The Art of Eating Through the Zombie Apocalypse by Lauren Wilson #FMEGifts14
Just because the undead’s taste buds are atrophying doesn’t mean yours have to!
You duck into the safest-looking abandoned house you can find and hold your breath as you listen for the approaching zombie horde you’ve been running from all day. You hear a gurgling sound. Is it the undead? No—it’s your stomach.
When the zombie apocalypse tears down life and society as we know it, it will mean no more take out, no more brightly lit, immaculately organized aisles of food just waiting to be plucked effortlessly off the shelves. No more trips down to the local farmers’ market. No more microwaved meals in front of the TV or intimate dinner parties. No, when the undead rise, eating will be hard, and doing it successfully will become an art.
The Art of Eating through the Zombie Apocalypse is a cookbook and culinary field guide for the busy zpoc survivor. With more than 80 recipes (from Overnight of the Living Dead French Toast and It’s Not Easy Growing Greens Salad to Down & Out Sauerkraut, Honey & Blackberry Mead, and Twinkie Trifle), scads of gastronomic survival tips, and dozens of diagrams and illustrations that help you scavenge, forage, and improvise your way to an artful post-apocalypse meal. The Art of Eating is the ideal handbook for efficient food sourcing and inventive meal preparation in the event of an undead uprising.
Whether you decide to hole up in your own home or bug out into the wilderness, whether you prefer to scavenge the dregs of society or try your hand at apocalyptic agriculture, and regardless of your level of skill or preparation, The Art of Eating will help you navigate the wasteland and make the most of what you eat.
The perfect gift for anyone on your list worried about their survival skills (and a good sense of humour), this is the perfect guide for getting through the zombie apocalypse that is surely coming. While others are fighting to stay alive, the smarty pants with a copy of The Art of Eating Through the Zombie Apocalypse will be laughing, or at least not starving. Many of the tips included are even helpful for more mundane situations like extended power outages and regular old disasters that may have you using basic survival skills.
The book covers various survival cooking methods, survival skill set such as fishing, tracking, rooftop gardening, procuring water etc.. There is even a guide for creating your own toolkit which is something you may want to put together right now. You know. Just in case. It pretty much covers everything you could possibly need to know to survive the very worst of disasters. It even covers scavenging which as you may know is a skill necessary for surviving the Zombie Apocalypse and includes a list of places to avoid and places to target. Good to know!
Of course, this is a cookbook at heart and there are some pretty delicious sounding recipes included like the Apolcaypse Nownies. There are, of course, some seriously survivalist sounding recipes like the Mealworm Fried Rice and Roasted Tree Rat. While I am sure these recipes are quite good, I think I’d be surrendering to the Zombies by that point.
The best part of gifting The Art of Eating Through the Zombie Apocalypse is that you may just save a loved ones life!
About the Author:
Lauren was infected with a rare strain of undead enthusiasm over a decade ago while fighting off the zombie menace of Raccoon City in the original Resident Evil. From video games to comic books, zombie walks to online communities, there are few corners of the culture she has not explored. And she’s got a decent zed t-shirt collection, to boot.
When not nerding out about zombies, space, or Adventure Time, Lauren works in the world of food as a professional cook and writer. Since completing her culinary training at Toronto’s George Brown Chef School in 2008 she has done a variety of work–from restaurant cooking to cheesemongering, online sales to catering, teaching cooking classes to writing for print and online media. She completed research and course development work at George Brown examining the career motivations, ambitions, and expectations of students with the aim of better understanding low female representation at the executive level of professional kitchens.
After eating up all the good bits of Toronto, Lauren followed a trail of crumbs to Brooklyn, New York, where she is cooking, eating, writing, and teaching happily.
Buy it:
The Art of Eating through the Zombie Apocalypse: A Cookbook and Culinary Survival Guide is available in paperback from Smart Pop as well as Amazon.com and Amazon.ca.
Disclosure: I received the above mentioned product in order to facilitate this post. All thoughts and opinions are honest and my own.
zombie’s seem to be the theme this year, why not have a Zombie Apocalypse cookbook
That is hilarious! My sister would think was the best gift ever as she is a huge Walking Dead fan!
ha! This is PERFECT for my son he would so love this!
Ha! My daughter would love this! I need to get this for her for Christmas.
I have to get this for my husband! It is right up his alley!
I might have just found my husbands new stocking stuffer! this book is right up his alley! thanks for sharing!
What a fun recipe book. Just perfect for a quick visit in the kitchen and a great dinner to enjoy
This is so cool! Roasted tree rat. Yum! Reading through this cookbook to see all the survivalist recipes would be so fun.
This sounds like a hilarious book. I would love to read this one. Maybe Santa will put it in my stocking?
What an interesting read! I may have to read this just to see what the hype is all about with zombies!
I love zombies, this sounds really fun!
My daughter would love this. She is all about Zombies. This would be a great Christmas gift for her.
This is awesome. This would make a great stocking stuffer for my son. He likes anything to do with zombies.
This sounds like an awesome book indeed. I would love to get this for two of my sisters whom are into zombies. Thanks for sharing.
I seriously would need to share this would my brother – he will love it, haha!
Sounds like a very fun cookbook, too bad I don’t know anyone into Zombies!
I would love this book, I’m sure! Not just for the zombies but for the recipes too.
Um wow! That’s very interesting. I know tons of people that would love this! Thanks for sharing.
Zombies are definitely all the rage, yes? 🙂 Now it’s made it to the kitchen too. 😉
This would be perfect for my friend
This looks like a great book for my kids. They love zombies.
This looks hilarious! I’ll definitely be sharing it with my zombie obsessed friends!
Haha what an amazing cookbook idea! I have several on my holiday wish list who LOVE zombies. I’ll have to get this for them! Thanks for the review.
Zombies are TOO funny. Love that they are mainstream with all these funny ideas
This is hysterical, but it would make a great stocking stuffer joke gift. I love it.
My husband would love this! He’s all into everything Walking Dead.
How cool is that! What an interesting idea. I do wonder what my husband’s reaction would be once I’ll show him this one. 🙂
This is too funny and I think my husband would get a kick out of it. I need to check it out and maybe just maybe get it for him 🙂
I’ve heard about this author, and I’ve heard her stuff is awesome! I would love to give this book as a gift to my friend!
OMG This is hilarious. I’d love it!
That sounds like such a neat book! My brother would love it.
lol,my sister would love this
This is such a quirky book! My partner would get a kick out of it.