The Convict Chef

Download or read book The Convict Chef written by Landrew Smith and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Steak on a shovel, pickled pig skins, and Right and Ready, a potent brew of fruits, bread, sugar and potatoes are just a few of the illegal foods and liquors prepared in jails around the country by hungry convicts, known as bandit cooks. These prisoners work with whatever foods they can pilfer and their ingenuity turns standard prison equipment like boiler room shovels and furnaces, wire coat hangers, tin cans, and toilet paper, into utensils to prepare their creative after-hours food and drink with. ... But cooking is so much more than a formula or routine and Smith communicates this pleasure. his descriptions of superb prison meals he has eaten such as those at Danbury Federal Prison, are mouth-watering, and his own recipes, many devised and named to honor prison personnel , will tantalize the tastebuds (including one recipe for Conquest Chicken that has guaranteed aphrodisiac powers). Menu samples from such notorious jails as San Quentin and Folsom Prison are included, as well as prisoners' favorite recipes. A different kind of cookbook by a chef who has a wide range of experience, and a well-documented study of prison food, The Convict Chef is also an absorbing account, told without bitterness or self-pity, of one man's odyssey through the United States correction system. Spiced with peppery personality studies, as well as piquant recipes including "Lockup Tomato Casserole" and "Larceny Chicken Supreme," this is truly a unique book." --Dust jacket.