We all know that chocolate can be lovely but it definitely has a darker side and I’m not referring to the amount of cocoa solids there are in a single bar. In this episode I am joined by author Dr Alessandra Pino, who has co-written the forthcoming Gothic Cookbook, and food writer and novelist Sue Lawrence (check out the links below to Sue’s books) to explore how chocolate has been used in the past as a vehicle for poison (mostly by women). Hell hath no fury, as they say..
Useful Links
Allie Pino on Twitter and Instagram
Fear Feasts Podcast & Instagram
A Gothic Cookbook co-authored with Ella Buchan
Romancing the Gothic with Dr Sam Hirst
Sue Lawrence on Twitter
Sue’s cookbooks include A Taste of Scotland's Islands (plus many more). Sue also has a new book on Scottish Baking out in August 2024.
Sue’s novels include:
The Unreliable Death of Lady Grange
Suggested Reading/Listening
If you’d like to find out more about the two murder cases discussed in this episode take a listen to Lucy Worsley’s Lady Killers Podcasts on Madeleine Smith and Christiana Edmonds.
The Phantom Thread movie which features a poisoned mushroom omelette
The Philosophy of Chocolate by Sam Bilton
The Christiana Edmonds case was the inspiration for The Black Spectacles by John Dixon Carr
Australian Poison Mushroom Case by Bill Chappell on NPR
The Chocolate Box by Agatha Christie
The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders
S2 Episode 3: Death By Chocolate