The Astronaut's Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More
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Astronauts, cosmonauts, and a very limited number of people have experienced eating space food due to the unique processing and packaging required for space travel. This book allows anyone with a normal kitchen to prepare space food. Since some of the processing such as freeze dehydration, and packaging cannot be accomplished in the normal kitchen, many of the recipes will not produce the food that would be launched in space, but will prepare food similar to what the astronauts would eat after they had added the water to the food in space. Many of the space foods are prepared to the point of ready to eat, and then frozen and freeze dried. Food preparation in this book stops at the point of ready to eat before the freezing and dehydrating takes place. Recipes in this book are extracted from the NASA food specifications and modified for preparation in a normal kitchen. The book will contain the following chapters: Introduction, Appetizers, Beverages, Bread and Tortillas, Cookies, Sandwiches, Desserts, Main Dishes, Soups and Salads, Vegetables, and Future Space Foods. Interesting tidbits of space food history will be spread throughout the book. Examples like; did NASA invent Tang?, who was the first person to eat in space?, the Gemini sandwich fiasco, why there is no alcohol in U.S. space food systems, astronauts favorite food, etc. Review: Fun facts! - Very cool! Lots of information Review: An Interesting Space Foods Book. - CHAPTERS: -Introduction/Space Food Types/Etc. -Breakfast Foods. -Snacks and Appetizers. -Soups and Salads. -Bread, Tortillas, and Sandwiches. -Main Dishes. -Vegetables. -Desserts. -Beverages. -Future Space Foods (to Mars, etc.) APPENDIX: -A History of American Space Foods. -ISS Expedition 5 Sample Crew Menu. -Internet Sources on Space Food and Nutrition. INDEX It was interesting to learn that Gherman Titov was the first preson to consume food in space and the commercially popular space ice cream was only flown on the Apollo 7 mission because it was disliked by the astronauts. Various chapters have recipes on how to make space food and what can be purchased at the supermarket. I would like the book to have contained more crew menus for the Mercury, Gemini (especially GT-7), Apollo, Skylab, ASTP, and STS programs. Related product: Astronaut mint chocolate chip ice cream with book: Astronaut Foods The History of Food in Space. Future product ideas: astronaut crew trays, STS space drinks in foil containers.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 22 Reviews |
C**.
Fun facts!
Very cool! Lots of information
A**R
An Interesting Space Foods Book.
CHAPTERS: -Introduction/Space Food Types/Etc. -Breakfast Foods. -Snacks and Appetizers. -Soups and Salads. -Bread, Tortillas, and Sandwiches. -Main Dishes. -Vegetables. -Desserts. -Beverages. -Future Space Foods (to Mars, etc.) APPENDIX: -A History of American Space Foods. -ISS Expedition 5 Sample Crew Menu. -Internet Sources on Space Food and Nutrition. INDEX It was interesting to learn that Gherman Titov was the first preson to consume food in space and the commercially popular space ice cream was only flown on the Apollo 7 mission because it was disliked by the astronauts. Various chapters have recipes on how to make space food and what can be purchased at the supermarket. I would like the book to have contained more crew menus for the Mercury, Gemini (especially GT-7), Apollo, Skylab, ASTP, and STS programs. Related product: Astronaut mint chocolate chip ice cream with book: Astronaut Foods The History of Food in Space. Future product ideas: astronaut crew trays, STS space drinks in foil containers.
C**T
The gift for someone with everything astronaut
This was a gift for someone who has everything astronaut related. But he did not have this and was thrilled.
K**N
Five Stars
Got this for my husband, who finds astronauts (in particular the author) fascinating.
G**N
Interplanetary vegetarians
While writing a "thinkbook" on man's food in perspective of future development, it was amusing to realize that it finally will be food gardening that helps green man to survive between the stars. - Gunter C. Vieten, The Hague
O**S
Cookbooks
Both arrived as described and on time.
M**F
Great Cookbook!
Just received my copy of The Astronaut's Cookbook and my husband and I have read it to each other and had some great laughs at the tales of astronauts past. Recipes are great and the insider knowledge of the program is wonderful. This is a must read for anyone interested in the space program from Apollo to ISS. As a former astronaut on STS-40 the book rings true from beginning to end. George and I think it is a unique and insightful. Millie-Hughes-Fulford, Ph.D. STS-40
N**L
Fun read-interesting eats!
This is a really fun nostolgic cookbook. I grew up around the space program and had heard loads of funny stories about astronauts trying to catch their food and even sort of remember a video about it. Anyway, I love cookbooks and I collect them. This one has been my favorite to read. Not because of the recipes-although some are really interesting-but because of the stories. This is a good book to share with your kids that like fun space facts. Sometimes I worry that the wonders of space that kids used to feel are being replaced by video games...Maybe this will help reclain some of the awe.
P**E
Anecdotes amusantes et explications techniques claires
Ce livre n'est pas tant intéressant pour les recettes comme pour les nombreuses anecdotes qu'il renferme : pourquoi une poivrière normale n'est pas une bonne idée dans l'espace ? Pourquoi on préfère des tortillas au pain ? Un livre très intéressant pour les mordus du spatial ayant un penchant cuisine !
O**T
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