The Great American Writers' Cookbook

Some pages are a bit wrinked and soiled, cover creased but Good+ overall.

If you ever wondered how Joyce Carol Oates prepared "The Career Woman's Meal," or what Eudora Welty put in "Charles Dickens's Eggnog," or how Ray Bradbury made "Peach Kuchen," this book is your chance to find out. Among the recipes (or disclaimers to lack of culinary skills) are Bill Moyers's "Championship Chili Mix," Arthur Miller's "Reflections on Butterflied Leg of Lamb," a salad composed by Helen Gurley Brown and another by Joan Didion, John Steinbeck's "Mysterious Striped Bass" and Jessica Mitford's "Fish & Shrimp Casserole." There's even a recipe for grits by Tennessee Williams. Two not to miss: "Supply-Side Economics Fudge" by William F. Buckley, Jr., and "Open-Face Cigarette Special Hot & Cold Sandwich with Artichoke Appetizer" by the late Hunter S. Thompson.