A nostalgic cookbook that celebrates the life and times of Elvis Presley features more than seventy recipes enjoyed by the King, including Miss Vertie's sweet potato pie, Coletta's barbecue pizza, and fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches. 25,000 first printing.
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Writes Adler of the King, "Food, his first love, was the love that destroyed him." Here is some that did, along with story snippets from the life of Elvis. If you want fried squirrel, you can find it. Likewise, "Shit on a Shingle"--the creamed chipped beef that Elvis ate while doing time in the army. ("Some claim," notes Adler, "the army ruined Elvis.") The volume surveys snacks, meals at Graceland, road food in the 1950s, the deep-South stuff of Presley's boyhood, Hollywood, Las Vegas (including a recipe for his wedding cake), and a chapter devoted wholly to Elvis's diets. Adler writes in the strong first person--the story of Elvis's food is also the story of the author's exploration of the King's stomach--and studs his tale with oddnesses: Nurses Cocke and Seamon, who cared for Elvis at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis when he ailed; Lora Down of New York City's East Village, who bakes chocolate cornbread twice a year "for Elvis" with the hope of bringing him back from the dead. (The recipe, dictated by "the spirits," is of course included.) Jauntily designed with insets of drumsticks, Twinkies, and an authentic Elvis grocery list, the book's bound to entertain a good many people who may or may not want to raise new tastes to their lips. Adler also wrote Elvis My Dad . Photos not seen by PW.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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By Derek Carter
Format:Paperback
This book is great - it's by a guy that set out to eat what Elvis ate and write a book about it. He's a guy about 27, David Adler, and he did it all - went to his elementry school, went to the army barracks Elvis stayed at - and the best - went to Pauline Nicholson's house (Elvis' night cook) and pauline fixed him one of Elvis' favorite meals - ugly steak and mash potatos.
You have to see this book! If you find it, goto page 66 first and check out the picture titled "Pauline, me, and Hunt's Ketchup" - it is classic! This Adler guy is a genius!
Format:Paperback
This book is unique. Similiar to an Errol Morris documentary about the down home peculiarities of American culture. Adler generates interesting insights into the King's psychological and social makeup. Very entertaining. A must have for gourmands, Elvis fans and scholars of American pop culture.
Format:Paperback
Elvis was a very strange but interesting individual, this predominantly cookbook describes his culinary desires. Not exactly healthy heart recipes. Elvis was basically always a truck driver from Tupelo Mississippi. His life was tragic and very misunderstood.
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