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Dude Food: Recipes for the Modern Guy is by the same people who brought us Patio Daddy-o earlier this week. The short book is only 96 pages long, but, like its approach to food, gives you maximum results for minimum effort. It provides recipes and tips for most cooking occasions, to prepare the owner of the book for everything BBQs to intimate dinners, though it is directed at single guys. It is not, however, directed at single guys who don't want to exert any more effort than it takes to open a jar of peanut butter. The recipes in this book will allow the chef to eat well - without getting to a Martha Stewart level of fussiness - and even impress anyone who is lucky enough to show up for dinner.

Like their previous books, the dishes have great names, such as "Electric Love Lounge Chocolate Chip Cookies" and "Lord of the Fries." You can check out a sneak peek of the recipe for "Love Me Tenderloin" on the Amazon page for the book, but I would buy the book for the name of those cookies alone.

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How do "real men" cook? Either with guesswork or the aid of a cookbook, apparently. The Real Man's Cookbook explains, in what are apparently "manly" terms, how, when, what and why men should cook. It's even on the "So you'd like to... be a real man" Amazon list. It's almost worth buying this book for the picture on the cover - which is hilarious, in my opinion. A strange, disembodied arm holding kitchen utensils? How could you go wrong? Unfortunately, I just can't get all that excited about this book. Sure, it has chicken and steak dishes, as well as recipes that feature potatoes and other vegetables, but I'm pretty sure that "real men" who don't know how to cook use books like A Man, a Can, a Plan or the follow-up books, A Man, a Can, A Grill and A Man, a Can, a Microwave. These books offer easy-to-follow recipes using (surprise, surprise) mostly canned foods. The ingredient list is presented in photograph form, usually with only a handful of ingredients, and there is a picture that will show the chef what to expect when the dish is done. The recipes taste pretty good and you might be surprised at how much delight a book like this can inspire in the culinary challenged - by which the cookbook industry generally means men.

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This is the world's unhealthiest cookbook, at least, it is if you believe the subtitle. Eat What You Want and Die Like a Man is a book of humorous essays and has about two dozen recipes for dishes like lard-fried, yeast-raised doughnuts, coconut flan and five-hundred-calorie brownies. Each recipe is comfort food with lots of fat and lots of flavor - possibly dishes like ones that your grandmother made, especially if you grew up in the South or used a lot of bacon grease in your cooking. In terms of the writing, the book is more about humor than recipes. Graham doesn't take much seriously and, as long as you aren't easily offended, you'll get more than a few laughs out of the writing. You can check out his blog to get an idea. 

In reality, the world's unhealthiest cookbook will probably be titled "1001 Ways to Enjoy Whipping Cream and Sugar" when it is written. This book will probably just go down as a funny read and, health-wise, is nothing that a couple of good, long jogs can't take care of. Or some more bacon grease and another doughnut.

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You can tell from the title of See Dad Cook: The Only Book a Guy Needs to Feed Family and Friends (and Himself) that this cookbook might be a good bet for a Father's Day gift. It is written by one of my favorite cookbook authors, Wayne Harley Brachman, whose funny, clear tone makes his books fun to read, in addition to being great to cook from.

See Dad Cook is based on the premise that most fathers have a fairly limited amount of time and skill in the kitchen, but still want and need to be able to put together a few different meals - breakfast, lunch and dinner - for their families. Brachman included many of the recipes that he enjoys with his two kids, including basics like Blueberry Pancakes, Tuna Salad and Chicken Schnitzel. He also included a lot of tips on getting kids involved with the cooking and on how to stock the pantry to make sure you have most of what is needed to prepare the recipes in the book. The dishes may not be the pinnacle of gourmet cooking, but they are comfort food that the whole family is sure to enjoy.

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