<sod>On 1 April 1958 Fleming wrote to [[The Guardian|''The Manchester Guardian'']] in defence of his work, referring to that paper's review of [[Dr. No (novel)|''Dr. No'']].<ref name="Fleming (Guardian)">{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Ian|title="The Exclusive Bond" Mr. Fleming on his hero|newspaper=[[The Guardian|''The Manchester Guardian'']]|date=5 April 1958|page=4}}</ref> While referring to Bond's food and wine consumption as "gimmickery", Fleming bemoaned that "it has become an unfortunate trade-mark. I myself abhor Wine-and-Foodmanship. My own favourite food is scrambled eggs."<ref name="Fleming (Guardian)"/> Fleming was so keen on scrambled eggs that he used his short story, "[[Octopussy and The Living Daylights#007 in New York|007 in New York]]", to provide his favourite recipe for the dish: in the story, this came from the housekeeper of his friend Ivar Bryce, May, who gave her name to Bond's own housekeeper.{{sfn|Chancellor|2005|p=113}} Academic Edward Biddulph observed that Fleming fully described seventy meals within the book series and that while a number of these had items in common—such as scrambled eggs and steaks—each meal was different from the others.<ref name="Biddulph: gourmet">{{cite journal|last=Biddulph|first=Edward|title="Bond Was Not a Gourmet": An Archaeology of James Bond's Diet|journal=Food, Culture and Society: an International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research|date=1 June 2009|volume=12|issue=2|doi=10.2752/155280109X368688|page=134}} {{subscription}}</ref><eod>
<sod>On 1 April 1958 Fleming wrote to [[The Guardian|''The Manchester Guardian'']] in defence of his work, referring to that paper's review of [[Dr. No (novel)|''Dr. No'']].<ref name="Fleming (Guardian)">{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Ian|title="The Exclusive Bond" Mr. Fleming on his hero|newspaper=[[The Guardian|''The Manchester Guardian'']]|date=5 April 1958|page=4}}</ref> While referring to Bond's food and wine consumption as "gimmickery", Fleming bemoaned that "it has become an unfortunate trade-mark. I myself abhor Wine-and-Foodmanship. My own favourite food is scrambled eggs."<ref name="Fleming (Guardian)"/> Fleming was so keen on scrambled eggs that he used his short story, "[[Octopussy and The Living Daylights#007 in New York|007 in New York]]", to provide his favourite recipe for the dish: in the story, this came from the housekeeper of Fleming's friend Ivar Bryce, May, who gave her name to Bond's own housekeeper.{{sfn|Chancellor|2005|p=113}} Academic Edward Biddulph observed that Fleming fully described seventy meals within the book series and that while a number of these had items in common—such as scrambled eggs and steaks—each meal was different from the others.<ref name="Biddulph: gourmet">{{cite journal|last=Biddulph|first=Edward|title="Bond Was Not a Gourmet": An Archaeology of James Bond's Diet|journal=Food, Culture and Society: an International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research|date=1 June 2009|volume=12|issue=2|doi=10.2752/155280109X368688|page=134}} {{subscription}}</ref><eod>