Dining with death: crime fiction’s long affair with food

From Sherlock Holmes to Inspector Maigret, fictional detectives often have healthy appetites, while ‘culinary cozy’ combines murders with recipes. Why do crime writers have a taste for food? By Miranda Carter.
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