Horror and food

Two recent books with topics not usually related with the Brontës present curious Brontë connections:

Horror: Another 100 Best Books, edited by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman (Foreword by Ramsey Campbell) is, according to this review

(...) a collection of writing about writing, newly commissioned essays about great stories and novels of the horror genre. Doug Bradley, the actor who played Pinhead in Clive Barker's Hellbound films, writes about Jane Eyre, and no, it's not really a horror novel, although there are moments in it that raise the hackles. (...)
The collection nicely balances the famous and the obscure, and often makes you want to read those books that have escaped you.
That said, the essays are only about 1,000 words each, which isn't really enough to say anything serious about literature good enough to hold readers for 50 years, let alone 150.

The Joy of Eating, edited by Jill Foulston is a new book published by Virago Press that is described like this by the editors:

A richly imaginative anthology of the best writing about food from women around
the world and throughout history. Includes well-known and surprising names:
Elizabeth David, J.K. Rowling, Claudia Roden and more.

What is surprising is the presence of Emily Brontë in the book!

Food is a constant in our lives, and it has always been a basic ingredient of women's writing - in household books, cookbooks, diaries, letters and fiction. In this, the first anthology to concentrate on international food writing by women, you can go on a picnic with Monica Ali, learn about Frida Kahlo's wedding feast and indulge your appetites with Edwidge Danticat and Barbara Pym. Try making Elisabeth Luard's Afghan Betrothal Custard, Martha Washington's marzipan birds or Nigella Lawson's favourite comfort food. And why not sneak into the literary kitchens of Banana Yoshimoto, Emily Brontë and Angela Carter?Something's cooking...

Probably someone making bread and learning German ?

Categories: Books, Jane_Eyre, Emily_Brontë