The Diary of Winifred E Phillips
1952
“There’s a handful of diaries from when she was younger,” Harriett explained. “And a couple of other notebooks and stuff. I thought that sorcerer who’s training you might be able to tell if they’re more spell books or just run-of-the-mill diaries.”
“Wow, this is amazing,” Drew said as he started to sort through the books. He stopped at one close to the bottom of the pile and began to flip through it.
Zach caught sight of what was written inside and he snatched the book from his hands. “No,” he said fiercely. “Absolutely not.”
“Why not?” Drew asked with a pout.
Zach held up the book. “This is another cookbook, and not just any cookbook, but it hascakesin it.”
“And?”
“And it was bad enough when you tried to cook soup. I don’t even want to fathom what sort of creature from the beyond you’d summon if you tried to bake a cake!”
Drew huffed. “Honestly, I don’t really see the difference.”
“And that’s why it’s so dangerous,” Zach told him. “Baking is a very precise art. The measurements need to be exact. It’s not like cooking where you can change out ingredients and eyeball how much garlic you’re using.”
His little shit of a boyfriend actually rolled his eyes at him. “Honestly, Zach. I really think you’re overreacting. What could possibly go wrong?”
As Drew looked up from the smashed bowl on his kitchen floor, where flour and egg were mixed in with shards of glass, he decided that next time he got hungry, perhaps he should just eat his words. Picking upFavourite Cakes and Cookies of Winifred E Phillips,he held the book out in front of himself as a shield as the zombie advanced on him . . .
Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
Ingredients:
30 g butter
30 ml olive oil
1 large chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, sliced
225 g carrots, peeled and sliced into chunks
3 stalks celery, sliced into chunks
1 kg boneless, skinless chicken thighs or breasts, cut into chunks
5 cups chicken stock (broth)
2 tsp salt
Black pepper, to taste
1 large lemon, sliced thickly with seeds removed
225 g dried fettuccine or egg noodles, broken into large pieces
Chopped parsley
Freshly grated Parmesancheese, to taste
Method:
