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Fun, and offbeat cookbooks more cookbooks:
New York restaurants,
California restaurants,
Grill and BBQ
by David Hoffman Running Press, 2003, 128 pp.
"After forty years of creating sweet memories, the Easy-Bake Oven has gone gourmet! For the first time, twenty-six world-class chefs bring their years of training to the table as they create impressive new culinary masterpieces, all prepared using the Easy-Bake Oven. Even the most accomplished cook will get a kick out of these sophisticated recipes for making delectable baked treats and surprising savory appetizers. Featuring 32 original recipes by top chefs like Mark Bittmann, Bobby Flay, Amy Scherber, Gale Gand and more. There are also Easy Bake memorabilia, and history." -- book description 
by Buck Peterson, J. Angus McLean (Illustrator) Ten Speed Press, 1996, 96 pp.
"The Original Road Kill Cookbook is an outrageous, devastating response to the call of the open road. It is the ingenious solution sought by the free-spirited American who wants to participate in Mother Nature's bounty" --publisher
by Buck Peterson Ten Speed Press, 1987, 64 pp.
"Hey hun, what's for dinner? Mmmm. highway hash, and pavement possum."
by Martha Hopkins, Randall Lockridge, Ben Fink (Photo) Terrace Pub, 1997, 326 pp.
An Aphrodisiac Cookbook celebrates 17 sensual foods ranging from traditional aphrodisiacs like oysters and strawberries to lesser known but just as potent-black beans and pine nuts. Packed with aphrodisiac histories, couples' comments, and playful appendices, all woven among full-color photographs of aphrodisiacs set on the backdrop of the human body, it weaves a seductive tapestry of food and sex.
by Jerry Hopkins, Anthony Bourdain, Michael Freeman Periplus Editions. 2004, 352pp.
"Sit down for a meal with the locals on six continents-what they eat may surprise you. Extreme Cuisine examines eating habits across the global neighborhood, showing once and for all that road kill for one culture is restaurant fare for another! ..." --book description
by Todd Wilbur Plume, 2003, 210 pp.
This latest kitchen clone cookbook recreates the most popular dishes and foods from dozens of chain restaurants, and name brand products—Cinnabon Cinnabonstixs, Arby's bronco berry sauce, Boston Market meatloaf, Auntie Anne, Baskin Robbins, Burger King BK broiler, Cadbury creme eggs, Carl Jrs, Chef Paul Prudhomme spice mixes, Drake's devil dogs, Heinz Ketchup, KC Masterpiece BBQ sauce, KFC, McDonalds, and so much more.
by Todd Wilbur Plume, 1997, 322 pp.
Recreate over 100 favorite recipes from your favorite chain restaurants— Applebees, Benihana, Bennigans, Big Boy, California Pizza Kitchen, Cheesecake Factory, Chi-Chis, Chilis, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Denny's, Dive!, Hard Rock Cafe, Hooters, Houlihans, IHOP, Lone Star Steakhouse, Marie Callenders, Olive Garden, Outback, Perkins, Pizza Hut, Planet Hollywood, Red Lobster, Red Robin, Ruby Tuesdays, Ruth Chris, Shoney's, Sizzler, Stuart Anderson, TGI Fridays, Tony Roma's, Western Sizzlin.
by James Lileks Crown Publishers, 2001
"Meat Pie with Meat Crust. Baked Peppers with Creamy Marshmallow Sauce. Daring readers will come face to face with these and worse in this excellent book that's bursting with photographs, recipes, and bits of text and "tips" taken from mainstream American cookbooks of the 1940s-70s, when "the only spice permitted in excess [was] fat." Fascinating and valuable in their own right as cultural artifacts of the era, the entries are irresistible when accompanied by Lileks's hilarious running commentary. Jell-O gets its own chapter, and deservedly so; other sections include "Horrors from the Briny Deep" and "Cooking for a MAN: Tested Recipes to Please HIM!" YAs already familiar with the author's popular Web site "The Institute of Official Cheer" (www.lileks.com) will be thrilled to see that the book is just as wonderfully designed as the site. Those encountering Lileks for the first time are in for an even bigger treat than the "foamy prune whip with cherry gel" found within." Library Journal, Emily Lloyd, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
by Leon W. Kania, P. Scotte Kania (Photographer) Happy Mountain Publications, reprint 2000
by David George Gordon Ten Speed Press, 1998, 136 pp.
Insects are a better protein source than pigs, and cattle, and safe for the environment too. Eat-A-Bug covers all manner of edible insects from the grasshopper, bees, to the garden weevil. Tips on how to catch your own insects and tidbits about the insects in the natural world are provided. Some recipes in the book include three Bee Salad, Chocolate Cricket Torte, Really Hoppin' John (grasshoppers with a kick), Pest-O (garden weevils in a creamy basil sauce), and Fried Green Hornworm. visit the Eat A Bug website http://www.olympus.net/dggordon/EatABug.htm
by Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio Ten Speed Press, 1998, 192 pp.
"Entomophagy, the eating of insects, is not for every palate, but a surprising number of people do it. Menzel and D'Aluisio, husband and wife, have visited insect eaters in 13 countries, sampling the menu at each stop. "Our view of the culinary potential of invertebrates broadened as we ate raw scorpion in China, roasted grubs in Australia, stir-fried dragonflies in Indonesia, tarantulas on a stick in Cambodia, and live termites in Botswana"... Adventurous readers will find recipes for such delicacies as Witchetty Grub Dip and Stink Bug Pâté... The experience led her to conclude that "the shelves of the [American] supermarket carry only a narrow slice of what the world has to offer." --Scientific American
by Karen Brooks, Gideon Bosker, Reed Darmon Chronicle Books, 2000, 96 pp.
Dude Food takes a lighthearted look at the 1950's male while providing serious recipes that will charm and satiate your boss, your wife, your kids, and your party guests. The recipes, with names such as "nice piece of bass", "you go, risotto", "candlelight cavier omelett" is meant to be funny, yet easy to prepare, and big on taste and presentation. Some of the recipes are easy, but others require a little daring to prepare right. The book is repleate with 1950's style pop art, and filled with charming and witty commentary of the dos-and-donts for the 1950's man.
by David Joachim Rodale Press, 2002, 48 pp.
This wacky cookbook promises fifty easy to prepare meals requiring only canned goods and off the shelf ingredients. The book features full color photos, and step by step instructions printed on large type on thick cardboard pages like those found in toddler books. Some of the recipes look deceptively simple, but may require stove top, and oven preparation instead of simple microwaving. Nutritional information of each recipe is provided.
by Chris Maynard, Bill Scheller Villard Books, reprint 1998, 144 pp.
Cooking on the go? yes, and I don't mean plugging a microwave into your cig lighter—I mean sticking a chicken on your carburetor, then going 50 miles down the highway until it's well-done! This and more road-tested recipes are discussed in the book with witty, and sometimes preposterious humor—Manifold Destiny is a cult classic. note, there is no current copy of this book in stock. some people, however, are selling this book for huge sums of cash. wacky offbeat crazy funny humorous cookbook cookbooks
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