Manifold Destiny (cookbook)

Manifold Destiny is a 1989 cookbook (ISBN 0679723374), its updated 1998 edition (ISBN 0375751408) and a 2008 update (ISBN 1416596232) on the subject of cooking on the surface of a car engine. It was written by Chris Maynard and Bill Scheller, a photographer and a travel writer who were also rally drivers.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The authors claimed inspiration from a trip from Montreal to Boston, where the authors were inspired to keep a package of smoked meat from Schwartz's in Montreal hot by placing it in a secure spot on the car's engine block, having heard that it was said to be common for truckers to keep cans of soup hot by doing the same thing.^[3]

References

^ Schuon, Marshall (24 September 1989). "About Cars: Slow Down, Roast's Ready". New York Times. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
^ Stock, Jon (21 December 2002). "Meals on wheels". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
^ ^a ^b Levitt, Aimee (27 June 2023). "'Manifold Destiny' Is the Apotheosis of Dude Cooking". Eater. Retrieved 31 July 2023.