Made With Love: Stories, Recipes and Crafts From Grateful Dead Fans

by Elizabeth Peace Zipern

Recapture the love, peace and magic of touring with The Dead.

The Grateful Dead were beloved by millions of fans worldwide. But they also created a sense of community and harmony for those who followed them. The parking lots of Grateful Dead shows became a home away from home for their fans, and delicious vegetarian recipes as well as beautiful crafts were created and shared.

Elizabeth Peace Zipern, author of Cooking With the Dead and a participant in the Dead's psychedelic circus of smells, sounds, color and people for over six years, now offers the delicious recipes that millions enjoyed in parking lots from Los Angeles to Atlanta. Each dish, like Mississippi Uptown Jumbalaya and Tofu Pot Pie, will remind dead fans everywhere of some of the best times of their lives.

Of course, along with the food are the crafts: beautiful handmade dream catchers, candles and flower wreaths, hair wraps, jewelry and of course, tie-dye! Elizabeth Peace Zipern's easy instructions let you make them too! And along with each recipe and craft, a candid portrait of the Deadhead chef or craftsperson brings back the free and mellow life that so many Grateful Dead fans remember with a warm feelings of love.

Genres: Cookbooks

196 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 1996

Reviews

[RebL · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've had this book since it came out in '96 and I can't decide if I want to keep it or not. One one hand, the recipes are 99% vegetarian and super-simple, since they are typically made in a parking lot by tourheads. On the other hand, this book is a sequel to "Cooking With The Dead", which I prefer, and is also kind of sad, since the interviews were conducted during the '95 summer-of-bummer tour, when people were getting hassled and arrested all over the place, and then oh yeah Jerry died. A lot of the recipes are redundant...like, how many variation on a veggie burrito are there, really? So this one may be on the way out. Holler if you are interested in it.

[Lorraine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ahh, good times, good times. This book really brings back the spirit of the parking lot culture. Oh, the days when buying a moldy sandwich from an itinerant Deadhead felt like home cooking! Thanks to this book for bringing back the long, strange trip. :)

[Tieya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Again love the Dead. I have a few books on them. Good times.

[Newby · Rating 3 out of 5]

The recipes are a little obscure, but the book as a whole is a fun read. The stories from the Dead Heads are worth the price alone.