BOOK REVIEW: The Dead Celebrity Cookbook presents Christmas
in Tinseltown by Frank Decaro
Don’t we yawn sometimes reading a cookbook, just looking at
plain old recipes and the prepared dish’s photo or sometimes no pictures at all
only text? How about a smattering of facts on Hollywood’s famous actors and
actresses (those who were on the silver screen during the black-and-white movie
era)? If it’s a resounding yes, then this is the right cookbook for you.
When it comes to holiday fun, the stars of Hollywood’s
Golden Age knew how to make merry on stage, on screen, and especially on the
dinner table. With this book – the follow-up to his international The Dead
Celebrity Cookbook – the author shows how to put the kitsch into your holiday
kitchen as he salutes a quirky collection of celebrities who are gone, but
fondly remembered every year at Christmastime.
Filled with pop culture ruminations and genuinely delicious
recipes, this book pays tribute to such movie classics as It’s A Wonderful Life
and White Christmas, gives three cheers for such time-honoured animated gems as
Frosty The Snowman and How The Grinch Stole Christmas, and puts such offbeat
offerings as The Star Wars Holiday Special and The Pee-wee’s Playhouse
Christmas Special in their rightful place – your dining room!
In such chapters as “Miracle Whip on 34th
Street”, “Eat Meat in St. Louis”, and “Munch of the Wooden Soldiers”, Decaro
dishes up a smorgasbord of culinary delights that will enliven any holiday
gathering.
This star-studded cookbook promises to get even the biggest
Scrooge in the holiday spirit and will have you saying your “ho,ho,ho”s in true
Hollywood style for many years to come.
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