The Astronaut’s Cookbook reveals what space travellers’ meals are like
November 27th, 2009 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANILondon, Nov 27 (ANI): A new recipe book titled, The Astronaut’s Cookbook: Tales, Recipes and More, reveals what space travellers eat on their voyages.
Charles Bourland, the author of the cookbook, was a NASA space chef for 30 years.
“I always wanted to write a book about space food history. The editors wanted to do a cookbook,” the Telegraph quoted Bourland, as saying.
According to Discovery News, the book not only mentions dishes like barbecue beef and shrimp cocktail but also throws a glimpse at future space foods.
However, the book does not spell out methods of irradiating, thermostabilising and freeze-drying - process that all space food undergoes to enhance its shelf life.
Bourland said: “In the book, we stop before that.”
The cookbook also has anecdotes about zero-gravity dining, and a few recipes by celebrity chefs like Rachael Ray and Emeril Lagasse. (ANI)
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