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Alex An Dem Platz
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The Ocean Blue
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Gastronaut: Adventures in Food for the Romantic, the Foolhardy, and the Brave
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Some of the dining suggestions in this book are too disgusting to read, such as Mackerel Tartare, Monkey Gland Steak and nearly all of Chapter 3, "Food and the Body," which considers the edible qualities of things like scabs and ear wax.

But for the most part British writer Gates is a comic adventurer who has gone to absurd lengths in playing with his food so that you won't have to - cooking with aftershave, insects and gold; making stills, margarine, and Fish Sperm on Toast; exploring the elaborate, or at least lengthy, traditions of Birds' Nest Soup, Chicken Foot Stew, Headcheese, and teaching your grandmother to suck eggs.

History abounds, along with pointers on recreating such momentous events as Bacchanalian orgies and various Last Suppers. There's Elvis' Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich, Andy Warhol's Chocolate Balls, the Deep-fried Mars Bar and various elements of classic British cookery, such as Hasty Pudding, Flummery, Lumpydick, and Gruel, not all of which are considered suitable for eating.

There are some practical dishes too, which retain, of course, the spirit of fun off the beaten track - Stuffed Fish Heads, Stargazey Pie, Gravlax, and seasonal suggestions like spring carrot jam and autumn mushroom ketchup.

Gates is witty, knowledgeable and irreverent. Recipes are definitely included. For food mavens tired of eating sensibly.

-- Portsmouth Herald

The Cruelest Month
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