Roast Beef, Medium by Edna Ferber, Fiction, Literary 12+

📖 As you hesitate there sounds in your ear a soft and insinuating Voice. "You'll find the tongue in aspic very nice today," purrs the Voice. "May I recommend the chicken pie, country style? Perhaps you'd relish something light and tempting. Eggs Benedictine. Very fine. Or some flaked crabmeat, perhaps. With a special Russian sauce."