-- Greg D. Ruby, BSI, ASHThe SOB in Charge at the Sherlockians of Baltimore“The stories, references, and recipes found within these pages are as varied and entertaining as the Adventures they are based on. A must read for anyone with a taste for the flavors of Sherlock Holmes, baking, or both!”-- Crystal Noll, ASH 221B Con Director, The Serpentine Muse Co-editor
437 pages, Paperback
Published May 19, 2021
About the author
Nancy Holder
355 books2,407 followersNancy Holder, New York Times Bestselling author of the WICKED Series, has just published CRUSADE - the first book in a new vampire series cowritten with Debbie Viguie. The last book her her Possession series is set to release in March 2011.
Nancy was born in Los Altos, California, and her family settled for a time in Walnut Creek. Her father, who taught at Stanford, joined the navy and the family traveled throughout California and lived in Japan for three years. When she was sixteen, she dropped out of high school to become a ballet dancer in Cologne, Germany, and later relocated to Frankfurt Am Main.
Eventually she returned to California and graduated summa cum laude from the University of California at San Diego with a degree in Communications. Soon after, she began to write; her first sale was a young adult romance novel titled Teach Me to Love.
Nancy’s work has appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, LA Times, amazon.com, LOCUS, and other bestseller lists. A four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association, she has also received accolades from the American Library Association, the American Reading Association, the New York Public Library, and Romantic Times.
She and Debbie Viguié co-authored the New York Times bestselling series Wicked for Simon and Schuster. They have continued their collaboration with the Crusade series, also for Simon and Schuster, and the Wolf Springs Chronicles for Delacorte (2011.) She is also the author of the young adult horror series Possessions for Razorbill. She has sold many novels and book projects set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Saving Grace, Hellboy, and Smallville universes.
She has sold approximately two hundred short stories and essays on writing and popular culture. Her anthology, Outsiders, co-edited with Nancy Kilpatrick, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in 2005.
She teaches in the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing Program, offered through the University of Southern Maine. She has previously taught at UCSD and has served on the Clarion Board of Directors.
She lives in San Diego, California, with her daughter Belle, their two Corgis, Panda and Tater; and their cats, David and Kittnen Snow. She and Belle are active in Girl Scouts and dog obedience training.
Nancy was born in Los Altos, California, and her family settled for a time in Walnut Creek. Her father, who taught at Stanford, joined the navy and the family traveled throughout California and lived in Japan for three years. When she was sixteen, she dropped out of high school to become a ballet dancer in Cologne, Germany, and later relocated to Frankfurt Am Main.
Eventually she returned to California and graduated summa cum laude from the University of California at San Diego with a degree in Communications. Soon after, she began to write; her first sale was a young adult romance novel titled Teach Me to Love.
Nancy’s work has appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, LA Times, amazon.com, LOCUS, and other bestseller lists. A four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association, she has also received accolades from the American Library Association, the American Reading Association, the New York Public Library, and Romantic Times.
She and Debbie Viguié co-authored the New York Times bestselling series Wicked for Simon and Schuster. They have continued their collaboration with the Crusade series, also for Simon and Schuster, and the Wolf Springs Chronicles for Delacorte (2011.) She is also the author of the young adult horror series Possessions for Razorbill. She has sold many novels and book projects set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Saving Grace, Hellboy, and Smallville universes.
She has sold approximately two hundred short stories and essays on writing and popular culture. Her anthology, Outsiders, co-edited with Nancy Kilpatrick, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in 2005.
She teaches in the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing Program, offered through the University of Southern Maine. She has previously taught at UCSD and has served on the Clarion Board of Directors.
She lives in San Diego, California, with her daughter Belle, their two Corgis, Panda and Tater; and their cats, David and Kittnen Snow. She and Belle are active in Girl Scouts and dog obedience training.
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July 11, 2021
This is a compilation of essays, personal reflections and short stories using the general theme of baking as a starting point. As with any anthology, some pieces are more appealing than others but for fans of the detecting duo Holmes and Watson, there’s definitely something for everyone.
Several of the stories such as Julie Ditrich’s ‘The Adventure of the Tempting Tower’ are written very much in the style of Arthur Conan Doyle and could easily fit in with any of the original adventures. Of course, if I wanted to nit-pick, I’d say stories written by American writers using American spellings couldn’t possibly be expected to pass for the work of ACD! Though ‘Sherlock Holmes of Baking Street’ is certainly not a recipe book, there are a few recipes included, such as ‘Win-a-Ginger Clod’, contributed by Paul Thomas Miller and ‘Mrs Hudson’s Curried Salmon’, by Enrico Solito and Gianluca Salvatori. It should be noted that produce created from these recipes aren’t necessarily designed to be eaten!
Noteworthy pieces include Margie Deck’s ‘The Child in the Wood’, written in a true Holmesian style, ‘What She kneaded’ by Elise Elliot (in which Kitty Winter from ‘The Adventure of the Illustrious Client’ appears) and Morton Duffy’s ‘The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes’, which investigates how the world’s only consulting detective honed his skills on the family estate.
An interesting and thought-provoking collection that will delight Holmesian fans everywhere.
Several of the stories such as Julie Ditrich’s ‘The Adventure of the Tempting Tower’ are written very much in the style of Arthur Conan Doyle and could easily fit in with any of the original adventures. Of course, if I wanted to nit-pick, I’d say stories written by American writers using American spellings couldn’t possibly be expected to pass for the work of ACD! Though ‘Sherlock Holmes of Baking Street’ is certainly not a recipe book, there are a few recipes included, such as ‘Win-a-Ginger Clod’, contributed by Paul Thomas Miller and ‘Mrs Hudson’s Curried Salmon’, by Enrico Solito and Gianluca Salvatori. It should be noted that produce created from these recipes aren’t necessarily designed to be eaten!
Noteworthy pieces include Margie Deck’s ‘The Child in the Wood’, written in a true Holmesian style, ‘What She kneaded’ by Elise Elliot (in which Kitty Winter from ‘The Adventure of the Illustrious Client’ appears) and Morton Duffy’s ‘The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes’, which investigates how the world’s only consulting detective honed his skills on the family estate.
An interesting and thought-provoking collection that will delight Holmesian fans everywhere.
December 7, 2022
This was an interesting collection, with a mix of essays, stories, and even a few recipes. There were many delightful stories, but of the non-stories, I think my favourite would have to be Win A Ginger Clod, just for the sheer absurdity!
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