Imagine a restaurant so awful, so insane, and possibly a little on the dangerous side and you've got Fuds: a trendy restaurant in Brooklyn that has taken the hipster foodie crowd by storm. With it's famous offerings of 'Dead Dog co-plated with Yam Clippings and a Leafy Lage Dumping' and ' Roundeye Flank Stringers with a Yankee-Poisoned Marinara and Fuzzy Rice Curds' this is any culinary instructors worst nightmare.
Thankfully, Fuds is the brainchild of Kelly Hudson, Dan Klein, and Arthur Meyer (the later two are currently Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon writers.) Originally started as a gag menu for a made up restaurant, Fuds really did take the Brooklyn scene and spin it on its ear. Going viral in 2012, people actually thought Fuds was real and tried to visit it to try these oddities while some tried to get the Health Department to close it down.
Building from the success of the joke, Hudson, Klein, and Meyer created this book as a tutorial from the fictious restaurant's owners the Mizretti Brothers. Along with some of their most famous recipes, the Brothers included helpful tips on how to audition a new garbage man, knife safety (or lack thereof), how to save someone from choking (so they can pay for their meal) and explore the history of Fud.
This book was very funny and as a professional chef, I loved how it didn't take itself serious at all. I've seen so many jokers act like their going to be the next Charlie Trotter and end up figuring out that being in the restaurant business is really hard work and they drop out. So, it was funny to see a couple of goofballs half-ass it in the culinary industry for a change (even if it was all made up.)
This book is a little vulgar. Lots of F-bombs and other four letter words are peppered throughout. But what surprised me more was the number of sex toys used in making some of the recipes in this book. I strongly advise anyone 18 and older to not try any of these recipes EVER! Especially the one that calls for 24 kilos of uncut cocaine. I'm pretty sure that one would kill you.
I found out about this book thanks to a plug from Jimmy Fallon on his show. Otherwise, I would have completely overlooked this book at the library. It's a fun read and it should be taken as such. Again, this is a parody- please don't make any of the recipes in this book! They will make you very sick at the very least.
Lastly, if any of this book's real writers ever stumble across this review, I just would like you to know you spelled the title of your book wrong. It's a joke in my wife's family to spell Food F-U-D. But you forgot to put those two tiny dots over the U in Fuds. If you ever make a 2nd printing or a sequel, I hope you guys will put the correct accent mark over the U! Otherwise, you just look silly...
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.
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