As we discover in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, James Bond goes 'through the turkey and plum pudding routine' on Christmas Day at M's residence.
Tag: Ian Fleming
Nut cutlets
A visit to Shrublands health farm in Thunderball proves to be something of an culinary eye-opener for James Bond. Foregoing his usual steaks, fried fish, and rich sauces, Bond is introduced to such treats as dandelion tea, potassium broth and 'unmalted slippery elm'.
Double-O Dining – a James Bond cookbook
Be James Bond in the kitchen with Double-O Dining: A James Bond Cookbook!
Licence to Cook: Recipes inspired by Ian Fleming’s James Bond
Licence to Cook: Recipes Inspired by Ian Fleming's James Bond, written by website author Edward Biddulph, is a cookbook full of exciting recipes inspired by the food that Bond eats in the novels and short stories.
Curried goat
Curried goat is considered to be one of the national dishes of Jamaica. We are not told in the books whether James Bond ever has a meal of curried goat, but we know that it made a regular appearance at Ian Fleming's Jamaican home, Goldeneye.
Chicken Maryland
Always willing to sample the essential flavours of the places he visits, James Bond happily consumes a plate of fried chicken Maryland at New York’s Ma Frazier’s in Live and Let Die.
Peking duck
When it comes to a choice between Russian caviar and Peking duck, James Bond doesn't have a preference. As he tells his female companion at the start of You Only Live Twice (1967), he loves them both.
Tournedos
What is the first evening meal that Ian Fleming describes in the James Bond books? The answer is a very small tournedos with sauce Béarnaise, and a single artichoke heart, which James Bond consumes in the restaurant of the Hotel Splendide in Casino Royale
Auberge de la Montespan
Entering Orléans during his pursuit of Goldfinger through France in Ian Fleming’s 1959 novel, James Bond reflects that in other circumstances he would have spent a night at the Auberge de la Montespan, situated on the north bank of the Loire.
Roast grouse
To celebrate his promotion to the Diplomatic Section in You Only Live Twice, James Bond decides to take his secretary Mary Goodnight out to dinner at Scott's for their first roast grouse of the season