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Book details

  1. Print length
    192 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Villard
  4. Publication date
    January 15, 1992
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0679735453
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0679735458
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Book overview

Provides recipes for a variety of familiar and well-loved dishes that use ingredients and cooking methods that are not recommended to those who are principally interested in healthy diets

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This spoof of a cookbook by zany satirists Maynard and Scheller ( Manifold Destiny ) is, in effect, a combination of radio talk-show banter and the best--and most bizarre--of Saturday Night Live. Devotees of lard, goose fat, butter and heavy cream (they actually recommend pouring heavy cream "into a glass and drinking it down likesic you would a cold beer on a hot day"), the authors alternately bash yuppies (a common enough sport), Baptists, and our Puritan American ancestry for the sad state of food hedonism today. (Serious food for thought.) Illustrated with charts (e.g., the James Beard Index for rating cookbooks by cooking fat percentage per published page), the book contains some recipes that are genuinely good (Caesar salad with fried oysters, turkey gravy). But most--from consomme with suet balls to lard cake to crab cakes with caul fatsic --are guaranteed to sicken even those who laugh loud and long. If the fat per portion doesn't do us in, then the raw eggs in the "killer nog"i.e., eggnog and the unboned chicken covered with batter for the chicken pudding will. Photos not seen by PW .
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Chale
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"Not THAT BAD For You Cookbook"
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2011
The book was well written, very humerous and entertaining. The recipes were traditional, authentic dishes, from "scrathch" recipes, that are really no worse for you than a "Big Mac, a Shake, and some French Fries".I recomend the book to anyone who cooks and has a good... See more
The book was well written, very humerous and entertaining. The recipes were traditional, authentic dishes, from "scrathch" recipes, that are really no worse for you than a "Big Mac, a Shake, and some French Fries".I recomend the book to anyone who cooks and has a good sense of humor. It was a quick fun read with some good recipes worth trying!
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R. Swanson
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Fun food and an excellent attack on the food police
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2001
I am amazed that no one has tried to review this book. The introduction is worth the price, even if you ignore the recipes. The authors attack (rightly) the food scolds who try to run our lives through fear and intimidation. The recipes are amazing. Yes, they are... See more
I am amazed that no one has tried to review this book.
The introduction is worth the price, even if you ignore the recipes. The authors attack (rightly) the food scolds who try to run our lives through fear and intimidation.
The recipes are amazing. Yes, they are heavy with some of the ingredients that we are not "allowed" to eat, but once in a while or for a special occasion, are well worth a try.
Their "rich noodle sauce" makes the most amazing pasta I've ever tried. However, I have not tried their fried donut pudding recipe.....
This is a very entertaining "foodie" book and is highly recommended. Who knows? You might even find a recipe that you like.
(For readers with similar interests, I also highly recommend "The Man Who Ate Everything")
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Eric C.
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A Real cookbook
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2004
This cook book should not be regarded as humor. This is a serious text for genuine gourmets. I have used the recipe for English Christmas pudding a number of times and it perfectly reproduces my english grandmothers old yearly offering. Plus it is a lot of fun to... See more
This cook book should not be regarded as humor. This is a serious text for genuine gourmets. I have used the recipe for English Christmas pudding a number of times and it perfectly reproduces my english grandmothers old yearly offering.
Plus it is a lot of fun to read.
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Alexander Strauss
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How refreshing!
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2005
With so many diet cooks topping the best seller lists, it is wonderful to find a book that celebrates fat. There are many great recipies in here and my favorite is the doughnut pudding.
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Naomi K
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absolutely brilliant and inspired
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2016
absolutely brilliant and inspired! This book has given me *so* much joy over the years, I love to buy copies for friends - - - especially those who might possibly bang on about healthy diets - and now that we know SUGAR is the enemy, *NOT* fat - this book may actually begin...See more
absolutely brilliant and inspired! This book has given me *so* much joy over the years, I love to buy copies for friends - - - especially those who might possibly bang on about healthy diets - and now that we know SUGAR is the enemy, *NOT* fat - this book may actually begin to fall into the health/superfood category!!!!! Hee hee!!

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