After battling cancer for more than a year, comedic actor turned chef Dom DeLuise died Monday at the age of 75. While many will remember DeLuise for his roles in a slew of Mel Brooks films -- or for his less lovable "Candid Camera" years -- others are mourning the loss of a member of the culinary community. If you couldn't tell from what the obits are calling his "roly-poly persona," DeLuise loved to cook, and even more than that, he loved to eat what he cooked.
DeLuise was the author of three cookbooks, and we have only his first, "Eat This... It Will Make You Feel Better," on which to blame a propensity towards emotional overeating (Mom, you're off the hook). And considering there are not one, but two, actor cum foodies to mourn -- Bea Arthur, who died last month, also lived a culinary life less ordinary -- we may have to bust open DeLuise's "Eat This Too: It'll Make You Feel Better."
This meatball's for you, Dom.
I have this interest in celebrity recipes that I can't explain. Maybe I just like to picture TV and movie stars with an apron on in their kitchen, making salads and homemade ice cream and basting turkey, happily serving their guests. I did a big post a while back about 
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