reported by Nigel Gimble, FictionFanatic.com

Karl Lembke has collected strange, wondrous, and tasty recipes from guests and members of the L.A. Con IV, the 64th World Science Fiction convention. In keeping with the convention's "Space Cadets" theme, Karl has published "The Official Manual for Spice Cadets."

"The Official Manual for Spice Cadets" contains 104 pages of recipes and cooking tips from dozens of contributors. It has an extensive table of contents and an index of contributors.

"I?ve used this book already, realizing yesterday that Spanish Potato Omelet was just the thing ... Here are recipes for one or 100, some easy to make with what?s on hand and some calling for arcane skills or ingredients (where do you go for liquid nitrogen?), some centuries old and some thrown together on the spur of the moment. They are by people of every fannish and convention going stripe -- club fans and fanzine fans, SFWA members and SCA dukes -? but all clearly devoted, not to mere body-fueling, but to the lore and the high pleasures of Food." --- Karen Anderson, wife of author Poul Anderson,

"The Official Manual for Spice Cadets" is available for purchase at Lulu (www.lulu.com), the world's fastest-growing provider of print-on-demand books.

Link to Publication: http://www.lulu.com/karl_lembke

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Karl Lembke has been involved with science fiction fandom for twenty-five years, and has been cooking for at least thirty years. He has crafted four banquets for crowds of between fifty and sixty, and will be in charge of the Staff Lounge at LA Con IV, the 64th World Science Fiction convention (www.laconiv.org).