Laughter is the Best Recipe

Whether you’re health conscious or a connoisseur of gourmet vegetarian cuisine, the recipes in Laughter is the Best Recipe for beginning cooks, will both delight and satisfy you. Well-known singer, musician, composer, arranger and raconteur Doug Brookins uses a unique blend of story telling to share the recipes he and his friend Mary perfected over 30 years.  Here, you will find an imitation chicken pot pie that you’ll swear is made from poultry; a fresh asparagus salad Italiano that could have been plucked from the Tuscan countryside, and an apricot drop delight for the sweet tooth. Even a newcomer to cooking will enjoy the gourmet vegetarian substitutions for meat, poultry and egg, introduced with 30 humorous, anecdotal send-ups about her young friends of many years who were part of “Mary’s Group.”