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Fit For A King: The Elvis Presley Cookbook

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It's probably not the best idea to eat like Elvis all the time, but nothing beats his recipes for peanut butter and banana
sandwiches or fried okra. Elvis sure loved his fried foods. Learn how to make Southern cuisine and mouth-watering desserts fit
for dinner at your own Graceland, but don't over do it. After all, Elvis didn't end up a skinny-minny from eating all that fried
chicken cooked in pancake batter. (...)

My mother in law is an Elvis fanatic, so I thought this would be cute to add to her Elvis things. Since recipes come from his cook and plenty of pictures alot have never seen. She actually uses the recipes too. She loves it.

This book is a perfect example of everyone and their Mama availing themselves of the easy opportunity to make some mega bucks off the death of Elvis. It's only worth would be to a die-hard Elvis fan, and then only for the photos of Elvis. Most of those in the book have been printed elsewhere by now, however, so even that is subjective. As for being useful as a recipe or cookbook, it's the worst I've ever owned and will go into my yard sale or donation pile. The recipes don't seem as if anyone actually tried them, and if Elvis did eat them, no wonder he died. Not only from the grease in all the food ( one recipe even called for pouring grease into a frying pan in order to fry FAT BACK or salt pork!! )but probably to get away from eating all those poorly made dishes.

I felt the authors made up many of the recipes, as I know no one here in the south who makes banana pudding without using any vanilla wafers!! The book was also quite silly, as who needs a definition key in the back to explain to them the meaning of "chill" or "roast" or "mince" or even "STIR"???!!! The few recipes that did seem to sound a little believable, were mostly ones I've seen in common recipe books for the last 40 years. The author seemed to be grasping for recipes to include, as who needs a recipe for French Toast that is nothing but milk, egg, and white loaf bread??? Everything else was slop, not just due to Elvis and his family's supposed love of lard, white bread, and gelatin, but because the recipes are all poorly conceived. The whole book, in fact, came off as an insult to Elvis, to Southerners, and most of all just a waste of good paper.

It's a complete cookbook with rare pictures and words of
Elvis. I love it some much. In this way we know what kind of food Elvis liked. The friends that he had and a lot of things.
WONDERFUL!!!

I have had this book before and I loved it then and I love it even more then ever! I have cooked alot of the recipes in this book and they are awesome I would recommand this book for any cook and for any Elvis fan! LOVE IT

I bought this cookbook for myself, since I am such a big Elvis fan. It has lots of recipes, including the famous fried peanut butter and banana sandwich, which I can't wait to try. Most of the recipes in this book are Southern.

It also has a lot of pictures of Elvis with fans, his parents, etc. And information about what kinds of food he liked to eat, his generosity to his family and friends, and his love of Graceland. He is a legend that will always be remembered. I think that he would be proud to share his love of Southern cuisine, and his love of food in general. If you want to eat like the King of Rock n Roll, or you just love Elvis Presley, then I recommend this book.

FIT FOR A KING is my favorite of all my "Elvis" books. This book is overflowing with recipes, photos, inside information and wonderful, sweet memories. FIT FOR A KING was put together with thoughtfulness and sincerity. So many of the other books about Elvis are just an excuse to use his name and image. If you like music, food, nostalgia, and most of all, Elvis himself, then you will truly appreciate FIT FOR A KING.

Fit for a king is a wonderful cookbook from one of music's icons. It also makes for a great gift for Elvis Presley fans.

I bought this cookbook for my grandfather who is a big Elvis fan and someone who loves to cook. He totally loved it and so did everyone who looked at it on Christmas. The many pictures and tidbits about Elvis' life were quite interesting. I was very pleased with my purchase.

I bought this as a gift for my brother in law. He loves Elvis and loves to cook. This was perfect! Lots of recipes, easy to follow, nicely put together.