In 1997, Tom Culver, the set costumer on "Murder, She Wrote," had an idea. He wanted to collect recipes from the show's cast and crew, bind them into a cookbook and sell it. The proceeds would benefit AIDS patients, specifically children and those in hospice.
Culver writes in the introduction to the eventual "The Murder, She Wrote Cookbook" that when Angela Lansbury, who starred in the series as the iconic sleuth Jessica Fletcher, was approached about the project, she enthusiastically responded by saying, "Start collecting!"
