Last year, more than 2,000 cookbooks made it to print. And these were just the titles from established publishers! Obviously, a lot of people out there are interested in food, and can’t wait to buy the next cookbook that comes along.
Here at What Price Fame? Publishing, we invite you to get in on the ground floor! Think you can’t do it? Think again! Here are just a few of the titles we’ve had the privilege to publish, for the low, low cost we can discuss when you call with your Visa number!
“Food to Eat in Your Car.” Veteran UPS driver Warren Pithbonnet has known firsthand the danger of driving and dining. After being suspended repeatedly for spilling food on customers’ packages, Pithbonnet decided it was high time to stop risking his wonderful career and cook up some car-friendly cuisine. Among the easy recipes for commuters who can’t put the brakes on their appetites: Stew on a Stick, Salad in a Commuter Cup, Glove Compartment Consomme.
“Only Eat the Green.” Mary Beth Kamerski, host of the cable access program, “Rant, and Rant Some More!” and author of “Proud to be Phobic!”, shares a variety of dishes using green LifeSavers, green Chuckles, green Jujubees and any other green candy. Kamerski also shares her thoughts about putting the other colors to use (“Bury them in Bruce Willis’ back yard!” “Put them where the sun don’t shine!”) in this idiosyncratic yet earnest examination of the role green candy can play in a life.
“1,001 Ways to Enliven Water.” When her doctor told her to drink more water, Gretchen Rathbone was devastated. Yet her health was on the line. In an effort to help others facing a similar life-or-death situation, Rathbone devised 1,001 ways to make water more exciting. Among the ideas in this frank, no-nonsense book: No. 47: Put it in a really pretty glass. No. 354: Mix it with Kool-Aid and sugar. No. 722: Go to France and drink some there.
“Cooking with Stuff You’re About to Throw Away.” Beryl McNutt has always hated throwing things away. Perhaps that’s why in her hometown of Parched Meadows, N.J., friends and neighbors call her “The Garbage Man’s Best Friend.” McNutt puts her know-how to work in a cookbook with riveting chapters such as: “Your Trash Can; My Pantry,” “New Uses for Old Milk” and “Gristle: The Forgotten Protein.”
“I’ll Take Manhattan!” Ernest Python Jr., a 20-year member of Toastmeisters International, has spent a lifetime defending the flavor and nutritional merits of Manhattan clam chowder over New England clam chowder. Now he’s taken his passion to print in this riveting, 452-page tome that stirringly documents his passionate convictions. Among the compelling chapters you won’t soon forget: “It’s Got Tomatoes.” “The Name Sounds Better.” “You’re a Moron if You Don’t Agree With Me.” Soon to be a made-for-TV movie starring Dick Van Patten.
“Dinner Parties in the Car.” Warren Pithbonnet, author of “Food to Eat in Your Car,” “More Food to Eat in Your Car” and “So You’ve Bought a Winnebago and Suddenly You’re Not Hungry,” returns with a must-have guide to vehicular entertaining. After Pithbonnet was fired from his dead-end job, he decided to move into his car. Yet he was struck by the lack of books offering sophisticated fare suitable for back- and front-seat gatherings. Chapters include “Glove Compartment Fondue,” “Finger Foods to Hang from the Steering Wheel” and “Tapas for Any Size Dashboard.”
