The Sad Beige Diet: Culinary Depression in 200 recipes

Just kidding —this is a notebook. Or as we call it, a Phantom Book.With a cover weird enough to make people quietly question your life choices, it’s best left in strategic places:on your coffee table,on a friend’s coffee table right before their date comes over,or on your desk at work.On the Back: COLOR HAS LONG BEEN CELEBRATED IN CUISINE — VIBRANT GREENS, BOLD REDS, DAZZLING YELLOWS. BUT NOT HERE. IN THE SAD BEIGE DIET, PATTY DUMPLING EMBRACES THE QUIET DESPAIR OF FOOD STRIPPED OF JOY, PRESENTING 200 RECIPES THAT UNITE THE HUMAN APPETITE WITH THE COLOR PALETTE OF DESPAIR.FROM BEIGE BROTHS AND TAN CASSEROLES TO OATMEAL THAT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE YESTERDAY’S OATMEAL, DUMPLING GUIDES READERS THROUGH A CULINARY JOURNEY WITHOUT CONTRACT.WHERE EVERYTHING TASTES ROUGHLY THE SAME AND NO ONE ASKS FOR SECONDS.FOR TOO LONG, BEIGE HAS BEEN IGNORED — PUSHED ASIDE BY CHEFS CHASING VIBRANCY AND EXCITEMENT. PATTY DUMPLING BRINGS IT BACK, ONE GRAYISH TURKEY LOAF AT A TIME.“EVERY RECIPE TASTES LIKE TUESDAY.” — MIDWESTERN LIVING“A BOOK THAT MADE ME FORGET WHAT FLAVOR WAS.” — HOWARD CHASE“I MADE THE BEIGE STEW. MY FAMILY ATE IN SILENCE. IT FELT CORRECT.” — JANET LYONS“I CAN’T EVEN BRING MYSELF TO WANT TO COOK ANYMORE.” — CHRIS CORNELIUS Read more