The William Ashbless Memorial Cookbook (Hardcover)

by James B. Blaylock (Author), Tim Powers (Author)

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From Publishers Weekly
James B. Blaylock and Tim Powers give their fictional poet his own real-life recipes, and more, in The William Ashbless Memorial Cookbook. There's Chicken … la Ashbless and Can O' Beans Salad, mini-essays inspired by Ashbless's letters to Dean Koontz, lots of good-natured cooking advice and even an afterward attributed to Ashbless, who indignantly notes that he isn't dead after all. Goofiness abounds.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 140 pages
• Publisher: Subterranean Press (March 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931081468
• ISBN-13: 978-1931081467
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,021,935 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blaylock and Powers are at it again!, December 8, 2004

By	Margaret (Pearland, Texas United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

These are fun recipes. Unfortunately, for some reason known only to them, Blaylock and Powers left out the fact that you need to be several sheets to the wind to really get them right!
This is undoubtedly a conspiracy of some sort. I am happy to hear that Mr. Ashbless is, after all, still living (must be going on several hundred years, now).

All kidding aside, this is a book that is lots of fun, and has a few good recipes, too! This would make a perfect Christmas present to fans of Powers and Blaylock. Koontz, too, though he apparently was a bit of a curmudgeon re his Ashbless correspondence. If you love inspired silliness, then buy this book.