The authors of The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste offer a nostalgic, funny, informative look at the culinary fads of the fifties and sixties,...
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Jun 02, 2009
Evan
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There's a chapter in here about Vincent Price, actor and gourmand, and his famous mammoth and expensive cookbook, and therein is a picture of him daintily sipping the sauce of his crepes suzette so as not to wet his moustache. There's something in that picture that captures the retro charm and knowingly humorous bent of this book. The Sterns wax nostalgic of the foodie culture of the '50s and '60s and the rise of the TV chefs, from James Beard to Julia Child to Graham Kerr (the "Galloping G
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Aug 12, 2011
Forgot I bought this at my library's book sale. Looks good! I'm a fan of the Stern's food books.
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