From the blurb:
When they’re not actively attempting to develop weapons of mass destruction, ‘Axis of Evil’ countries such as Iraq, Iran and North Korea are busy enjoying their region’s finest dishes. And their ‘Axis of Somewhat Evil’ cohorts, such as Cuba and Syria, are at it too. With over one hundred recipes, from soups and salads to meat dishes and desserts, this unique cookbook includes snapshots of each country as well as profiles of famous leaders. Regional recipes appear alongside dictators’ favourite dishes – from Kim Jong-Il’s ruthless appetite for shark fin soup to Saddam’s celebrated rack of fresh roasted gazelle. Full of cultural anecdotes, political insight and delectable recipes, “The Axis of Evil Cookbook” is an intriguing and forbidden treat.
Right now available at Amazon.co.uk, but not the US site yet.
While you’re writing about cookbooks, Kareem managed to write another fine letter from prison. Why don’t you discuss the heavy stuff anymore?
Have linked to the Karim letter in a new post. Otherwise I’ll write about what I pretty damn please.
I’m a bit puzzled by this book’s absence from Amazon in the US, but it may be connected with the fact that it was published in the UK. However, if you search Amazon’s site in the US, there’s a similar-sounding book by a different author which is due to be published in the US next year. It’s called “The Cuisines of the Axis of Evil and Other Irritating States: A Dinner Party Approach to International Relations”.
http://www.amazon.com/Cuisines-Axis-Other-Irritating-States/dp/1599212862
[…] 24th 2007, 9:41 am Filed under: Books, Conflict, Eat Must Be First The Axis of Evil Cookbook sounds like a bit of a gimmick, and gimmicky cookbooks are rarely good cookbooks, but I was intrigued by it […]
You might be interested in (yet) another Axis of Evil Cookbook! It’s been a free download from nthposition since December 2005, and was a follow-up to the site’s ‘100 Poets Against the War’ anthologies of international contemporary poetry, also free, which inspired Faber’s similarly named ‘100 Poems Against War’. Sigh… Anyway: http://www.nthposition.com/axisofevil.php – enjoy it!
So who is the best cooker Bush? 😛