I Like Food, Food Tastes Good: In the Kitchen with Your Favorite Bands

by Kara Zuaro

Book Overview

Not exactly Martha Stewart, but what do you expect from an indie rock cookbook? Whatever you're into, I Like Food, Food Tastes Good has what you need. Go gourmet with the Violent Femmes' Wild Boar... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401308740
• ISBN13: 9781401308742
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Packed with specialty dishes, from adaptations of standards to innovative new cuisine

Kara Zuaro isn't your usual chef/home cook author; she's followed rock bands from Violent Femmes to Death Cab for Cutie to find out what they cook while on the road, and I LIKE FOOD, FOOD TASTES GOOD: IN THE KITCHEN WITH YOUR FAVORITE BANDS comes packed with specialty dishes, from adaptations of standards to innovative new cuisine. No photos but the easy dishes don't need them - and the introductions packed with rock star insights are also enlightening and intriguing reads, making this a cross-pick for both music and culinary collections.

Functional like a cookbook, entertaining like a 'zine

Although I have to confess that I've only made one recipe in this book since I got it several months back, its an incredibly entertaining read. Kara Zuaro is a really great writer and has clearly done her homework on the bands she includes here. The beauty of this collection is that it can be functional if you want it to be, but purely entertaining if you're not one that spends alot of time in the kitchen. It unfolds much like a series of shortstories or band interviews, allowing the reader a glimpse into any artist's idiosyncratic eating habits - usually much more interesting conversation than that of a band's obscure influences. On the other hand, if indie rock's not your bag, this would also fit nicely on the bookshelf next to your other treasured culinary guides.

This Cookbook Rocks

This is a rare cookbook, one a music nut and food fan can sit down wtih on the couch and read page by page. Some of the recipes will make you want to cook. Others will make you want to go on the net and download some new music from an artists you've never heard of. Some recipes are as bizarre as the characters that contributed them. Some are braindead, again not a suprise. Most are mouthwatering and solid, and complimented by funny and thoughtful bios to create a cookbook more Lollapalooza than Racheal Ray.

yummy

This cookbook has something for everyone. It combines the best aspects of cookbooks and album liner notes, with the emphasis on wide-ranging foods for every occasion, with recipes easy enough for me, challenging enough for my auntie, and tasty enough for anyone you care to cook for. Above all, it's very broad, both in the breadth of musicians and the types of food represented. I wish it had an accompanying CD, but that's what iTunes is for. Buy it for me for christmas! Yummy!

they are what they eat

What do our music stars eat? Good question. This book features over 100 recipes with clever notes about the food (and drink) preferences of some of our favorite cutting edge music types. My Morning Jacket offers up their "You can care if ya wanna" sandwich. The Long Winters show us Alaska-style macaroni soup al carne. Mojave 3 has a nifty recipe for leek and potato soup. I'll confess, I hadn't heard of half these bands, they are that trendy. The food is good and the notes are so precious. Worth checking out.