Death Warmed Over by Lisa Rogak
1 rating since posting on Tuesday, April 17, 2007|
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It seems to be that there is a market for every quirky cookbook under the sun. This particular one caught my interest because it features rituals and sacred ceremonies to honor the dead. The author, Lisa Rogak, has written over twenty-five books and is also in the business of writing sympathy cards for pet lovers. Death Warmed Over contains little tidbits of funeral information from many different cultures. Rogak covers Egypt, India, the deep South, Tibet, Holland, and others across the world. From Haiti she includes the traditional pork griot, and attempts a basic explanation of he voodoo feasts for the dead. While I wouldn't suggest publishing her statements about the religion on a bumper sticker, nothing that she says is disrespectful or otherwise inappropriate. Now anthropologically I would have liked a little more scholarship and a little less folklore. I found the Eskimo ( no, not Inuit) entry a bit troubling. But the New Orleans Funeral Jambalaya recipe truly warms my heart. Again, however, I wish Rogak included more extensive information. The front cover photograph is definately worth mentioning. It shows a 1934 breakfast meeting with the Post Mortem club, featuring the actual skeleton of a former member seated at the table. There are also a series of culinary based epitaphs that are relatively entertaining. On the whole I would recommend this for folks who like interesting and unusual cookbooks, or those of you who want to learn more about cross cultural funerary cooking. - Lilith , posted 04/17/07 |
Death Warmed Over by Lisa Rogak was recommended for:
- Tribe: Culinary Anthropology
