Some people say, 'I can't make pastry, I'm too heavy-handed.'

I have selected a few dishes, and made out a little bill of fare, which will go home in the steamer that precedes me, and be hot when I arrive—as follows: […] Apple puffs, Southern style. Peach cobbler, Southern style. Peach pie. American mince pie.

But it was really when the book was turned into a lavish blockbuster in 1992 that the vampire lifestylers came into their own.

Pray that they may be paid by the captain of the ship or the Treasurer of the Navy the said encourageable allowance of wages as well as others, that they may the more cheerfully serve the King, Parliament, and their country.