DEATH DINES AT 8:30

New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2001. Book. Illus. by Merritt Dekle;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xvi) 286 pp. Quarter-bound in black on burgundy boards; lettered in silver on the spine; headband. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Dj art by Merritt Dekle. Each story is followed by a recipe. This anthology contains: Steak Tartare by Barbara D'Amato - Steak Tartare; The Theft of the Sandwich Board by Edward D. Hoch - Gloria's Spinach Balls; 8-3-oh by Nick Danger - Stuffed Escarole from mama Josephino's Italian Kitchen; Chicken Catch a Tory by Tamar Myers - Chicken Cacciatore; A Passion for the Cook by Elizabeth Daniels Squire - Special Occasion Ginger Cookies; Just One Bite Won't Kill You by Valerie Wolzien - Valerie's Mother's Nonlethal Southern Fried Chicken and Gravy; Dead and Berried by Claudia Bishop - Pasta Quilliam; Chocolate Moose by Bill and Judy Crider - World's Best Chicken-Fried Steak Gravy; The Fixer by Camilla T. Crespi - Pasticcio di Primavera; Even Butterflies Can Sting by Mike Resnick - Shrimp de Jonghe; George Washington Crashed Here by Jean Hager - Shrimp and Green Noodles; The Boxing Day Brother by Patricia Guiver - Uncle Jasper's Bloody Delicious Sherry Trifle; Plant Engineering by Nancy Kress - Cherries Flambe; The Bagel Murders by David A. Kaufelt - The Basic Bagel Recipe; Death Before Compline by Sharan Newman - Feast Day Fish Stew; and Cold Turkey by Diane Mott Davidson - Tennessee Chess Pie..