Manifold destiny
the one! the only! guide to cooking on your car engine
by Chris Maynard · first published 1989
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Humorous cookbook showing how to cook meals on a car engine's exhaust manifold. It is entertaining and fun, even for readers who never try the recipes. Suits curious cooks and car enthusiasts.
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You might enjoy Manifold Destiny: The One! The Only! Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine! by Chris Maynard and Bill Scheller. https://www.eater.com/23749614/manifold-destiny-the-one-the-...
on “Getting a charge out of wasted automobile heat (2012)” ↗Always got a kick out of the book ‘Manifold Destiny”, I have the original edition. Never did any of the recipes, but seems like it would be fun. Manifold Destiny: The One! The Only! Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1662735.Manifold_Destiny
on “Baking bread with a hot car” ↗…feel compelled to link this excellent piece from the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/08/28/manifold-desti... It even has a Wikipedia article on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold_Destiny
on “The ABC conjecture has still not been proved” ↗There’s an awesome cookbook on this topic, Manifold Destiny: https://books.google.com/books/about/Manifold_Destiny.html?i... I played around with the idea with my first Jeep Wrangler, a burly car with a perfectly exposed engine block. Never cooked anything,…
on “Dishwasher Salmon” ↗If you like this, you may be interested in the book Manifold Destiny: The Art of Cooking on your Car Engine.
on “Dishwasher Salmon” ↗Also consider cooking with your car: http://www.wikihow.com/Cook-Food-on-Your-Car%27s-Engine http://www.amazon.com/Manifold-Destiny-Guide-Cooking-Engine/...
on “Dishwasher Cooking: Make Your Dinner While Cleaning The Plates” ↗There was a spoof book in 2008 called "Manifold Destiny," which consisted of dinner recipes that could be wrapped in aluminum foil and placed under your car hood, near some hot part of the engine -- to be nimbly cooked in the course of an hour's drive to your…
on “SoftBank’s $375M bet on pizza went bad fast” ↗…everything he wants and doesn't want to be paraded like an animal in the zoo for everyone to see. He doesn't want money and honors. What has alienated him from mathematics is others dishonesty. Read the "Manifold Destiny" article from New Yorker by Sylvia Nasar and David Gruber (http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/08/28/060828fa_fact2). In there you'll find a reference to Shing-Tung Yau. Quote from the article: As…
on “Perelman declines 1M prize: "I have everything I want"” ↗…about how they used to cook that way in WWII. Here's a book describing that the GI:s would heat their food on the manifold: https://books.google.com/books?id=TaQRz3SSclEC&pg=PA252&dq=c... The 1989 book "Manifold Destiny" (two updates since) contains recipes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold_Destiny_%28cookbook%2... Or, if you have a 1920s Ford, you can make your own stove from the engine, according to this 1924…
on “How to cook food using your car” ↗there was a whole book of recipies for fookeing on your engine--the title was "Manifold Destiny". I have a copy somewhere, but have never tried it.
on “Dishwasher Salmon” ↗