Who said Coca-Cola was only good for quenching thirst? In fact, the popular carbonated drink can also serve as a unique ingredient for cooking and baking.
Coca-Cola: The Cookbook boasts more than 30 sumptuous, Coke-inspired recipes, from appetiser, mains and side dishes to cakes, muffins and crepes. Examples include glazed pork chops, chicken curry, glory muffins and grenadini.
Coca-Cola: The Cookbook
Hamlyn, 128pp
ISBN: 978-0-600-62350-2
Available at Asia Books
475 baht
Apart from the recipes, this book also includes a colourful history of Coca-Cola that is presented in a chronology format, noting milestones in the firm's development from its humble beginnings 125 years ago with only one product to its present position as one of the world's most iconic brands. Today the company is responsible for more than 500 brands marketed in 200 countries and sells in excess of 1.7 billion individual drinks per day.
The book includes reproductions of early Coco-Cola advertisements that used nostalgic images of people and places to sell the brand. There's that now-iconic image of young 19th-century beauty, resplendent in feathers, holding up a glass of Coca-Cola in the 1901 advertisement; a 1906 magazine ad in which a sophisticated couple share a romantic moment and a glass of Coca-Cola at the theatre; and a 1907 ad in which Cleveland Major League baseball player/manager Napolean "Nap" Lajoie was invited to endorse the brand.
A marriage of family-friendly recipes with the remarkable story of the world's most famous beverage company, this book is sure to go down well with fans of the beverage and avid Cola-Cola paraphernalia collectors alike.
