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...prompt-ing a store in Minneapolis, Minn., to abruptly rescind a speaking invitation to the author. Is it a racy Henry Miller--style novel? A political screed? A Howard Stern tell-all? No, the Rrated tome arousing concerns about obscene language and public decency is, of all things, a cookbook...
...Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook is not your average cooking manual. Bourdain, never one to hold back, once referred to vegetarians as "the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit." The book is written in the same brusque style, and its language can get a little profane. The introduction to poulet rôti gently proclaims, "If you can't properly roast a damn chicken then you're one helpless, hopeless, sorry-ass bivalve in an apron." Pearl onions are "little f____ers." And butter should be formed into a log "like you would roll a joint...
...disappointment: despite coming from a magazine famed for tempting photos that verge on gastroporn, The Gourmet Cookbook contains no photographs. Instead, the book is illustrated with detailed drawings that explain everything from proper siu mai assembly to the best way to choose and shuck an oyster. It's up to you to provide the mouth-watering visuals...
...opening in December) and its destination restaurants. The latter-one Thai, one Mediterranean-are presided over by chef Sven Krauss, formerly of the Sukhothai Bangkok hotel and co-author of The Food of Thailand: Authentic Recipes from the Golden Kingdom, a best-selling cookbook in the U.S. Needless to say, none of this comes cheap-introductory rates, valid until Nov. 30, start from $325 a night...
...tennis star, who took time off from the tour to support them in their fight. Four years later, both women are cancer free, but Andre has continued to aid the anticancer cause with fund-raising tennis events and by contributing to Tami Agassi's recently published Star Palate cookbook (Documentary Media). The book gathers recipes from celebrities like Anna Kournikova (Ukrainian borscht), Emeril Lagasse (veal shanks), Britney Spears (seafood pasta) and even Bill Gates (clam chowder). All proceeds will go to breast- and ovarian-cancer research. Andre and his wife, tennis great Steffi Graf, contributed their favorite roast-turkey recipe...