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Off the Eaten Path : Inspired Recipes for Adventurous Cooks
by Bob Blumer
Available from Amazon
$20.00
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Features
Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books May 2, 2000
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345421507
ISBN-13: 978-0345421500
Product Dimensions:
9.5 x 8.6 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
Product Review
For Bob Blumer, otherwise known as the Surreal Gourmet, cooking is less a craft and more performance art. In Off the Eaten Path, Blumer forgoes traditional tools and cooking methods for the extremely unconventional, like using a dishwasher to poach fish, a car engine to sizzle shrimp, and an iron to literally press a toasted cheese sandwich to crispness. Blumer wants to shock you, and if such recipes as Blackened Home-Fried Potatoes from Hell, Pyrotechnic Pineapple, and Love Me Tenderloin don't get his point across, the chapter on "Surreal Meals" certainly will. Here, appearances are meant to deceive: salmon has been cut to look like carrots, melon and prosciutto arranged to resemble ham and eggs, and pound cake cut into "fries" and served with a squeeze bottle of raspberry "ketchup." In light of all this, Off the Eaten Path seems less a cookbook than a novelty item you'll keep on your coffee table or give as a gag gift. And so it is, but you'll definitely be amused. --Sumi Hahn Almquist
From Library Journal
Known as the Surreal Gourmet, Blumer is one wacky guy--the cover features him riding a unicycle-cum-egg beater, and he has been known to poach salmon in the dishwasher. The author of two previous cookbooks, he has appeared on the TV Food Network and is an artist as well; Off the Eaten Path is illustrated with his drawings and various culinary "objets d'art" he's created. Recipes are organized under headings such as Winner Dinners (e.g., a menu for Slammin' Salmon Extravaganza), Cinematic Suppers, Extreme Cuisine (the aforementioned dishwasher technique, along with grilled cheese sandwiches made on an iron, and more), and Surreal Meals (Pound Cake "Fries" with Raspberry "Catsup"). An entertaining book that should appeal to cooks with a sense of humor as well as Blumer's fans; for larger collections.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Reader Reviews
The Surreal Gourmet leads the way into fun with food. From a themed meal to fun named dishes, the food here is good and will expand one's entry into gourmetland if you're not there already. What I really enjoy about this guy's work is the energy and enthusiasm he brings to it, which in turn opens up the rest of us who are into doing new things with food and menus and such. The "Drive In" recipes are fun as packages are manifold heated and the "Brown Bag" dinners are the best, especially get into "Sea Bass with Papaya Salsa." Drinks are here too, such as "Raspberry Martini", but please take everyone's keys first. Pepper-Crusted Maple Glazed Salmon is a winner and keeper recipe as well as Grilled Raisin Bread Stilton and Pear Dessertwich! Play with your food and bring Bob along. Good stuff!
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Off the Eaten Path : Inspired Recipes for Adventurous Cooks
by Bob Blumer
Available from Amazon
$20.00
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