An Alien Robot's Cookbook: Recipes from Earth

Ruth Fankushen Kunkel (who ran a restaurant called the Delta of Venus Coffeehouse and Pub) says An Alien Robot's Cookbook: Recipes from Earth "began as a journey to find something that my son Gabriel would eat besides pizza, hot dogs, and cereal."

Her son provided the fun illustrations that accompany the recipes for dishes like "Big Bang Breakfast Potatoes," "Apple Robocakes," "Overnight French Toast," "Quasar Quiche," "Dark Star Vegan Cupcakes," and dozens of other tasty items.

Science facts and alien robot lore are interspersed through the pages. As the father of two picky eaters, I'm looking forward to trying some of these recipes with my kids. An Alien Robot's Cookbook: Recipes from Earth

[#1 posted by codereduk, May 7, 2009 5:04 PM]

They could have called it, "To Serve Man"

[#2 posted by Anonymous, May 7, 2009 5:44 PM]

#1 oh snap!

[#3 posted by EDar, May 8, 2009 7:14 AM]

I lived and died by the Delta of Venus breakfast potatoes on Sunday mornings when I was an undergrad at UC Davis long, long ago. Hangover magic. That is, if they didn't run out of ingredients and/or coffee by the time I got there, as they often did. Inefficient, but delicious! The cook book is probably worth the purchase for the potatoes alone.

[#4 posted by buddy66, May 8, 2009 7:59 AM]

Picky eaters? Try three kids. Whatever you serve it is a truism that one of them isn't going to like it. The only advantage I can see in growing up poor is that my sister and I learned to eat every goddamn thing. Consequently, our adult lives have been ongoing struggles against hoovering everything in sight.

@3, But you're not going to give us the potato recipe, are you?

[#5 posted by rumaku, May 8, 2009 9:21 PM]

Big Bang Breakfast Potatoes, pg. 14, aka Potatoes Et Al. Don't forget the salsa!