Gain Access The Kosher Guide To Imaginary Animals: The Evil Monkey Dialogues Written And Illustrated By Ann VanderMeer Accessible In Digital Version

is an interesting take on the concept of a very brief bestiary and a good intro to kosher rules, especially if you've got no clue how those operate.
What it lacks is substance and consistency, It does still feel like something you'd find on a blog, and while some of the descriptions and conversations are interesting, others seem lazy.


That's basically the thing, I love the idea of the book and I loved some parts of it, but it's lazy.
Like they couldn't be bothered coming

up with a genuinely interesting description or conversation to go with certain creatures.
Where there was room for actual debate it quickly degraded into namecalling and dragged the tone down.


Super good idea, not so good execution, Meh.

Yet another bunch of blogposts disguised as a giftiebook,

I chuckled once or twice, but there's really not much here, Kind of like those cheap prawns you buy that haven't got much inside the shell, You work forminutes and end up still hungry, I have no desire to search online to find out who these people are,

For nonreaders and social media addicts only, Basically the same group of people, now that I think about it, A gleeful romp through the halahkhic considerations of eating various imaginary creatures including the blind "Borges", Not to be missed, and to enjoy an honored place on your shelf beside TO SERVE MAN.
I've read several books that tackled mythological creatures in an encyclopedic format, and usually they use the same descriptions for the usual selections e.
g. mermaid, Big Foot. But the one thing this book introduced to me is the Jewish concept of "kosher," and being the kind of person who loves learning new things, that and the dialogue between the coauthors intrigued me.


Overall, sitelinkThe Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals is a fun and light read, though confusing at some parts due to the technicalities of what is and isn't kosher.
The descriptions of the animals were shorter than expected and the dialogues were amusing, I grabbed this from one of the StoryBundles a while back and read this during a quick downtime, it is a very delightful little short work that essentially catalogs various imaginary creatures some more well known than others and also discusses whether they're kosher.


It pretty much does what it says on the tin, and that's all I was really looking for in the book to begin with, so for a short little diversion, this is actually pretty great.
Tem partes legais, mas tem partes muito chatas haha, Acho que no geral dou uns,de nota, Whimsy. Pure and true. A quick, funny read. I wish there'd been a little more meat to some of the entries, though, See what I did there As "book that's obviously been cribbed from a bunch of blog posts" I've definitely seen worse.
Three means I liked it, didn't love it, A light, puffy souffle of a book that describes various imaginary animals, like Leviathan, or the chupacabra, or Ouroboros, and considers the question of whether or not they would be considered kosher.
The dialogue between Ann VanderMeer and Evil Monkey is hilarious, and can be savored slowly, one imaginary animal at a time or gulped down in one fell swoop.
So you are cooking a banshee stew for dinner, and you suddently realize one of your guests is a Jew.
Can you serve him your delightfully cookied mythical creature

The premise seemed so amusing,
But I'm afraid the book itself did not live up to it,

Some of the descriptions meant to be funny, and I think that even two of them made me smile.

But the dialogs on the kosherness of each animal are just too obvious and much less silly or surprising or funny than I had expected.


Probably the best part of this little book is the cooking guide itself, which at least was rather funny.

The dialog was not the most suitable style in my humble opinion, but the idea seemed to have a lot more of work on it than the previous parts.



PS:
Those recipes refer to a "Galatian" white wine, This is probably a typo the Albarino they mention written Albariño in Spanish or Alvarinho in Portuguese is a Galician white wine.

Galicia is a region in the North West of Spain, very near Portugal,
Just in case you're tempted to add it to your imaginary dish For the Jewish gastronaut who feels ready to explore less readily available meats, but is worried about their Kosher status, this is the perfect read.
Presented as a series of short, but humorous, debates between ANN the explanatory voice of Kosher rules played by Ann VanderMeer and EVIL MONKEY the questioning voice of the confused nonJew played by Jeff VanderMeer.
Each dialogue ends with the stamp of Kosher or nonKosher or more common than is actually helpful Unknown Kosherness status.
Each section is a little brief, but as the writings were created from actual conversations between Ann and Jeff I suppose they end up pretty much being what they were.


So if you were ever worried whether Jackalopes, Wookies, Mermaids, Phoenix, Sasquatch, ET, or even Behemoth or Leviathan were Kosher, then this is the book for you.

This is a quick silly read that includes both classic imaginary animals Behemoth, Chupacabra, etc, and some that I'm pretty sure the authors made up the Pollo Maligno was a favorite, and gives a brief description and a brief conversation on whether or not they would be considered kosher.
Very silly, but with some inspired descriptions and loony dialogue, and a nice epilogue that includes whether wookies are kosher and what wines to drink with a few of the selections.
Light and silly, in the best of ways, Juvenile.
Inane dialogue trying to be funny, I only smiled on the inside at the part about this book never being an audiobook,
That was funny maybe not VERY funny, but I thought that was funny,
I can't even really say it was informative, as the creature descriptions were also mixed with fact and jest.

