BOOK REVIEW: Cooking with the Bears

Cooking with the Bears

Healthy Recipes by Hairy Men

Angelo Sindaco has given us this curious kitchen cookery book. It’s full of tasty instructions fresh from the hot sweaty recipe books of some sexy semi-naked hairy men who appear, like Nigella, stripped, plumped and lightly powdered, hiding their blushes behind aprons, oven gloves and some impressive ranges. Following on from the furry fun of the Hairy Bikers and their large bear following, we now have a more in-your-face gay version of big men with their bellies out, cooking.

There’s no kitchen envy or fat shaming here, but creams, butters and oodles of oil, minced, pounded and kneaded into some rather mouth-watering creations. All the food is ruthlessly healthy and creatively planned. It’s also indulgent and shies away from dietary fads and other non-beary silliness, staying in hearty, healthy meal-making territory. The men are tasty enough to enjoy even if you never get round to making any of the delicious food, and with 176 full-colour pages of food and mouth-watering men, there’s plenty to keep you occupied. There’s also a wipe-clean cover to ensure you can mop up those accidental spills.

The book features a preface by Mike Enders, founder of AccidentalBear.com, that fun website for queer art, culture and music, with his ideas and observations about the relationship between  food and bigger men, although he doesn’t comment on these men cooking up treats while dressed up in combat, rugby kit or other fetishized bear wear. Funny that, pass me another slice of that creamy sausage please…..

Out now:£29:99

Hardcover

Available from the publishers here or all good bookshops.