Cooking with Jesus: From the Primal Brew to the Last Brunch

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Summary: Miracle Foods
Review: As an ex-Waffle House waitress and paleontologist,I found this book smart and often very funny. Although irreverent, it is hardly Godless, as chapters such as "God and Eggs" and "Foods of the gods" attest. To this latter category might be added grapefruit,which has just been shown to be a "miracle food" that leads to weight loss even without dieting.Definitely a worthwhile addition to the library of the cook or metaphysician.

Rating:
Summary: Miracle Foods
Review: As an ex-Waffle House waitress and paleontologist,I found this book smart and often very funny. Although irreverent, it is hardly Godless, as chapters such as "God and Eggs" and "Foods of the gods" attest. To this latter category might be added grapefruit,which has just been shown to be a "miracle food" that leads to weight loss even without dieting.Definitely a worthwhile addition to the library of the cook or metaphysician.

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Summary: What would jesus...cook?
Review: It has often been asked, "What would Jesus Do?" So many folks in fact have a hankering to ask this unanswerable question, that some of the smarter ones have pioneered an industry manufacturing everything from bumper stickers to key chains inscribed with these simple letters "WWJD." If you are seeking a book that answers this wholly mundane question, keep looking. However, if you ask, "What would Jesus cook" you have come to the right place. Unlike any cookbook you are likely to stumble across, Cooking With Jesus is a comedic and often satirical journey into the minds and stomachs of such luminaries as Albert Einstein, Carl Sagan and of course, Jesus. Semi-autobiographical, serious yet lighthearted, Cooking With Jesus is brimming with recipes as necessary to life as "Silver Dollar pancakes," as artistic as Eggs made with Icelandic caviar, and of course "Chicken Sausage Secret." Your palette will never be the same. But don't think of this volume as a mere cookbook. Containing amazing facts such as why "Oatmeal" is one of natures perfect foods; why blue foods are good for you; why Jack Daniel's may well be the best thing to come out of America; and why hamburgers eaten in smoke filled eateries simply taste better, this is a book no modern, or medieval, kitchen can do without. I have tried several of the recipes contained here and I can say that even my mother's self-proclaimed "fussy eater" has thoroughly enjoyed them. Why not pick up your very own copy of Cooking With Jesus and join it's many readers at the Dionysian rites?

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Summary: Low-Carb Reading
Review: WARNING: Extended metaphors and use of puns ahead. All characters represented in this book are organic and biodegradable. Though the NRA has given its stamp of approval, the FDA has not been able to endorse this book at present since it contains trace amounts of MTBE, arsenic, and chlorine (but so does your tap water). This book is low in carbs but unfortunately one or two small animals may be harmed if you actually use these recipes.

If you like to cook, buy this book. If you like Jesus, buy this book. If you like to cook AND you like Jesus--oh my dear, sweet, God do I know the book for you!

But first let me introduce myself, I am THE Dianne (with 2 N's) Bilyak mentioned briefly in the book Cooking with Jesus. Dorion credits me with adding a culinary twist to a familiar, modern Christian maxim. And so you'll have even one more reason to read this book, I'm not going to tell you what that clever twist is. I was rather proud of my minor contribution and showed it to my parents. My mother, a professional Catholic, had this to say, "Cooking with Jesus is a travesty. The Eleventh Commandment, `Thou shalt not make a mockery of our Lord,' applies here. May God have mercy on your soul." My father, a professional chef, and never one to miss a pun, quickly added, "May God have mercy on your sole, like the fish, get it?" But I've gotten off the subject and this isn't supposed to be about me.

Having been with the author during the inspirational conception (non-immaculate of course) I may be biased in my review of this work. But let me just say, I NEVER tire of reading Cooking with Jesus and I have not been hired to say that. I especially like the repeated plugs in the book. For example, when Sagan has let us in on one of his luscious secrets, he'll say, "and this is worth the price of the book alone." Really, that quote, used again and again and again throughout, truly did make it more worthwhile. As a sort of quasi-prophet, Sagan lends us his cooking secrets and ties it all together with the shiny side of Christianity's ribbon. And we, the public get to profit from this endeavor. In the end we have a few more savory recipes, more than a couple of great laughs and the feeling that somewhere out there, Jesus might just be laughing and cooking right along with us.

Rating:
Summary: Low-Carb Reading
Review: WARNING: Extended metaphors and use of puns ahead. All characters represented in this book are organic and biodegradable. Though the NRA has given its stamp of approval, the FDA has not been able to endorse this book at present since it contains trace amounts of MTBE, arsenic, and chlorine (but so does your tap water). This book is low in carbs but unfortunately one or two small animals may be harmed if you actually use these recipes.

If you like to cook, buy this book. If you like Jesus, buy this book. If you like to cook AND you like Jesus--oh my dear, sweet, God do I know the book for you!

But first let me introduce myself, I am THE Dianne (with 2 N's) Bilyak mentioned briefly in the book Cooking with Jesus. Dorion credits me with adding a culinary twist to a familiar, modern Christian maxim. And so you'll have even one more reason to read this book, I'm not going to tell you what that clever twist is. I was rather proud of my minor contribution and showed it to my parents. My mother, a professional Catholic, had this to say, "Cooking with Jesus is a travesty. The Eleventh Commandment, 'Thou shalt not make a mockery of our Lord,' applies here. May God have mercy on your soul." My father, a professional chef, and never one to miss a pun, quickly added, "May God have mercy on your sole, like the fish, get it?" But I've gotten off the subject and this isn't supposed to be about me.

Having been with the author during the inspirational conception (non-immaculate of course) I may be biased in my review of this work. But let me just say, I NEVER tire of reading Cooking with Jesus and I have not been hired to say that. I especially like the repeated plugs in the book. For example, when Sagan has let us in on one of his luscious secrets, he'll say, "and this is worth the price of the book alone." Really, that quote, used again and again and again throughout, truly did make it more worthwhile. As a sort of quasi-prophet, Sagan lends us his cooking secrets and ties it all together with the shiny side of Christianity's ribbon. And we, the public get to profit from this endeavor. In the end we have a few more savory recipes, more than a couple of great laughs and the feeling that somewhere out there, Jesus might just be laughing and cooking right along with us.