Cooking With the Dead: Recipes and Stories from Fans on the Road [Over 65 fabulous kynd and caring vegetarian recipes prepared with love] [Paperback]

Elizabeth Zipern (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1995

A culinary tour describes how loyal Grateful Dead fans have earned money on the road by preparing and selling vegetarian food from the backs of their vehicles and presents a variety of healthy, parking-lot delicacies.

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A culinary journey into the psychedelic world of one of America's most well-loved bands, this book brings you scores of quick, easy recipes for the favorite vegetarian delicacies of Grateful Dead followers everywhere. Author Elizabeth Zipern spent nearly five years following the Dead, and she captures the spirit of the fans who ladled out soup and stir-fry in parking lots across America, trying to produce food good enough to pay their way to the next show.

Product Details

• Paperback: 147 pages
• Publisher: St Martins Mass Market Paper (May 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312954832
• ISBN-13: 978-0312954833
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 7.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #95,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it, January 10, 2001

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"carolyn5000" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cooking With the Dead: Recipes and Stories from Fans on the Road [Over 65 fabulous kynd and caring vegetarian recipes prepared with love] (Paperback)

"Cooking With the Dead" is full of fabulous pictures and interviews with Deadheads and some great recipes. I was kind of disappointed that there were recipes for beef kabobs and tuna melts in what I had thought would be a vegetarian cookbook, but I overlooked them. 3 Bean Veggie Chilli is a tasty dish I have enjoyed making. The Gilly Melt is quite tasty, and I am very intrigued by "Wheel-of-Creation-Vegan-Organic-No-Electricity-Sprouted-Wheat-Berry Pizza", I long for a wheat grass grinder. The Energy Nuggets are really great as are the Apple space cakes. Its a fun cookbook, and memoir of a people.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My recipe-- Caution--- Disclaimer, October 23, 2003

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"yubadupree" (Mountain View, Ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cooking With the Dead: Recipes and Stories from Fans on the Road [Over 65 fabulous kynd and caring vegetarian recipes prepared with love] (Paperback)

Ok, my recipe is in this book, but I have never made it from the measurements listed. It would probaly make 40 pounds of noodles anyway. On the lot I just kinda put things togther without measuring (My bus did not have room for measuring cups anyway) But this book is fun!!! Elizabeth wrote this with a lot of love. I would still be out there cooking for everyone if I could. So much love for one lifetime!!! Thanks Jerry!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tempered with tempeh, March 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Cooking With the Dead: Recipes and Stories from Fans on the Road [Over 65 fabulous kynd and caring vegetarian recipes prepared with love] (Paperback)

Some of the other reviews seem to be overly influenced by kind bud and the munchies.

I found this book to be a nice collection of recipes of various offerings I saw in the lot. The stories were interesting too.

This book wasn't mind blowing, but it lives up to what it claims to be. It's worthwhile if you want to try some of the things you missed after Soldier Field.