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| | Meals to Die For |  | Author: Brian D. Price
Publisher: Artnik
Category: Book
List Price: $20.00
Buy New: $14.99
You Save: $5.01 (25%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 433868
Media: Paperback
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 1903906385
Dewey Decimal Number: 364
EAN: 9781903906385
ASIN: 1903906385
Publication Date: April 2005
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Book Description
A chilling compilation of last meal requests of Texas penitentiary death row prisoners, by the resident chef. The book has stirred a great deal of interest on both sides of the Atalantic and the author is a sought-after interviewee.
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 Last Meals Re-Hash January 3, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Almost everything in the book is already available on the internet. In fact, by googling "last meal" I found what appeared to be identical material at one site. When I ordered the book, I thought this might have some input into how last meals are provided, or the efforts made to give inmates their last requests. However, all we have here is a brief reprint of the crime leading up to execution and the final meal menu. Most of the condemned ask for a hamburger (or "hamburger all the way. Eggs over easy, tacos and T-bone steaks are the other popular choices, although the requested T-bone steak is invariably substituted with a hamburger steak! "Meals to Die For" is repetitive and sordid after the first few pages. The recipes in the back are basic staples with silly "jailhouse" names. After a while, the author even grows bored with the concept and gives all the recipes the same nickname. There's certainly a ghoulish fascination with "last meals," but one "hamburger all the way" menu reads a lot like the next. A little more meat would have made this book a lot more interesting.
 Something to think about January 6, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
The basic format is to list what the person was convicted of, the last meal request, what was actually served (not always the same thing), and finally the inmate's last words.
The first part of this book contains some commentary by the author on the more interesting or at least higher profile cases. He then sticks to the basic format, although that by itself it is very interesting.
I did not see this book as exploitive or demeaning to victims in any way. It is written from the perspective of someone who has the unique first-hand experience. The author didn't just research this book, he lived it.
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