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James Nicoll <jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>In article <K03rw4.FH1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>In article
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>> <donovanmedieval@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>In one chapter of _I. Asimov_, the Good Dr complained of constantly
>>>being disturbed by letters from people editing "on-books," (a book in
>>>wich the would be author or editor simply writes to famous or
>>>semifamous people, either from similar or different walks of life,
>>>asking for answers to a questionaire, often with a theme, and then
>>>publishes the answers as his own book) and among these, a constant
>>>request was for recipies to contribute to cookbooks. As he didn't
>>>cook, and never entertained guests at home anyway, he never responded
>>>to such things. At least not with a reciepe.
>>>
>>>As this would combine two of my own interests, however, I've wondered
>>>if anyone ever did publish a cookbook containing recipes solely, or
>>>predominantly contributed by SF authors? It might be interesting to
>>>put together a menu for someday (though not in the forseeable future,
>>>for me) having an SF themed dinner party.
>>>
>>>I know Douglas Adams wrote a reciepe for tea that appears in _The
>>>Salmon of Doubt_, and elsewhere says his favorite cuisine was
>>>Japanese, but that, and some of Asimov's own descriptions of the Black
>>>Widowers' meals are about all I know.
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>>Yes, Anne McCaffrey edited one some time ago. I forget its
>>title. I think it may have been specifically recipes from SFWA
>>members.
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> If nobody has put together a cookbook called TO SERVE
>MAN, I will be both surprised and disappointed.
They have, and I have a copy. Bought it at the 1984 Worldcon.
It was all full of references to the "V" series, and the recipes
were all in the form of "take three pounds of beef or other
meat..." I never cooked anything out of it, but I think I still
have it around somewhere.
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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