Food Men Love: All-Time Favorite Recipes from Caesar Salad and Grilled Rib-Eye to Cinnamon Buns and Apple Pie [Paperback]

Margie Lapanja (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 4, 2011

One of the best ways to enhance the quality of our lives is to treat ourselves to the foods we love-the more often, the better! Kitchen Goddess Margie Lapanja interviewed hundreds of men to compile this culinary collection of their favorite meals for a one-of-a-kind cookbook filled with recipes, fascinating food trivia, and fun stories from the kitchen.

Whether a seasoned chef, a barbecue-happy bachelor, or a loving husband, men are taking up the tongs and giving the salad spinner a whirl in increasing numbers. Among the signature recipes of esteemed chefs and kitchen wizards, there are favorite feel-good feasts of superstars, sports heroes, luminaries, grill gurus, starving artists, burger kings, and every man in between. Included in Food Men Love is Tom Cruise's favorite Linguini dish, quarterback John Elway's Hamburger Soup, star chef Mario Batali's Bucatini all 'amatriciana, basketball legend Michael Jordan's 23 Peekytoe Crab Sandwich, and former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir's Peanut Satay Sauce. Dishes are organized by course in chapters including: Warming Up His Appetite; Playing with Fire: Seeking Thrills with the G-r-r-rill; Fowl Play; and How Sweet It Is: Treat Him to His Just Desserts.

Food Men Love provides the recipes for some all-time favorites that are sure to warm the heart of anyone.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

When the man of the house is a fussy eater or has bizarre visions of what a "real man" ought to ingest, Margie Lapanja has an answer. In her Food Men Love , she assembles recipes from many sources that should appeal to the most macho man. Beyond the expected meat and potatoes, Lapanja cites a Luxury Tuna Casserole full of greens and Provencal herbs and purported to be a favorite of Harry Truman. Other dishes get the approval of sports stars on the order of Michael Jordan. Inclusion of ceviche and an elaborate mushroom risotto shows how far some men's tastes have developed. Pastas make an appearance, but Lapanja warns: "No limp noodles." Mark Knoblauch
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About the Author

Margie Lapanja, is the author of Goddess in the Kitchen and The Goddess' Guide to Love. A former magazine food editor, restaurant critic, and professional baker, she has appeared on national television and radio programs demonstrating trade secrets. She enjoys life at Lake Tahoe in Nevada with her husband and daughter.

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: Conari Press (November 4, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573245127
• ISBN-13: 978-1573245128
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #930,983 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Food Men Love, Men Love the book, May 25, 2001

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Wayne Pate (Bloomington, Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Food Men Love: All-Time Favorite Recipes from Caesar Salad and Grilled Rib-Eye to Cinnamon Buns and Apple Pie (Paperback)

As far as cook books go Margie Lapanja has out done herself. I have enjoyed reading all of Margie's books about food as much as cooking some of the recipes. Food Men Love is no exception. Most people will have no problem with these simple and tasty recipes. I didn't...

Enjoyed it trememdously...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Food Men Love, May 16, 2001

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Grace Fuller (NV USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Food Men Love: All-Time Favorite Recipes from Caesar Salad and Grilled Rib-Eye to Cinnamon Buns and Apple Pie (Paperback)

My first night with this book I stayed up till 1 am reading it cover to cover laughing and inspired to cook. Since then I have used the potions within to successfully collect love and adoration. My favorite is the Lemon Heaven Meringue Pie, which I have made 5 times in two months . . .rave reviews each time. I was also blessed to be the receipient of Peter's Phyllo-Wrapped Gulf Prawns a La Lodge Club trully a night to remember. Yes!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Even Men can love "Food Men Love", May 16, 2001

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Peter B. Perkins (Foresthill, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Food Men Love: All-Time Favorite Recipes from Caesar Salad and Grilled Rib-Eye to Cinnamon Buns and Apple Pie (Paperback)

As a man who loves food, I find Margie Lapanja's "Food Men Love" to be a feast for the soul as well as the palate. Not only are the recipes utterly fantastic and completely attainable to non-gastronomiques such as myself, but the anecdotes, quotes and overall presentation of the volume are absolutely refreshing to me. Being a fan and owner of Margie's first book, "Goddess in the Kitchen", I find the flavor and style of "Food Men Love" to be a marvelous compliment to the original. If you are kitchen-wise or not, you're bound to find something to appeal to your literal or figurative appetite in this delightful piece of literary art.