The Coen Brothers' Christmas Goose

An unsuspecting migratory foul discovers what one eats time in Fargo, North Dakota. And when Frances McDormand finally  says, "Boil alluvit," the bird tries to flee.  This clip animates one of the illustrated recipes in the funny little gift book, NIETZSCHE'S ANGEL FOOD CAKE: And Other "Recipes" for the Intellectually Famished, by Rebecca Coffey. Literary humor for those who enjoy smashing idols fondly, NIETZSCHE'S allows 22 cultural monoliths to share "their" succulent recipes. It's cookery that insinuates the hard questions, and it offers a surprisingly informative and entirely whirlwind tour of civilization. Not really a cookbook, it's for lovers of literature, history, art, music, and philosophy, for foodies, and for anyone with a good liberal arts education—no matter how vaguely they remember it.