You get the gist of what is going to be kosher, or not, after the first few pages.

Ann plays the village aunty, and E, Monkey, the village fool, and together, they make an internet age version of a small foolish village play.
Pull quote/note
"If you suspect your blind date is an encantado, look for the subtle signs: Is your blind date's hair wet Does your blind date have a habit of saying 'eeeeeee' in a highpitched register Does your blind date have a vestigial dolphintail If so, it is simply a matter of whether this is an issue for you or not.
"An odd book, this seems to have grown out of a jokey discussion between Ann and Jeff Vandermeer about the potential Kosherness of fictional beasts.
The problem is, it doesn't seem to have grown very much each entry is a page or a little more and there isn't enough in the description of the animal to server as a bestiary nor enough in the few lines of discussion that follow the either flesh out the ideas, give much in the way of Jewish dietary philosophy or even provide much humour.


A little bit pointless, to be honest, unfortunately . . this is hardly even a book, such a fun and interesting idea, but I think its entirely too clear that this was basically just lifted directly from a some blog posts.
cool premise, not great execution, I should have believed the low average rating, rip! The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals is a handy, pocket sized booklet that lists and describes a variety of imaginary animals from around the world and provides a verdict as to the creatures kosher status.
The animals kosher status is provided after a brief dialogue between Ann and Evil Monkey Jeff Vandermeer blogging alter go in which they consider the different aspects of each creature that would qualify or disqualify it from being kosher.



The creatures listed range from the Japanese AbumiGuchi not kosher and the Chilean Camahueto Kosher to the Argentinian Borges undecided and the Leviathan very Kosher, but only for the righteous.
At the end of the book, Duff Goldman, from the Food Networks Ace of Cakes, discusses the best way to cook and serve some of these imaginary creatures and even suggests appropriate wines to go with the dish.
Included with the book was a recipe for Grilled Mongolian Death Worm Maki, which actually sounds quite delicious but unfortunately is not kosher.



The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals is a fun and entertaining book to read through, particularly since it has some wonderful illustrations and includes many creatures from folklore and fantasy that I have never heard of before.
I was a bit disappointed that there werent more recipes included, since Goldmans cooking instructions were some of the best parts of the book.
But I certainly feel secure now, knowing that if I ever encounter a Wookie, while hungry, broke, and far from home and carrying a sharp knife, of course I can go ahead and assuage my hunger.
An intriguing premise, but it completely fails to live up to it, The descriptions of the mythical creatures are very short and lacking in detail, so as a book about mythical creatures it falls severely short, but the discussion following each falls even shorter.


The authors banter feels forced and overly cutesy, which is not helped by the stupid gimmick of one of them pretending to be an evil monkey LOL so random! And given that there are some fairly basic and broad rules as to what animals are kosher, most of the conclusions are obvious and uninteresting.


The choice of creatures is also often perplexing, including creatures of humanlevel intelligence and spirits taking the form of inanimate objects.
Is a creature made of books kosher The question is nonsense because books aren't food,

The section at the end where a chef is consulted about how to cook several of the mythical animals shows one direction this book could have taken to be a bit more interesting.
More detail on fewer creatures, sticking to the ones that seem like they'd actually be edible, a discussion of what dietary restrictions might apply, and some discussion of what the creature would taste like and why, and how best to prepare it, could make for a much better book than this.


Basically, this book just seems like a really lazy take on an idea with potential.
Apparently it began as a series of blog posts, and it seems like it had about as much effort put into it as the average blog post.
It seems like it probably entertained the authors, and possibly their friends, but I can't see any reason for anyone else to read it.
A perfect gift book, this sumptuously illustrated and whimsically bitesized bestiary is the definitivein fact, onlyguide to the kosherness kashrut of imaginary animals.
It is an undomesticated romp from A to Z, including E, T. , hobbits, Mongolian Death Worms, and the elusive chupacabra, This fantastical journey embarks upon a hilariously contentious debate between the alterego of acclaimed fantasist Jeff VanderMeer a.
k. a. Evil Monkey and his editor/collaborator wife Ann VanderMeer Steampunk, The New Weird.
Once and for all, burning questions passed down through the ages will be addressed, such as: Is a vegetablelamb a vegetable or a lamb Does licking the Pope make you trayf What exactly is a Pollo Maligno Does a Sasquatch taste stringy

As featured on Boing Boing and Jewcy.
com and brought to you by the same creative team that gave you The Thackery T.
Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases, this irreverent abecedary is the musthave present for anyone seeking to broaden their imaginary culinary experiences guiltfree.
.