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	Cooking After the Apocalypse By Solveig Singleton December 25, 1999 It's the first y2K cookbook! Author Sally Strackbein of the web site y2kkitchen.com brings us Y2K Kitchen: The Book with advice on how to jump-start personal contingency plans for Y2k, power outages, and other tribulations. This book offers truly practical advice on how to prepare for any emergency without spending thousands of dollars on generators. Survivalists will find the core of the book delightful: Canned food recipes. Y2K purists have rejected the lowly aluminium can because canned goods lose their food value within a couple of years -- hardcore folks prefer dried. The author offers some sounds reasons not to go with dried food. You need water to prepare -- beans take hours of soaking and cooking when pure water and cooking fuel might be scarce. Just don't forget the can opener. The recipes are, ahem, inventive... A home made Gatorade-style rehydration drink, tamales with canned hot peppers, beans with Spam!, Mac and cheese! These recipes are kid-friendly, too. Busy parents will want to try some of these for those post-apocalyptic days when they need comfort food and don't feel like cooking much.		FEATURES Book Reviews Y2K already has spawned its own genre. We tell you what books are worth buying. Chip 'n Little Cartoons Chip 'n Little goes on TV Chip 'n Little visits John Koskinen Chip 'n Little saves the world Warning: This cartoon has been called "foolish and tasteless." Y2K from A to Z Y2K Haiku Traditionalists may be shocked. Mad Cow Culture What does Y2K have in common with today's Mad Cow Culture? Answer: Everything. Declan McCullagh's Y2K articles Psychology of Y2K LATEST NEWS As of December 31, 1999 Get Your T-Shirt Quick Bill Gates Does Y2K Reader Feedback A Sarcastic Calendar Cooking After the Apocalypse A Real Y2K Disaster Hitchhiker's Guide Meets Y2K