The Male Chauvinist's Cookbook

By B. Cory Kilvert

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876911580
• ISBN13: 9780876911587
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Winchester Press
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.97 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fun - Useful - awesome.

The author directs the reader as much through food (and its preparation) as through his philosophy on life, courtship and humour. Great for young men just beginning to cook (or date!) as it is for more experienced men (in the kitchen.. or elsewhere). You will cry (of laughter) when you read the book, and your woman will cry (of happiness) when she tastes the food. the book is so amazingly macho you probably won't be find it anywhere else - so I strongly recommend you get it now. .z

Very funny, if you know how to read it

Author Kilvert shows his naughty and hilarious humor as well as his culinary skill in the cooking chapters of this book. The chapters, it should be noted, are written mainly for the purpose of showing guys how to woo their potential girlfriends with knock-your-garters-off cooking. In fact, I think a better title would be "The Male Romancer's Cookbook", because in this book, a man's heart and his stomach are indeed very close. (Well ok, maybe it's the lower male organ that's closer to the stomach in this case..) Each chapter offers a different type of scenario with a woman and how you can win in this situation, with cooking if nothing else. Kilvert's scenarios are hilarious and entertaining to read all by themselves, while the recipes are an irresistible enjoyment as well. Each chapter has a hysterical cartoon at the top of the page, featuring a gloating man cooking with nothing but an apron and a large chef's hat on, while a woman covered in long, glossy tresses either watches or grooms herself nearby. As Kilvert said, this book would be a blast for two to read, for culinary, humorous, and amorous purposes. If you have a big sense of humor, I recommend this! Just as a disclaimer, remember this book is for fun. When I first got it, I was very offended by it. Not by the main text so much as the introduction and front flap, describing the book's intent. There are remarks such as "men are the superior species", "they should reign supreme in the kitchen as well as everything else", and "they're better than women at succeeding". Then, after a short period of fuming, I reread the introduction and realized the obvious: it was a joke. I guess I've been involved in the War of the Gender Gap for too long, because I couldn't believe how long it took me to realize the obvious colossal joke of this book. I mean, c'mon: men are superior to women in everything? That's classic stuff there! It's not often I get to laugh at men and myself at the same time. That's pretty much what this book does: it gives men a shove back in the kitchen, via chauvinistic humor. It wasn't until I reread the part of the introduction where Kilvert scolded men for thinking cooking immasculine that I realized the use of chauvinistic speech was actually more of a joke against men than women. Sarcasm aside, I still recommend you consider reading this book sans the introduction, especially if you're at all sensitive. Plus, cookbook introductions are just rarely useful. The real meat of this book, the flowing juices, are in the main cooking chapters.

Useful cookbook with a humorous format.

In the Introduction, the author treats us to some jocular male chauvinism as he argues that men ought to demand their right to be allowed to cook. "After all, we have a habit of succeeding at whatever we put our hands to. Since the dawn of mankind males have set and also changed the course of history. We have built empires, led entire nations to the pinnacle of civilization, sailed the Seven Seas, and scaled mountains to heights the girls have yet to approach." And more in that vein, including pointing out that the great chefs have all been men. Each chapter begins with tongue-in-cheek instructions about what to cook for your lady friend to create a properly amorous mood. Quite aside from all this humor, this is a very good cookbook. There are detailed instructions about what kind of equipment you need to really cook, and as an enthusiastic foodie myself, I can testify that the recipes, many of which are French, are very good.