DRECKFASTS: A Deplorable, Distasteful, Dreckful COOKBOOK

by Michael Gold, Chef Mikeyanjello da Vinci Goldi (contributor)

“ A Deplorable, Distasteful, Dreckful COOKBOOK” is a lavishly produced 8½ x 11 photography book of leftover ingredients randomly piled onto plates, photographed and then edited from the thousands of photos taken the past year. They are exquisite still lifes related to numerous famous artists, of ridiculous, absurd combinations of whatever food had not been finished the day before, as acts of desperation of hunger during one’s very early solitary moments in the kitchen.

Imagine yourself standing in front of your fridge for an endless amount of time, trying to decide what to sauté. The results might horrify and repulse some, but the surprise is that these random selections are truly delicious and not the wasteland one might think while pushing the culinary envelope when travelling on “the road not taken.” (Robert Frost)

Be inspired by Dreckfasts, be courageous and endeavor to create your own dreckfasts for yourself (most likely) and for those you truly love. Spread your wings and toss your ingredients as high as you can into the universe, and let them fall where they may… hopefully back into your frying pan and into your awaiting mouth. Don’t forget a piping hot mug of Fwench Woast to accompany your own artistic dreckfast disasterpieces.

Bon appetit, mes amis/mes amies!

73 pages, Paperback

Published September 2, 2024

About the author

Mike Gold was the nom de plume of Itzok Isaac Granich. He was born on the Lower East Side of New York City to Romanian Jewish parents in 1894. His poverty stricken upbringing led him to radical politics and he took the name Mike Gold during the oppressive Palmer Raids of the twenties. Gold was a founding editor of The New Masses and worked as a columnist for the Communist Party newspaper, The Daily Worker from 1933 until his death in 1967. His only novel, Jews without Money, published in 1930, was an immediate success and is considered the prototype of the American proletarian novel.