Food . I have never been a gourmet cook, but I have always been a gourmet eater! In the Spring of 2002 I began gathering recipes from my sister-friends from around the world. Their seventy-eight recipes including a few of my own are offered in this cookbook for your dining pleasure. I haven't any preference for one recipe over another as I love each of them! Fun and Laughter. You will love reading the original funny-food short stories and poems included in this unique cookbook as you relax and smell the tantalizing aromas of your supper wafting from the kitchen! The food-funny comic illustrations created by talented illustrator, Shirley Gavin, are the cookbook's ''little jewels'' among the treasure trove of scrumptious recipes waiting for you to enjoy! Halal Food, Fun and Laughter. Combines a winning ''recipe'' for a healthy lifestyle: good halal food, some fun and laughter and last but most importantly, remembrances of Allah, by inclusion of some wonderful food-specific Qur'an and Hadith to help create a happier and healthier recipe for your life.