In the Devil's Garden · A Sinful History of Forbidden Food by Allen, Stewart Lee -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Table of Contents Dedication Epigraph Praise for The Devil’s Cup by Stewart Lee Allen Introduction Lust

First Bite

Enveloped in Sweet Odor Likeness of a Roasted Crab Love Apple The Ketchup with a Thousand Faces Venomous Green Tulsi Ki Chai The Ecstasy of Being Eaten The King’s Chocolate Haquetzalli Gay Gourmand Beijing Libido The Rainbow Egg

Gluttony

Original Sin

Porcus Troianu Ovis Apalis Cocktails with the Devil The Sultan’s Date Angel Food Cake Saints and Supermodels Bitter Herbs Red Lady The Joy of Fat Mitterrand’s Last Supper

Pride

The Egotist at Dinner

The Dirt Eaters A Dinner Party in Kishan Garhi The Last Supper Humble Pie A Prophetic Chicken Impure Indian Corn The Butterfly People Sky Blue Corn Flakes Ghost at the Dinner Table! King’s Cake

Sloth

The Job of Eating Well

The Wonderful World of English Cookery Toast The Incredibly Sad Tale of Philippe the Shoemaker The Virgin’s Nipples The Root of Laziness Potato Wars The Last Drop In the Green Hour

Greed

The Greedy Diner

Lazy Luscious Land The Magic Cannibal Smoked Green Makaku The Laughing Man Thou Shalt Not Eat Thy Mother Got Milk? American Pigs

Blasphemy

The Sacred Act of Eating

The Jewish Pig Dinner with the Spanish Inquisition The Kosher Question The Lawyer in Us Lent Egg A Well-Risen Messiah For What We Are About to Receive O, Dog Holy Cow You and Your Beautiful Hide

Anger

The Civilized Sauce

The Sadistic Chef Deep-Fried Murder Only if It Has a Face Hitler’s Last Meal Little Nigoda The French Connection Vicious Little Red Man Insanity Popcorn Stinking Infidels Five Angry Vegetables Feasting to the Death

The Eighth Sin

Acknowledgments End Notes Bibliography About the Author Also by Stewart Lee Allen Copyright Page