The Breakfast Cereal Gourmet celebrates this morning meal
pop culture icon, serving up over 30 original recipes that
utilize the likes of Kix, Trix, Froot Loops, Frosted
Flakes, Chex, and Cheerios as a primary ingredient. The 128
full-color pages are filled with images of vintage
packaging and original advertising, mixed with little-known
cereal facts, figures, anecdotes, and history-all packaged
in a format to look like a cereal box. But at its core are
the recipes. And Cap'n Crunch Crab Cakes, Lucky Charmed
Utah Lamb, Shredded Shrimp (with Pineapple Mango Salsa),
Mocha-Cocoa Towers, and Cinnamon Toast Ice Cream are among
the delicious five-star offerings (many from noted chefs
such as Rick Bayless, Gale Gand, and Sherry Yard),
guaranteed to get even the most jaded foodie to think
outside the box.
Hoffman's previous cookbook, The Easy-Bake Oven Gourmet,
topped 50,000 in sales, was featured on the Today show,
CNN, and the Food Network, and was selected by USA TODAY as
one of the "Top Ten Gift Books for the Holidays." Given
that only milk and soda outrank cereal in terms of what
Americans buy at the grocery store, The Breakfast Cereal
Gourmet is sure to leave the shelves as fast as the cereal
it celebrates.