08-23-2006, 06:35 PM
"Peeps: A Candy-Coated Tale" (Image, 2006, $14.95) by Mark Masyga and Martin Ohlin. The recipes included for these eerily pastel marshmallow chicks and bunnies are rather limited (although there is a Peepstock Fudge-In). But the illustrations go overboard with decorative and even dramatic possibilities. (The book notes Peeps' beginnings, at least 50 years ago.)
A wacky kind of narrative is the book's basic structure, with dialogue and even horror moments (a turquoise rabbit snared in a salad). But there's also a shot of food-service chicks in charge of a cafeteria, and everything turns out OK in the end.
A wacky kind of narrative is the book's basic structure, with dialogue and even horror moments (a turquoise rabbit snared in a salad). But there's also a shot of food-service chicks in charge of a cafeteria, and everything turns out OK in the end.