Have you ever wondered what to cook when a dictator drops in unexpectedly? Look no further .

Gill Partington cooks up a storm in The Axis of Evil Cookbook - make that a desert storm.

Did you know that Gaddafi has his own herd of camel to supply milk wherever he goes? Or that Kim Jong-Il flies in chefs from Japan to cook live fish?

Gill has sourced some terrifyingly delicious recipes from the Axis of Evil' including dictators' favourite dishes, fascinating facts all liberally illustrated in full revolutionary Technicolor.

From Cuban hamburgers to Chemical Ali' cake, via the odd dog stew this unique cookbook includes snapshots of each country as well as profiles of famous leaders. Regional recipes appear alongside dictators' favourite dishes - from Kim Jong-Il's ruthless appetite for shark fin soup to Saddam's celebrated rack of fresh roasted gazelle.

Full of cultural anecdotes, political insight (eg. there've been around 637 assassination attempts on Castro, including bombs disguised as underwater molluscs) and delectable recipes (dog stew, for example, and its vegetarian quorn substitute), The Axis of Evil Cookbook is an intriguing and forbidden treat.

In the introduction President Bush is said to have named Iraq, Iran, Cuba, North Korea and Syria as rogue states and all-round enemies of democracy and wholesomeness. And this is from a man who loves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and cheese enchiladas.

There are real recipes in this book: spicy spinach omelette (Iraq); kofte (Iran); dog stew - you can use a quorn substitute (North Korea); Christians and Moors (Cuba); stuffed peppers (Libya) and Hummus (Syria).

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