A dedicated cocktail maker and moistener, Dr. Keith Pepperell has enjoyed a varied career as a college professor, nationally touring stand-up comedian (as alter ego Keith Collins), shepherd (one night), documentary producer, TV historian, radio show host, and custodian of a wibbly-wobbly castle. This little book presents five murderous cocktails that resulted in terribly bad behaviour including, extradition from Albania, launching a wibbly-wobbly castle with a small child aboard, scalding the groin of a Prime Minister, hijacking a bus of elderly Turkish women, and being rescued by an Algerian...

Simpletons often claim "I can't even boil an egg" so this slim volume has been written to give them a leg up. Boiled eggs are a must for gentlefolk and as a child our family butler Frobisher would bring the family perfectly boiled eggs from the kitchens where housekeeper Janet Frobisher would daily supervise the kitchen staff in egg boiling. Boiled eggs shored up the British Empire for 500 years, particularly the unctuously runny ones served out of finest 18th century Worcester porcelain egg cups and lovingly fingered with perfectly toasted bread soldiers.