Description

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As featured on Boing Boing and Jewcy

Just in time for Passover, this bite-sized bestiary is the definitive?--nay, the only--?A to Z guide to the kosherness of imaginary animals. The Kosher Guide is a whimsically illustrated, wild, undomesticated romp that features E.T., hobbits, Mongolian Death Worms, and even the elusive chupacabra

Once and for all, our experts will definitively describe burning questions passed down through the ages, such as: Is a vegetable-lamb a vegetable or a lamb? Does licking the Pope make you trayf? What exactly is a pollo maligno? Is Sasquatch kashrut and does it taste stringy?

The Kosher Guide resolves (mostly) an ongoing, contentious debate (oy vey) between Evil Monkey--the alter-ego of bestselling fantasist Jeff VanderMeer (Annihilation)--and acclaimed editor (and co-conspirator) Ann VanderMeer (Steampunk), the creative team that produced The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases.

Now you can broaden your imaginary culinary experiences guilt-free--mazel tov

About the Author

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Ann VanderMeer is the Hugo Award?-winning editor of Weird Fiction Review. She was the fiction editor at Weird Tales and the publisher of Buzzcity Press, work for which received the British Fantasy, International Horror Guild, and Rhysling awards. An expert on Victoriana, she is the co-editor of the bestselling World Fantasy Award?nominated Steampunk series. Her other anthologies include the Best American Fantasy and Leviathan series, The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases, The New Weird, and Last Drink, Bird Head. Jeff VanderMeer is the best-selling author of City of Saints and Madmen, the noir thriller Finch, and the quintessential guide to writers, Booklife. His award-winning novels have made the year's best lists at Publishers Weekly, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Wall Street Journal. His nonfiction and reviews have appeared in Washington Post Book World, the Huffington Post, and the New York Times Book Review.

Praise For…

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"Funny and thoughtful and totally absurd . . . This book is the most fun I've had in a while."  San Francisco Book Review

"Delightful . . . tremendously helpful if you ever wake up and find yourself a character in a fantasy novel."  Jewcy.com

"Witty."  Jewish Humor Central

"Lively and quirky and funnywildly amusing."  My Jewish Learning.com

"This slim and silly volume is the ideal gift for anyone who has tried to make a saving throw vs. petrification using a dreidel."  io9.com

"Amusement, amazement and culinary benefit . . . It's fun, it's funny, it has a monster on just about every other page."  The Agony Column

"Entertaining."  The San Antonio Current

"Brilliantly illustrated . . . refreshing."  New Mexican