Culinary Cartoons for the Humorously Famished

Food and eating were a couple of Charles Addams's favorite subjects.

Hungry cannibals, witches gathering around a cauldron, or a king over his blackbird pie often populated his celebrated cartoons.

And, of course, Morticia of the "Addams Family" was an avid cook, adding a touch of eye of newt or popping over to the neighbors for a cup of cyanide.

So it should come as no wonder that in the 1960s Charles Addams was dabbling with a "cookbook" idea.

Addams discovered and compiled some bizarre recipes from antiquated and out-of-the-way sources.

These recipes have very Addams-like names, such as "Mushrooms Fester" or "Hearts Stuffed" and serve as a perfect complement to his drawings.... Lire la suite