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yeahdeadslow's review
5.0
My aunt (or was it my cousin?) gave this to me for Christmas many years ago. I loved it to pieces (not literally, thankfully) and still do. But no matter how hard I wrack my brain, I can't remember ever actually making anything from it, though I read the recipes religiously and was always out in the backyard concocting something out of mud.
Here's what I do remember doing with it, though: for three consecutive summers, my brother and I opened up a restaurant in my bedroom. Complete with handwritten menus, tables (AKA stools tastefully draped in bandanas) and chinaware (or various plastic doll plates). The dishes and beverages our menu featured were solely from this book. The game would last days at a time and in the end I'd tot up our "profits" and spilt them two ways.
It was one of the most fun and memorable games we played, and is still talked about fondly by both of us. So, though I've never made these recipes in actuality, my brother (who was the chef) has "cooked" them countless times, not to mention the fact that I've taken orders for and served them to numerous hungry, invisible customers.
Here's what I do remember doing with it, though: for three consecutive summers, my brother and I opened up a restaurant in my bedroom. Complete with handwritten menus, tables (AKA stools tastefully draped in bandanas) and chinaware (or various plastic doll plates). The dishes and beverages our menu featured were solely from this book. The game would last days at a time and in the end I'd tot up our "profits" and spilt them two ways.
It was one of the most fun and memorable games we played, and is still talked about fondly by both of us. So, though I've never made these recipes in actuality, my brother (who was the chef) has "cooked" them countless times, not to mention the fact that I've taken orders for and served them to numerous hungry, invisible customers.
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