Last Suppers: If the World Ended Tomorrow, What Would Be Your Last Meal

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Summary: Latest last supper
Review: During the holiday season, and even beyond, we all ask, "what shall I give?" and "what shall I eat?" and a few more are asking, "I wonder what James Dean would eat."

Certainly the first two, maybe the third, are burning issues at the moment, but all three questions can be answered with Last Suppers: If the World Ended Tomorrow, What Would Be Your Last Meal?

Good question and I, personally, don't have an answer yet (maybe by the end of this review). The author poses this question to 7 different groups of famous people. Film and Television people, such as Dick Clark and Vanna White; Music people such as Paul Anka and Dr. John; Arts and Letters folk such as Carl Reiner and Joe Eszterhas; Sportsmen such as Mike Ditka and Jack Nicklaus; Chefs, Todd English and Stephan Pyles (an unfortunate name for a chef) and may personal favorite category, the Deceased, where the author 'digs up' what the famous, such as Rosemary Clooney, and the infamous, such as Howard Hughes, last digested, as well as the final eats of the aforementioned James Dean.

I'm not going to tell you what all of these people ate. Some cooperated (Sen. Trent Lott and President Bill Clinton) while others (Hank Williams, Jr., uncharacteristically taking what he perceived to be the moral high ground) didn't. There are also recipes submitted with these Last Suppers as well as possible guest lists.

The author's introduction, where he explains his modus operandi, is most amusing. My two favorite entries are the Steve McQueen last meal one and the last meal of "the Iceman" and no, I don't mean soul singer Jerry Butler. We're talking about the 5,000 year old mummified corpse found frozen in the Alps about 12 years ago. This one features a great picture of the Iceman who looks like we all feel after the holidays are over.

Hmmm. I think I'll have the shrimp -- and if you read the forward, you will find the significance of that.

A fun read.

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Summary: great
Review: Good book, many new idea's for me. I recently head James was trying to do a book on Natalie Portman. I read an email asking if he could question some ppl who went to school with her. Maybe he wants to get together for dinner.

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Summary: THIS BOOK OUTDOES THE ORIGINAL
Review: I purchased the original edition back in 1999 and bought this one out of curiosity. I liked the first edition, but I LOVE this new edition. It has new recipes, new celebrities and great new stories. I especially like the recipes in the section about politics, and the stories about the deceased celebrities are fantastic. And the writing is just super.