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These Iconic Authors Ate These Snacks While They Wrote

by N/A, 10 years ago | 1 min read

All writers have their go-to working snack. For most today, it's probably strong coffee (or even stronger alcohol). This is what some of the most notable authors in history needed by their side while they worked.

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1. Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie liked t0 drink heavy cream, without coffee.
2. Honore de Balzac
Honore drank up to 50 cups of coffee a day and then had to go on all-milk diets to save his stomach.
3. John Steinbeck
Steinbeck would make posole from beans and hominy.
4. Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket)
Handler eats raw carrots and drinks water while writing.
5. Victor Hugo
Hugo like a warm cup of black coffee, which seems pretty standard, except he tossed two raw eggs in it before drinking.
6. Michael Crichton
Crichton ate ham and cheese sandwiches everyday which were pre-made and waiting in his fridge.
7. H.P. Lovecraft
Lovecraft loved to eat spaghetti at night and had a doughnut and cheese every morning.
8. Stephen King
Stephen King likes to eat cheesecake before he sits down to write.
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