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Monster mash
‘I would love to introduce my fellow Writing Magazine subscribers to my second collaboration with my husband, Nic Brown,’ writes Fiona Young Brown.
‘I am proud to announce that The B-Movie Cookbook: The 1960s is now available. A fun read for movie fans and foodies alike, The B-Movie Cookbook: The 1960s features twelve classic B-movies from the 1960s, each accompanied by trivia and recipes. Among those films included are Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (complete with a festive array of green food), the Peter Cushing classic Night Creatures (with some traditional Kent dishes), and even a dose of Elvis with Clambake (accompanied by the requisite seafood).
‘I am originally from the coastal town of Ramsgate, Kent. While I was teaching in Japan, I met Nic and we have spent the last nineteen years living in Lexington, Kentucky. I am a writer and author of several local history books as well as nearly a dozen educational readers for children. In addition to his day job for a Japanese automotive company, Nic writes werewolf novels in his spare time and hosts a podcast about B-movies.
‘For some time, we wanted to do a project together but couldn’t quite decide what. That changed when we were watching 1950s classic and it occurred to me how much the titular monster resembled a large blancmange! And so we decided to do a cookbook with a difference. We chose fifteen monster movies from the 1950s. Nic wrote about the films themselves and I created menus to accompany each one. Some dishes were based on those mentioned in the.
