Bliss by Harry Bliss for January 06, 2021

Then it starts with 1 cup of all purpose flour.

“To Serve Man” – or tender little children.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Bittman

maybe they can just veg…

SPOILER ALERT: I like the part where all the firemen rush into the kitchen spraying water out of their gigantic hose!

TBF modern recipe sites need a little page and a half discussion about finding the recipe in Tuscany before they get to the ingredients.

A young Rachael Ray gets her bedtime story…

Aren’t the directions on the box? Why is a book necessary?

…and so it was; the three little eggs never went on to become baby chicks. They became part of a large coconut creme pie that the whole family enjoyed. The End.

It’s not a story book. It’s a stiry book. All of the recipes are quite stirring.

once upon a time there were two eggs that were separated……

A long time ago, in a kitchen far… Oops, different story.

For many years I participated in a program recording readings of newspaper articles for blind people that would be played over the radio. The section of the newspaper assigned to me was the Food section and it was mostly recipes, so that’s what I read. I’m told the station received positive feedback. I hope they did.

Mark Bittman. The photos in Chrissie Tiegen’s CB are much nicer imo.

While reading and excellent novel, I was very confused by the last 3 chapters until I realized the author had placed 3 of his short stories at the end of the book! Science fiction will make it plausible, for awhile.

To me, some recipes are almost works of fiction. I never met a recipe I followed exactly…. I like to “experiment”….. much to the chagrin of my wife. :)

The plot’s not great but the descriptions are scrumptious

I always loved Rita Rudner’s remarks about recipe books. She reads them like science fiction: when she gets to the end, she closes the book, then says to herself "Well, that’s never going to happen.

Dad needs to get the bedtime story from the kid’s bookshelf, not his wife’s.

be careful of books named “How To Serve Man” …. they are cook books

“Once upon a time there were three cups of water…”

I always follow recipes to the letter—once! After that it’s perversions on a theme.