Chas Addams Half-Baked Cookbook: Culinary Cartoons for the Humorously Famished
| AUTHOR | Weiss, Allen; Addams, Charles |
| PUBLISHER | Simon & Schuster (05/09/2012) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
At the time of his death, Charles Addams was working on this project, a cookbook with never-before-seen artwork and never before tasted and very macabre recipes--published here for the first time, along with some classic Addams cartoons about food and cooking. Food and eating were a couple of Charles Addams's favorite subjects. Hungry cannibals, witches gathering around a cauldron, or a king over his blackbird pie often populated his celebrated cartoons. And, of course, Morticia of the "Addams Family" was an avid cook, adding a touch of eye of newt or popping over to the neighbors for a cup of cyanide. So it should come as no wonder that in the 1960s Charles Addams was dabbling with a "cookbook" idea. Addams discovered and compiled some bizarre recipes from antiquated and out-of-the-way sources. These recipes have very Addams-like names, such as "Mushrooms Fester" or "Hearts Stuffed," and serve as a perfect complement to his drawings. Chas Addams(TM) Half-Baked Cookbook is a collection of his work on the world of food and eating, featuring many Addams drawings that have never been seen before, as well as some of his all-time classics.
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ISBN-13:
9781451697490
ISBN-10:
145169749X
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
112
Carton Quantity:
35
Product Dimensions:
7.38 x 0.24 x 9.25 inches
Weight:
0.45 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
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Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Humor | Form - Comic Strips & Cartoons
Humor | Celebrities & Media Tie-In
Dewey Decimal:
641.5
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At the time of his death, Charles Addams was working on this project, a cookbook with never-before-seen artwork and never before tasted and very macabre recipes--published here for the first time, along with some classic Addams cartoons about food and cooking. Food and eating were a couple of Charles Addams's favorite subjects. Hungry cannibals, witches gathering around a cauldron, or a king over his blackbird pie often populated his celebrated cartoons. And, of course, Morticia of the "Addams Family" was an avid cook, adding a touch of eye of newt or popping over to the neighbors for a cup of cyanide. So it should come as no wonder that in the 1960s Charles Addams was dabbling with a "cookbook" idea. Addams discovered and compiled some bizarre recipes from antiquated and out-of-the-way sources. These recipes have very Addams-like names, such as "Mushrooms Fester" or "Hearts Stuffed," and serve as a perfect complement to his drawings. Chas Addams(TM) Half-Baked Cookbook is a collection of his work on the world of food and eating, featuring many Addams drawings that have never been seen before, as well as some of his all-time classics.
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Author:
Addams, Charles
Chas Addams was the creator of the "Addams Family" cartoons, which first appeared in "The New Yorker" and were the inspiration for the popular "The Addams Family" television show and movies. He has been honored with the Yale Humor Award (1954) and a Special Edgar Award for "Cartoonist of the Macabre" from the Mystery Writers of America. Addams died in 1988 in New York City.
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Foreword by:
Weiss, Allen
Allan S. Weiss is a theorist, writer, editor and playwright. He directed "Theater of the Ears" and "Danse Macabre". He teaches in the departments of Performance Studies and Cinema Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
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