Book summaryJames Lileks has taken to a new level the horrified appreciation of photographs and recipes from mid-20th-century product ads posing as cookbooks for products such as ketchup and mayonnaise. With a wry running banter filled with humor, sarcasm, and off-beat observations, in chapters with titles like "Big Boys Don't Fry: The Sexual Politics of Grilling," "Famous Chefs Forced to Use Marshmallows," and "So You're Going to Serve a...Salad," his observations fly fast and hard. "Perhaps a nice batch of scones & Pepsodent in a banana-placenta sauce?" is just one fine example. With lots of lurid, full-color photographs and graphics. |
The Gallery of Regrettable Food : Highlights from Classic American Recipe Booksby Lileks, James
Book desription: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group, 2001. Hardcover, 192 pages in like new condition with dustjacket. This is not a cookbook. it contains ghastly pictures from Retro Cookbooks, an affectionate look at the days when starch ruled, pepper was a dangerous spice, and stuffed meat with meat sauce was considered health food. A hilarious look at post-war cusine we grew up with. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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