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The Astronaut's Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More

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Just received my copy of The Astronaut's Cookbook and my husband and I have read it to each other and had some great laughs at the tales of astronauts past. Recipes are great and the insider knowledge of the program is wonderful. This is a must read for anyone interested in the space program from Apollo to ISS.

As a former astronaut on STS-40 the book rings true from beginning to end. George and I think it is a unique and insightful.

Millie-Hughes-Fulford, Ph.D.

STS-40

While writing a "thinkbook" on man's food in perspective of future development, it was amusing to realize that it finally will be food gardening that helps green man to survive between the stars. - Gunter C. Vieten, The Hague

This is a really fun nostolgic cookbook. I grew up around the space program and had heard loads of funny stories about astronauts trying to catch their food and even sort of remember a video about it. Anyway, I love cookbooks and I collect them. This one has been my favorite to read. Not because of the recipes-although some are really interesting-but because of the stories. This is a good book to share with your kids that like fun space facts. Sometimes I worry that the wonders of space that kids used to feel are being replaced by video games...Maybe this will help reclain some of the awe.

CHAPTERS:

-Introduction/Space Food Types/Etc.

-Breakfast Foods.

-Snacks and Appetizers.

-Soups and Salads.

-Bread, Tortillas, and Sandwiches.

-Main Dishes.

-Vegetables.

-Desserts.

-Beverages.

-Future Space Foods (to Mars, etc.)

APPENDIX:

-A History of American Space Foods.

-ISS Expedition 5 Sample Crew Menu.

-Internet Sources on Space Food and Nutrition.

INDEX

It was interesting to learn that Gherman Titov was the first preson to consume food in space and the commercially

popular space ice cream was only flown on the Apollo 7 mission because it was disliked by the astronauts.

Various chapters have recipes on how to make space food and what can be purchased at the supermarket.

I would like the book to have contained more crew menus for the Mercury, Gemini (especially GT-7), Apollo, Skylab,

ASTP, and STS programs.

Related product: Astronaut mint chocolate chip ice cream with book: Astronaut Foods The History of Food in Space.

Future product ideas: astronaut crew trays, STS space drinks in foil containers.