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Sunday, November 27, 2005

Recipes for Disasters

As winter storms and power outages loom, Apocalypse Chow (Simon & Schuster, $13) deserves a place next to the candles and bottled water. Jon and Robin Robertson, veterans of Atlantic hurricanes, vowed "never again!" to days of peanut-butter crackers in a powerless home. Trading on Robin's experience as a chef, they've compiled 68 recipes for feasts from pantry staples, plus how-to's for stocking homemade meals-at-the-ready, tips for grill and camp-stove cookery, and savvy disaster supply lists. It's all presented with enough humor to keep you laughing in the dark.

(reviewed by Parade contributing editor Gerri Hirshey)

The Splendid Table

Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of American Public Media's "The Splendid Table," chose Apocalypse Chow as a "Top Food Book for 2005," calling it "The Splendid Table Book of our Times."

Articles on Apocalypse Chow have appeared in:

• Associated Press (syndicated)

• The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, VA

• CNN.com

• The Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX

• The Standard Times, New Bedford, MA

• St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL

• Canton Repository, Canton, OH

• News-Times, Danbury, CT

• Edmonton Sun, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

• Springfield News Leader, Springfield, MO

• Calgary Sun, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• North County Times, San Diego, CA

• Ventura County Star, Ventura, CA

• Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL

• Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX

• Poughkeepsie Journal, Poughkeepsie, NY

• Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Waterloo, IA

• London Times, London, U.K.

• Irish Independent, Dublin, Ireland

• The Australian, Sydney, Australia

• Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City, Utah

• The Eagle-Tribune, Andover, MA