Recipe of the Mustard Club, Sayers (1 results)

illustrations to margins by J. Gilroy, pp. 32, crown 8vo, original stapled yellow wrappers, with colour-printed illustration wrapping round, lightly dustsoiled and a little corner-creasing, the staples a little rusted, light vertical crease, good. Dorothy L. Sayers' career as a copywriter with the firm S.H. Benson ran concurrently with her early career as a novelist (and following a few volumes of poetry with her former employer, Basil Blackwell) - amongst her most lasting achievements in this field were the Guinness slogan 'My goodness, my Guinness!' and her work for Colman's mustard, for whom she cooked up 'The Mustard Club'. The editor of this booklet was 'Gourmet', the name used by Sayers' husband, Mac Fleming, when writing a food column for The Evening News and The Sunday Chronicle - and whilst the majority of the recipes are thought to be his, the majority of the copy was by Sayers, using aliases such as Baron de Beef, Miss Di Gester, Lord Bacon, Lady Hearty, et al.; the shoulder-notes lend a literary feel, being largely quotations and the majority drawn from Shakespeare. (Gilbert A67.2).