Cookbook features recipes from dead celebrities
By Larry Cox, Tucson Citizen
Frank Decaro, the flamboyant movie critic of “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart and host of a national call-in program on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, got the inspiration for his new cookbook while attending a Dead Celebrity Party.
As he mingled dressed as the late Euell Gibbons, he realized the only thing missing from the event was the favorite culinary dishes of the departed.
With that in mind, Decaro began scouring flea markets, yard sales and eBay in search of out-of-print celebrity cookbooks. The result is a collection of recipes that the stars are dying for you to make. Best of all, this cookbook is outrageous and fun.
“The Dead Celebrity Cookbook: A Resurrection of Recipes from More Than 145 Stars of Stage and Screen” costs $19.95.
The recipes are divided into 25 sections including I Lunch Lucy, recipes from TV’s favorite redhead; an All-Night Oscar Buffet dishing up Joan Crawford’s Poached Salmon and Claudette Colbert’s Cheese and Olive Puffs; a Psycho Shower, Anthony Perkin’s Tuna Salad and Alfred Hitchcock’s Quiche Lorraine; a Gay Bash, Truman Capote’s Fettuccine and Christine Jorgensen’s Pineapple-Apricot Preserves; and Pool Party on Sunset Boulevard with Potassium Broth, a specialty from Gloria Swanson.
Packed with celebrity profiles and tidbits of pop culture, this cookbook also features party menus and much, much more, all from the recipe files of the departed stars of television, radio, and Broadway. With this book in hand, you can whip up such delights as Mae West’s Fruit Compote, Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies, Farrah Fawcett’s Sausage and Peppers Supreme, and even test Liberace’s Sticky Buns (I’m not making this up!).