Spam - The Cookbook [Paperback]

Marguerite Patten (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 22, 2009

Marguerite Patten's bestselling SPAM® THE COOKBOOK returns in paperback, to offer SPAM lovers another taste of SPAM trivia, SPAM anecdotes and most importantly SPAM recipes, (for the over 90 million cans sold in the United States each year).


From the giant SPAM can on a building to the fastest SPAM can on earth (it's a car) to the hilarious SPAM song intoned by the Monty Python troupe, to SPAM trivia (the average resident of Hawaii eats 4 cans per year) SPAM THE COOKBOOK offers a SPAM-tastic celebration of the ultimate convenience food. And with SPAM sales rising, consumers will appreciate the tasty recipes for SPAM Fritters, Thai SPAM cakes, SPAM Steaks in Port Wine and more!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Dating from the 1930s, featured in the Smithsonian, rocketing to unimagined heights of success and staying there for 60 years who would have guessed that "shoulder meat left over from the pork industry," blended with ham and canned as a luncheon meat would enjoy such glory? In SPAM: The Cookbook, Marguerite Patten (Marguerite Patten's Post-War Kitchen) offers 20 recipes (Thai SPAM Cakes; SPAM steaks in Port Wine); a concise history of SPAM (the visionary Jay C. Hormel beat the odds when he sold his brainchild to his father and then the world; by 1944, 90% of Hormel canned foods "were exported to various theaters of war"); quotes and excerpts from Nikita Kruschev, Monty Python and fan clubs; and much more world-wide SPAMiana. Pop-culture lovers will drool. Photos.

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About the Author

As one of the world's most famous cookbook writers, Marguerite Patten has probably done more for the image of SPAM than any other person in the world.  With over 160 cookbooks to her credit, including Marguerite Patten's Post-War Kitchen, We'll Eat Again and The Victory Cookbook, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Guild of Food Writers in 1995.  

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Hamlyn (September 22, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0600620476
• ISBN-13: 978-0600620471
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 7.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #470,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars history, October 11, 2008

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T Wallace "book treasures" (N.C. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spam: The Cookbook (Hardcover)

I had no idea, that SPAM had been around for a long time. This book tells about the history of Spam, going back into the 1930's. If our Economy stays in the shape it is at the present, We all may have to buy some SPAM. Also included is some great recipes.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Product, average book, May 31, 2011

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Christopher M. Combs - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spam - The Cookbook (Paperback)

I love SPAM. I have done SPAM sushi, SPAM and eggs, SPAM Rancheros etc etc BUT lets talk about the book shall we?

This specific book is giant SPAM advertisement. It basically makes SPAM out tobe the seminole 20th cebntury icon next to Coca Cola and Sunberam bread etc etc, which in some ways, sure, it is. BUT, if I want SPAM advertisemnts, I would go to the web page. In that respect, the book sucks.

HOWEVER, it does provide the idea that those who really enjoy SPAM have recipes, and outlets than a mere sandwich. However, I am not awaiting for a cancer cure or ED prevention or the Rapture being delayed because someone fried some SPAM. The history was cool and reminded me alot of what its like to go to Hershey PA now.

SO, very few recipes, we learn the How Great Thou art of SPAM and thats about it.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you for the SPAM fan's companion !, November 2, 2009

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N. IMAMURA "Reading Tom" (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spam - The Cookbook (Paperback)

This book is indispensable for SPAM cooking, that shows many cooking method.
It's low price and high ability, the best cost-performance.
Thank God for the SPAM & Cookbook!
SPAM goes around the globe. ---- from Tokyo Japan ------