Commissary Kitchen: My Infamous Prison Cookbook (review)

October 1, 2016

I just finished reading Commissary Kitchen: My Infamous Prison Cookbook by Albert "Prodigy" Johnson.

Beyond the awesome photos, Prodigy talks about the resourcefulness of people in prison who want to improve through eating better.

The things Prodigy shares in this "cookbook" were made with 2 toaster ovens, a microwave and a whole lot of butter/sugar.

I really enjoyed reading this "cookbook", it was 115 pages with a few good prison stories to set the stage for the featured dishes.

““eating right, will have you thinking right, which will have you living right””

— my takeaway from Commissary Kitchen

I recommend you buy this book if you are:

familiar with Prodigy and his other books (My Infamous Life/ H.N.I.C )
curious to see how people eat, cook and survive mentally in prison
want to try making & eating prison meals
support a person of color in sharing his message to humanize the prison experience

KICKS IN MY KITCHEN

September 30, 2016

The kitchen is where a chef (like David Chang) turns the everyday into something completely new.

The kitchen is also where Bill Bowerman using his wife's waffle iron created an outsole with a gridded pattern and grip traction, completely new at that time.