Chances are, if you encounter something–anything –on planet Earth fit for human consumption in even the broadest interpretation of “consumption,” there’s a cookbook to help you.
Found a dead animal on the side of the road and want to prepare its mangled flesh for dinner? Just pick up B.R. Peterson’s “The Original Roadkill Cookbook.” Want to base your entire diet around a condiment? Check out Paul Hartley’s “Heinz Tomato Ketchup Cookbook.” Bonus: It also contains marmite-centric recipes. Mm, marmite.
Shockingly, one rich niche of cookery was miraculously unplundered–until now. Conductor Gerhardt Zimmermann wisely noted that a book of recipes written to evoke the experience of listening to a symphony did not yet exist.












TOPICS: Eat to the Beat, Kathleen Willcox