Oh, puh-leeze, I got lots of mileage already, writing in my book Dishing about the collection of Elvis cookbooks. These actually exist. Are You Hungry Tonight? …The Presley Family & Friends Cookbook … The I Love Elvis Cookbook, and the one that is my all-time favorite, Life & Cuisine of Elvis Presley. I noted that I often go to bed hungry and just read through this book with my mouth watering.

I wrote an entire chapter on Elvis and food in Dishing and it is still my favorite. I offered this thought: "Elvis might have lived longer if he’d eaten only fish, tofu and vegetables. But can one call that living? I can’t see Elvis getting off food anymore than he could get off drugs. Linus had his blanket … Proust his Madeleine … Elvis had his (cook) Pauline on duty."

If I am not cooking à la Elvis, then I just fall back on Joy of Cooking.