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PublisherCrown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-100307383075
ISBN-139780307383075
eBay Product ID (ePID)59376439
Product Key Features
Book TitleGastroanomalies : Questionable Culinary Creations from the Golden Age of American Cookery
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral
Publication Year2007
IllustratorYes
GenreHumor
AuthorJames Lileks
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight22.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width7.9 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisIn this follow-up to 2001s "The Gallery of Regrettable Food," satirist Lileks takes on more questionable recipes, restaurant menus, and delicious dishes from Americas past, lampooning them with his signature brand of bitingly funny commentary. 150 full-color photos., It was a time of innocence, nuclear families, traditional values . . . and BAD FOOD. In an era where cooks wanted to put their best foot forward, there was no end to the creative, cost-efficient, and cream-based dishes that disgraced the family dinner table, the cocktail party, or the neighborhood BBQ. Recipes involving ingredients like ground meat, bananas, and cottage cheese sound innocent enough--unless you mix them all together in a strange attempt to cover every food group at once. In Gastroanomalies, James Lileks gathers another remarkable assortment of dishes that once inspired cooks to brave new heights but now inspire sour stomachs and thoughts of "how did I survive?" Highlighted with excerpts from bizarre cookbooks (like Joan Crawford shilling for Bisquick), dubious images (is it meat or chocolate ice cream?), ads heralding the latest in kitchen technology (how about a bacon-egger?), and Lileks's acerbic, off-the-wall commentary ("Put your ear close, and you can actually hear the meat screaming in terror"), Gastroanomalies is an irresistible retro documentation of a bygone era when artisanal cheese and vegetables lightly steamed (not boiled to mush) were still light-years away. Gastroanomalies will have foodies, baby boomers, and lovers of kitsch in stitches., In this follow-up to 2001s The Gallery of Regrettable Food, satirist Lileks takes on more questionable recipes, restaurant menus, and delicious dishes from Americas past, lampooning them with his signature brand of bitingly funny commentary. 150 full-color photos.
