Len Deighton's Action Cook Book

Len Deighton's Action Cook Book is a 1965 collection of cookery strips (known as a cookstrip, an invention of Len Deighton's from his days as a student at the Royal College of Art) originally published in the Observer newspaper, with additional information and notes. Aimed at "an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the kitchen",[1] the book has been described as a cult classic from the period and helped pave the transition from cooking being only for women, into being a sophisticated expectation of a modern man.[2][3]

The book was reissued in 2009 by Harper Perennial (an imprint of HarperCollins) with original content and artwork, the 2nd edition of the cover artwork, and an additional updated introduction.[4]

  1. ^ Dossier, T.D., 2015. Action Cook. The Deighton Dossier. Available at: http://www.deightondossier.net/Books/Cookery/actioncook.html Archived 2015-07-23 at the Wayback Machine [Accessed July 23, 2015].
  2. ^ "A taste of the action: Len Deighton's cult Sixties' cookbook is back". The Independent. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Eye Magazine | Feature | Fry like a spy". Eye Magazine. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  4. ^ Deighton, L., 2009. Action Cook Book Harper Per., London, UK: Harper Perennial.