Stocking Stuffer

How cool is Coolio?? I am excited to find out, when I read his new cookbook!

If excerpts from Cookin' with Coolio are any indication, the book should be a staple in any poormet kitchen..

Reasons:

1. The self-styled "ghetto gourmet" or "kitchen pimp" promises to provide 5-star meals at a 1-star price (I'm all ears!)
   
2. Coolio has found his voice, is AWESOME at cleverly changing standard cooking terms (Ghettalian) and the book's got chapters like "Salad Eatin' Bitches" and "It's Hard Out Here For a Shrimp"

I should have at least 3 reasons if I am going to make a list. But I am going to have to read this book first...

In the meantime I like Shaka Zulu! as an alternative to shouting BAM! every time I crack black pepper.