The Bad-For-You Cookbook [Paperback]

Chris Maynard (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This spoof of a cookbook by zany satirists Maynard and Scheller ( Manifold Destiny ) is, in effect, a combination of radio talk-show banter and the best--and most bizarre--of Saturday Night Live. Devotees of lard, goose fat, butter and heavy cream (they actually recommend pouring heavy cream "into a glass and drinking it down likesic you would a cold beer on a hot day"), the authors alternately bash yuppies (a common enough sport), Baptists, and our Puritan American ancestry for the sad state of food hedonism today. (Serious food for thought.) Illustrated with charts (e.g., the James Beard Index for rating cookbooks by cooking fat percentage per published page), the book contains some recipes that are genuinely good (Caesar salad with fried oysters, turkey gravy). But most--from consomme with suet balls to lard cake to crab cakes with caul fatsic --are guaranteed to sicken even those who laugh loud and long. If the fat per portion doesn't do us in, then the raw eggs in the "killer nog"i.e., eggnog and the unboned chicken covered with batter for the chicken pudding will. Photos not seen by PW .
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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Villard (January 15, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679735453
• ISBN-13: 978-0679735458
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,278,576 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun food and an excellent attack on the food police, February 21, 2001

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R. Swanson "wwi" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bad-For-You Cookbook (Paperback)

I am amazed that no one has tried to review this book.

The introduction is worth the price, even if you ignore the recipes. The authors attack (rightly) the food scolds who try to run our lives through fear and intimidation.

The recipes are amazing. Yes, they are heavy with some of the ingredients that we are not "allowed" to eat, but once in a while or for a special occasion, are well worth a try.

Their "rich noodle sauce" makes the most amazing pasta I've ever tried. However, I have not tried their fried donut pudding recipe.....

This is a very entertaining "foodie" book and is highly recommended. Who knows? You might even find a recipe that you like.

(For readers with similar interests, I also highly recommend "The Man Who Ate Everything")

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real cookbook, March 19, 2004

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"nechili3" (Boston area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bad-For-You Cookbook (Paperback)

This cook book should not be regarded as humor. This is a serious text for genuine gourmets. I have used the recipe for English Christmas pudding a number of times and it perfectly reproduces my english grandmothers old yearly offering.

Plus it is a lot of fun to read.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How refreshing!, July 12, 2005

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Alexander Strauss (Des Moines, IA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bad-For-You Cookbook (Paperback)

With so many diet cooks topping the best seller lists, it is wonderful to find a book that celebrates fat. There are many great recipies in here and my favorite is the doughnut pudding.