Saturday 30 April 2016

63. The Dead Celebrity Cookbook presents Christmas in Tinseltown by Frank Decaro


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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