Death Row Meals To Die For
Illawarra Mercury
Thursday February 19, 2004
WITH recipes for ``gallows gravy" and ``rice rigor mortis", Brian Price's new cookbook brings a touch of dark wit to a subject seldom welcome at the dinner table: death.
His cookbook Meals to Die For is a collection of 42 recipes for final meals requested by inmates on Texas' death row.
``Some folks think I'm poking fun at a serious subject. My intention is not to offend anyone," said Mr Price, who prepared 220 such meals in a prison kitchen in Huntsville while serving time himself.
His recipes - such as Old Sparky's Genuine Convict Chilli - have drawn criticism from at least one victims' rights group.
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