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Meatballs and Tomatoes from Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

This is one of my go-to meatball recipes. I adapt it to include pesto if I have some on hand, but the recipe is great made as stated in the instructions, as well. There are a lot of milk-soaked bread crumbs... read more >

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25 Ways to Cook a Mouse for the Gourmet Cat

By Orson Bean, Susannah Bean
Carol Publishing Corporation - 1994

This is a cute, funny little book with 25 fake mouse recipes "for the gourmet cat," by Orson Bean. Roast Leg of Spring Mouse, perhaps? Why, of course:

"Buy an entire mouse leg (butt and shank). Don't be afraid to select a large one, as mousemeat is almost invariably tender. A good butcher in a feline gourmet shop will help you with this. You may also choose to have the butcher butterfly your leg of mouse ... Rub the mouse leg with cut garlic and catnip. Place the mouse leg fat side up (if there is any fat--mousemeat is usually quite lean) on a rack ..."