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CM . . . .
Volume VI Number 10 . . . . January 21, 2000
excerpt: Twin Sun Toast Tattooine is a hot dessert planet located in the outer reaches of the galaxy. It is home to young Luke Skywalker, who would sometimes gaze dreamily at the planet's twin suns. 
Campers might know Twin Sun Toast as Toad-in-the-hole, but, in The Star
Wars Cookbook, it gets an "other world" twist with the eggs being
doubled to recreate the twin sun's of Luke's home world. This breakfast
item is just one of five possibilities for that morning meal. In addition,
the cookbook presents seven main courses, seven desserts, six "snacks and
sides" and four beverages. All of the items get an appropriate Star Wars
name, and so one could dine on C-3PO Pancakes, Crazy Cantina Chili and
Death Star Popcorn Balls, all to be washed down with Yoda Soda or Hoth
Chocolate. As the cookbook is directed at young cooks, it begins with an
"Introduction" that reviews kitchen and cooking safety rules, but in a
most user friendly and non-patronizing way. One page of each pair of
facing pages provides the recipe which lists the necessary ingredients and
quantities in imperial measurements, and then clear, step-by-step
preparation instructions are provided, plus an indication of the recipe's
yield in terms of number of servings. The other facing page is a colour
photograph of the finished food item placed in an appropriate Star Wars
setting. For example, the pink Skywalker Smoothies have the Luke action
figure, light saber in hand, suspended above the glasses while Princess
Leia uses a stack of Princess Leia Danish Dos as a shield while she
prepares to do battle with her enemies. The spiral binding allows the book
to lie flat for easy use, and the heavy high gloss paper will resist the
inevitable spills. Unfortunately, the review copy was missing some pages
while other pages were significantly out of order. Hopefully, such is not
the case with other copies.Those planning sleepovers focused around renting the Star Wars videos can now continue the theme through their eating! Youth groups planning parties or camps with a space focus should also take a glance at The Star Wars Cookbook. Recommended. Dave Jenkinson is a former Cub and Scout leader who has spent many days at camp eating (and sometimes making) many of these items but under more prosaic names.
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