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Author: Jon Robertson
Creators: Robin Robertson, Tanja Thorjussen, Barry David Marcus
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

22 reviews
Sales Rank: 280910

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7 x 6.9 x 0.7

ISBN: 1416908242
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5
EAN: 9781416908241
ASIN: 1416908242

Publication Date: November 1, 2005
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Right now, somewhere in America, a storm has knocked out the electricity. With Apocalypse Chow! Jon Robertson delivers a very practical guide to eating with elegance even when the refrigerator, stove, and microwave are rendered powerless.

With simple tips on how to shop, store, and prepare gourmet food, this book will help anyone who is forced to dine in the dark. Discover how the right nonperishables and a little creative heat can turn into renowned chef Robin Robertson's savory Almost-Instant Black Bean Chili, Pantry Pasta Salad, and Fire-Roasted Blueberry Cobbler, among many others.

Apocalypse Chow! is a valuable resource for anyone who feels (or maybe really is) powerless in the kitchen but still in search of culinary delight.

Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Great Little Cookbook June 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This great little cookbook is entertaining at the least, yet filled with delicious recipes. The sense of humor is refreshing. I've tried several recipes and the family enjoyed all. My only suggestion is that the authors could have included solar cooking as another alternative without bothering with fuel. The sun does eventually come back out. Simple Solar Ovens can easily be made by any kid in elementary school. We do it in my 5th grade classroom. Of course the recipes are vegetarian. What, you think that package of hamburger meat will keep for days when the electricity goes out? If you like to eat light, you'll enjoy sampling the recipes. Be sure to read the anecdote about the squirrel family. It's a riot!

5 out of 5 stars

How to eat well when you're too lazy to cook March 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Confession: I don't live in a disaster zone, nor have I faced any situations that demanded this book.
That being said, I bought this book because I hate cooking. Really hate cooking. So when I heard about these recipes that used canned vegetables and took less time than those 30 minute meals, I went to my nearest bookstore and bought it.
The recipes are tasty (albeit high in sodium due to the use of canned foods) and extremely easy to make. Even with my limited cooking skills, I'm able to get out a meal in less than 30 minutes (including prep time). My favorite is the "Garlicky Chickpeas with potatoes and tomatoes".
If you haven't figured this out by now, all these recipes are vegetarian/vegan. As a vegan, this is not a problem for me. As someone who's been forced to adapt recipes, I can tell you it's a lot easier to adapt a vegan recipe for omnivore usage than vice versa.
For those without common sense, foods with animal products go bad much more quickly than vegetable-based items. When it comes to stocking your disaster box, items with long-term storage usefulness is a good thing.

This book is actually useful if you have a major power outage or possibly even if you have to leave your house (with butane powered stove and five day box). However, if the Bush administration futzes things up and starts a nuclear war with another country . . . you need another book.

5 out of 5 stars

Apocalypse Chow September 7, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This is a great book for areas that are subject to natural disasters or electrical blackouts where you might have to rely on one-burner cooking. If you like cooking and eating good food, this is a great book even if the lights do stay on. I gave my sister this book along with the Storm Gourmet and she liked Apocalypse Chow the best.

1 out of 5 stars

HUH? July 7, 2007
9 out of 24 found this review helpful

This book is for the new age, chi-chi. I am a fairly literate man, many of the items mentioned in the book are foreign to me. What is a mandoline?
A mezzaluna? A sudare? Does one need a zester in a calamity? What are basmati pilafs, panchrattan, guanabana and giardiniera? Why would I need to stock several versions of artichoke parts? And of course being closer to a carnivore than anything else, where's the beef? Vegetarian cooking is not something I'd ordinarily do while my faculties are intact. I should have been given that option.
This book was represented to be a help for the average person to smooth over the trauma of adverse conditions through cooking. My take on it is that the this book will be fuel. One of the few good tips gleaned from this book.

4 out of 5 stars

Disaster prep can be fun June 13, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

I admit, I bought this book because of the funny title! I haven't tried any recipes yet. The recipes, though vegetarian, look delicious and simple; and I admire the author's approach--why spend 2 weeks living on Spam and cold baked beans, when, with a little forethought, you can be the envy of your block (though I don't think I'd let 'em know we were chowing down in this fashion! Could get ugly!)? You could add canne dmeats to many of the recipes, as well. I particulary enjoyed the author's sense of humor--I've read many disaster prep books, and never encountered humor in any of them. Fave quotes: (regarding "astronaut"/freeze-dried meals)"If your kids are very young, or simply just not too bright, you could tell them you're ordering take-out from Mars" and, "...spending all day slaving over a hot butane stove." Also, the entries on dealing with insurance companies, and the waiting game they play are fun, as well. Most books don't touch upon this, and the crushing boredom and friction that occur when the power has been off for a week.

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