Book Review: Defensive Eating with Morrissey: Vegan Recipes from the One You Left Behind
If you’ve listened to the Morrissey manifesto at all
throughout the years, you know by now that meat is indeed murder. So he would
make the perfect face for a vegan cookbook, right? Well, Automne Zingg and
Joshua Ploeg sure thought so, casting him as the poster child of their vegan
recipes collection, Defensive Eating with
Morrissey: Vegan Recipes from the One You Left Behind. Yes, that book title
is certainly a mouthful, something you’ll surely have after flipping through
these 50+ concoctions. The smartly curated recipes, featuring punny titles like
‘Boy With The Corn In His Side’ (a corn on the cob recipe that pays homage to “The
Boy With the Thorn In His Side”) and ‘Peas Let Me Get What I Want’ (a play off
the Smiths’ classic “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want”), as well
as hilarious titles like ‘Paula Deen,’ ‘Guy Fieri’ and ‘The Internet’ (not even
to mention all of the wonderful ‘Morrissey Ate All…’ names), each accompanied by an
incredibly unique illustration, like Morrissey tying up celeb chef Guy Fieri, drowning
in a sea of baked beans and appearing alongside the likes of Judge Judy, Freddy
Kruger, Garfield the Cat, the Queen of England and The Cure’s Robert Smith. Defensive Eating with Morrissey: Vegan
Recipes from the One You Left Behind is witty, entertaining and
informative, all while keeping you eating right. If you’re vegan, then buy this
for the recipes, if not, then buy it for the sheer hilarity. It’s been a long
time since the Moz has been this entertaining.
Grade: B+
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