THE TRANSCENDENTAL BOILED DINNER by Pullen, John J - 1972

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0397008562; Binding is clean, sound, and mostly unworn, with lightly rubbed spine lettering... Contents are almost as new. Minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION, 1972. 8-1/2" Tall, 92pp. Black boards, black cloth spine, gold spine lettering. Red endpapers. The book is printed on Easy-on-the-eyes cream colored paper. Review copy, with publisher's request for a review loosely laid-in. COOKERY. "The preparation of the Transcendental Boiled Dinner is not so much a gauge of culinary skill as a test of character. Pullen is qualified to make this judgment because in June of 1970 he produced a Boiled Dinner of Transcendental perfection. He has written about his experience in a book that is, in its fanatical solemnity, a comic delight. Mr. Pullen discusses the many contributing factors in this gastronomic and spiritual creation - among them the application of Boyle's Law; the surrounding atmospheric, arboreal and floral conditions; the philosophy of Jonathan Edwards; and the value of concentation and freedom from distraction in the last critical 45 minues of the boiling, when such mistakes as the dread Turnip Error may be committed. Cooking this Dinner is a scientific, metaphysical, and theological exercise. Reading about it is a joyful, refreshing and entertaining experience. " .