Amazon.com Users Still Not Sure Who/What This Amy Sedaris Person Is.
A friend pointed this out to me today: from the Amazon.com reviews of the hilarious Amy Sedaris book “I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence”
Offensive and vulgar, January 11, 2007 By S. Hart
I purchased several of these “cookbooks” to give as gifts to my mom, my step-mom and mother-in-law for Christmas, as well as one to keep for myself. I didn’t have time to look over the cookbook until the weekend before Christmas (after I had wrapped and mailed my gifts) and was shocked to find vulgar language, discussion on feminine hygiene, and other offensive (when not expected—especially in a cookbook!)content. Even though the intent was probably humor when the book was written, I had to make a lot of apologies and was embarassed to have purchased such an item for my mothers! The book should be rated “R” for content, and a warning issued regarding its content prior to a purchase.
This is almost good enough to have been written by Sedaris herself. Almost.
Oh, good heavens. I can think of no tactful way to say to your loved ones “hey, I love you so much that I bought four cookbooks written by an author whose work I don’t know. It turns out, she’s a rather crass performance artist who is really good at making cupcakes and loves bunnies a lot. I mean, if I had browsed for two seconds before I panic-bought those cookbooks, the high degree of kitsch would have been apparent, but I didn’t. Oopsie. Sorry! Next year, I’ll get you a Moosewood or a Giada or something.”
But the upshot is that some of the recipes in that book are pretty good. And really, who doesn’t need the occasional tutorial on feminine hygiene?
3 years ago