I'm listening to a recording of Kasey Kasum's American Top Forty from 08/08/70. Melanie's "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" was introduced by Kasey by noting that Melanie considers herself to be a sort of health nut. In fact, she had even gotten an agreement from Buddha Records to print on the jacket of her next album recipes for "Melanie's Special Health Salads."
I do not recall seeing this on any Melanie album. Was it another trick from Buddha? Was Kasey misled? Could I have misunderstood Kasey? Anyone know?

There were 6 or so recipes included in 'Melanie's Good Book' sheet music book Mike: -

My thoughts on garlic
Mushroom caps baked in cheddar cream sauce
Wheat berry and vegetable soup
Stuffed grape leaves (Greek)
Many vegetables salad
White ambrosia

When you read the Tales from the Roadburn Cafe - which you can order here: Tales from the Roadburn Cafe - Amazon.com or here: Bol.com - Nederlandse winkel
you can read that Melanie wanted that book to contain some recipes.
I think Melanie loves food and she loves healthy food too.

Melanie comes from very food conscious stock she probably makes really good Italian food. I'd like to see a book by Mel about that. I know very little about Ukraine and there food (I assume its like anywhere in the Slavic countries very hearty stuff).

All this talk about food's making me hungry. I want Melanie to come around and cook for me... (what a great dream...)

I still have the page from Melanie's Good Book that has the Mushroom Caps in Cheddar Cream Sauce recipe. Wish I still had the whole book. I've always traveled light through life, so a lot of the Melanie stuff I had in the old days are just a memory now.

...I'm not 'much on' Mushroom Caps, but the Cheddar Cream Sauce sounds delicious!


-Bill

Missourigirl, can you share that recipe with us? I am from Germany and have never seen these releases with gimmicks like that. I mean, the LPs I bought in the 70s were later issues and had nothing like that, and being a cook myself, I would be VERY interested in trying her recipes for myself!