Kingsley Amis

Author of “Lucky Jim” and countless other works, father of Martin Amis, and lover of drink. His 1972 book “On Drink” is sadly out of print. If you can find a copy you’ll see that its pages contain drinking wisdom, recipes and pithy yet useful general principles (i.e. “it is more important that a cold drink should be as cold as possible than that it should be as concentrated as possible”).

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Soft-boiled egg with runny yolk in an egg cup, served with toast soldiers, salt, and butter on a plate in a cozy kitchen setting.

Boiled egg and soldiers

12 min • Easy • 1 serving

Plate of crispy fried chicken with a deep fryer and canola oil bottle on a wooden kitchen counter.

Buttermilk honey fried chicken

35 min • Moderate • 4 to 6 servings

Freshly baked scones with clotted cream and strawberry jam on a plate, accompanied by a jar of jam and a baking tray with more scones.

Devon scones

32 min • Easy to Moderate • 6 to 8 servings

Creamy chicken breasts served over linguine pasta with spinach in a white sauce, garnished with chopped herbs.

Chicken Florentine

60 min • Easy to Moderate • 4 servings

Creamy asparagus pasta topped with sliced boiled eggs, garnished with fresh herbs.

Asparagus Pasta

35 min • Easy to Moderate • 2 to 4 servings

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