ABOUT THE BOOK

What are "Collectible Meals?" They’re real menus of meals enjoyed by rich, famous (or infamous) and influential figures throughout history, which you can recreate in your own home for a fun and educational dining experience.

Collectible Meals—Second Helping is the next installment in the exciting Collectible Meals Library (www.collectiblemeals.com) series, following Collectible Meals: Real Menus from History and Hollywood, published in 2002. This collection features stories of menus from the first Thanksgiving to the last meal of Timothy McVeigh. Menus from Hollywood legends such as Marilyn Monroe, Julia Roberts and Halle Berry are featured. From wartime meals with FDR and Winston Churchill to grand State occasions with Presidents Kennedy, Ford and many others, Collectible Meals—Second Helping offers a story, and a menu, to suit any occasion.

Recreating a famous meal is a fun, accessible way to share a moment in history. It is inexpensive, authentic, verifiable and available to everyone. This is a book filled with historic menus and the exciting stories surrounding the meals.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rob DiSilvestre began assembling this unique menu collection in 1999. Today he owns what is believed to be the largest library of collectible meals (www.collectiblemeals.com) in the world. Collectible Meals—Second Helping is the second of a series highlighting some of his favorite menus.

Mr. DiSilvestre is a former telecommunications executive turned freelance writer and author. He lives in Fort Mill, South Carolina with his wife and two children.

Collectible Meals--Second Helping ISBN-10: 1-58832-096-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-58832-096-4 Retail: $11.99 U.S. Edition: Second Specs: 6 x 9 Trade Paperback Length: 112 Released: December 2003 Subject(s): Cooking/Food For more info: http://www.collectiblemeals.com