Seventh Star Press is proud to reveal the cover art by Olivia Pro Design for Victorian Catsup: Receipts of the Past, by Daniel Dark, a fascinating new recipe book that explores the creation of catsups enjoyed during an iconic historical era! Victorian Catsup: Receipts of the Past has a release date of May 29th in both print and eBook formats!

Victorian Catsup: Receipts of the Past was edited by Bobby Rich.

Synopsis of Victorian Catsup: Receipts of the Past: The book you now hold in your hands is nothing new, only forgotten by most.

It is also how Chef Daniel, the Victorian Chef, recovered many missing segments of his knowledge after suffering a major stroke in 2012.  At that time, Daniel had a forty seat restaurant where he was recreating dishes from the Victorian Era.  He was also developing his signature catsups to serve with each receipt that he placed on the menu.

After the stroke, Daniel was forced to give up on his dream for the time being and start the long journey of rehabilitation, of both body and mind. When Chef Daniel was able to stand in front of a stove again, he went back to what he knew best; making small batch catsup that he took to local fairs and sold, so that he could make more.

This book is a big part of what kept Chef Daniel going each day. Now he wants to share that with others by contributing ninety percent of his proceeds to the Blood Banks that kept him alive by furnishing over twenty units to him when he was in need.

Your purchase of this book will help in making his charity to the real lifeblood possible.

About Daniel Dark: Daniel Dark, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, grew up with homicide every day. Having a homicide detective as a father, he was able to learn about those that were brought to justice, and the ones that were not.

Spending many hours in Central police headquarters and in his grandfathers hematology lab gave Daniel an unusual childhood and a love for science. Along with this, his great uncle owned the oldest book store in Nashville. His parents took him there regularly, where developed a love of reading and found out about history.

Daniel went on to become an Electrical Engineer and Industrial Maintenance Manager till NAFTA took away his job. A year later he went to culinary school and studied Victorian cooking, after which he opened a Victorian-style restaurant.

He became a heart attack and stroke survivor at fifty years old, where he used writing to rehabilitate his brain. The first book written by Daniel was on Victorian Catsup, which had over two hundred catsup recipes in it from the late 1700’s to 1910, with over sixty different flavors. Daniel used the book to start his 1876 Catsup company as Mr Catsup.

Knife’s Tell represents his debut novel as an author.