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8%OFFCharles T. Bourland - The Astronaut´s Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More - 9781441906236 - V9781441906236
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The Astronaut´s Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More

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Description for The Astronaut´s Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More Paperback. In all history, only a few people have eaten space food. This book brings space food to anyone. It offers recipes extracted from the NASA food specifications and modified for preparation in a normal kitchen, and it includes tidbits of space food history. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 189 x 13. Weight in Grams: 496.

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 ... Read more

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.

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Product Details

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781441906236
SKU
V9781441906236
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 10 to 12 working days
Ref
99-15

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From the reviews: "Charles Bourland … has co-authored a book describing how food in space has developed through the years. The book, ‘The Astronaut’s Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More’ was released on Oct. 27 … . Bourland explained that in the book, he and co-author Gregory Vogt … discuss the history of the space program, space food preparation methods, ... Read more

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