Page 186 - A Literary Holiday Cookbook

A ll Hallows’ Eve: a time for spooks and sprites, for ghouls

and fiends; when wolfmen howl in the distant fog and
vampires prowl in search of their next victim. A time when

memento mori is on our minds in earnest.

The drama of this season has captured the imagination of

writers for centuries— so much so that many authors have
become synonymous with Halloween, even if their work

predates its celebration as an official holiday. Bram Stoker’s

Dracula brings terrifying ancient legends to the doorstep of the
everyday world; Edgar Allan Poe invites us to relish the

evocative style of Gothic horror; and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

analyzes the duality of life and death under the scientific lens of
a magnifying glass.

Don’t let such rich literary tradition go to waste! Halloween

parties and literary themes make a perfect pair, so throw on your

best red velvet cape and fire up the oven—the night won’t last
forever!