Krystal
While I personally would not eat any of the recipes contained in this book, I found it very entertaining and informative. Commentary from celebrity chefs, cooking tips useful for anyone, and interesting charts and stories. Definitely a book of man food, as the title suggests!
Again, Gordon shares elaborate, meaty dishes, but with a good message. He believes more meals should be enjoyed in the home. Also, I enjoyed his (rare) vegetarian chapter. The minestrone looks fantastic.
It tells you how to make a Tillamook cheeseburger. Meat. Lettuce. Onion. Tomato. Ketchup. Mustard. Bun. Tillamook cheese.
My aunt illustrated this book! It's full of really great poems by talented young people. :)
This was an awful book. Not only did the author contradict herself often, but publishing something like this for a profit is just distasteful, crude, and disrespectful. Mimi Alford is an opportunistic, self assured, sellout with no business in the publishing industry. The book only received three stars from me because, while the time period and JFK presidency are interesting to me, her account of his personal life was somewhat numbing. It's only a matter of time before we see this story on the Lifetime Movie Network.
Took a bit longer to get into than Bushnell's other novels, but was totally engrossing when it catches you.
The content of this book was very very intriguing. It's nothing like John Irving's earlier works (which I love), and is extremely wordy. The book also jumps around quite a bit, so it feels like you are reading the script for a Quentin Taruntino movie. It's a really great, engrossing story, with very accurate, interesting food concepts included. It's just one you really have to be in the mood for. :)
Gordon's recipes are a bit meaty for my liking, but interesting none the less. This book also features several editorial sections where he describes his home life, and cooking with his family, which I found particularly enjoyable.
Though this is a book written from a Christian stance, the story itself is fantastic and inspiring, leaving the reader to believe that love truly does conquer all.
Don't make the mistake of watching the movie before reading this book... It makes it unbearable!
