Food Men Love: All-Time Favorite Recipes from Caesar Salad and Grilled Rib-Eye to Cinnamon Buns and Apple Pie

by Margie Lapanja

One of the best ways to enhance the quality of our lives is to treat ourselves to the foods we lovethe more often, the better Kitchen Goddess Margie Lapanja interviewed hundreds of men to compile this culinary collection of their favorite meals for a oneofakind cookbook filled with recipes, fascinating food trivia, and fun stories from the kitchen. Whether a seasoned chef, a barbecuehappy bachelor, or a loving husband, men are taking up the tongs and giving the salad spinner a whirl in increasing numbers. Among the signature recipes of esteemed chefs and kitchen wizards, there are favorite feelgood feasts of superstars, sports heroes, luminaries, grill gurus, starving artists, burger kings, and every man in between. Included in Food Men Love is Tom Cruise's favorite Linguini dish, quarterback John Elway's Hamburger Soup, star chef Mario Batali's Bucatini all 'amatriciana, basketball legend Michael Jordan's 23 Peekytoe Crab Sandwich, and former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir's Peanut Satay Sauce. Dishes are organized by course in chapters Warming Up His Appetite/ Playing with Seeking Thrills with the Grrrill/ Fowl Play/ and How Sweet It Treat Him to His Just Desserts. Food Men Love provides the recipes for some alltime favorites that are sure to warm the heart of anyone.

233 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Margie Lapanja is an author best known for Goddess in the Kitchen and The Goddess' Guide to Love. A former magazine food editor, restaurant critic, and professional baker, she has shared her culinary insights on national television and radio. She lives in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, with her husband and daughter.

Reviews

[Ginger K · Rating 3 out of 5]

Food Men Love has an excellent tuna casserole recipe, but otherwise is slightly disappointing compared to her previous collections.