Learn How To Make "Rapp Snitch Knish" With This Unofficial MF DOOM Cookbook

Ben Gore is honoring MF DOOM‘s catalog with DOOM’S BISTRO, an unofficial cookbook inspired by the late artist’s songs that pay homage to food.

The illustrated cookbook features more than 60 recipes for both food and drinks that were directly referenced by DOOM, including “Nice Verse Pie,” “Fillet-O-Rapper,” “Rapp Snitch Knishes,” “Deep Fried Frenz” and cocktails inspired by the artist. Gore shared to Creative Boom that although MM.. FOOD, DOOM’s 2004 album, served as the cornerstone for the book, the rapper’s catalog is undeniably filled with mentions of food. “Food is not only used to title tracks throughout MM.. FOOD, but it’s used as a valuable metaphor linking the symbol of food with life around the rap industry,” he explained. “The opening track on the album, ‘Beef Rapp,’ ties together the dangers of an unhealthy diet and the risks of rap beef or disputes. DOOM even placed himself in the chef role when he included a recipe for his ‘Villainous Mac N Cheeze’ on the MM.. LEFTOVERS EP, a project featuring remixes of the tracks on MM.. FOOD.”

Meanwhile, Gore’s illustrations for the title stems from his own ideas of how fun the dish or ingredients can look. “The only rule I gave myself was that in every illustration, there has to be a DOOM mask alongside the dish or an ingredient,” he continued. “There are two guest dishes too, which both feature DOOM collaborators who also referenced food in their work, and I illustrated those as well just to give a wide variety of subjects and pay tribute to some other Hip Hop icons. Those guest dishes are a J Dilla doughnut, inspired by his Donuts album, and Raekwon’s butter pecan ice cream, inspired by his track ‘Ice Cream.’”

He added, “I hope I’m honouring DOOM by expanding a major theme of his art into another medium. All the tracks are referenced in the book, so you can see which tracks have directly inspired each recipe. And hopefully, the book might even introduce folks to some lesser-heard DOOM songs or projects and the foods he used as symbols throughout his back catalogue.”

In addition to the release of the cookbook, the illustrations for DOOM’S BISTRO will be on display at London’s Photobook Cafe on November 9.

Ben Gore’s DOOM’S BISTRO is available for pre-order now via Blue Monday Press and will ship in November.

Photobook Cafe
4 Leonard Circus,
London EC2A 4DQ
United Kingdom

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