Penn and Teller's How to Play with Your Food

Simple cute tricks even I can do. Even if you do not plan on doing the tricks the book is still great because of the humor and they reveal how they performed some of their tricks on TV. I literally laughed out loud in several places. Don't think of this as a "how to do magic tricks", it sort of is but get it for fun stunts and tricks you can play on your friends...and the humor. I have the "How to Play in Traffic" also but I think this one is better. Both are great. These guys would be great to hang around with just to hear their stories. You might not want to do the "poke your eye out" trick around old or feeble people, it could give them a heart attack...but if you didn't like them anyway....never mind.

If you enjoy Penn's sarcastic, caustic wit you'll enjoy this book. It contains lots of easy to do "tricks" you can entertain friends with. He presents the tricks in some cases as ways to scam your friends, but you can play the same tricks without scamming them. (Example -- the free meal trick described can be turned into a nice piece of fun by disclosing the trick at the end of the meal.) And by easy, I mean that some of the tricks require no skill, such as sleight of hand. One just has to follow the trick set up rules. As usual, some of the tricks are outrageous -- like the bloody spaghetti trick.

If you like Penn and Teller, you should like this book. It's like a cookbook for bad adolescent behavior. Full of fun and mostly harmless pranks, tricks, or gags (literally) that can offend, upset, or nauseate the whole family.I had a copy years ago and i was surprised to be able to still find it for Christmas gifts for my kids even though i had to order single copies from individual vendors since no one had more than one in stock. One of them even had a partial bag of goodies that comes with it, which after this long after publication, i absolultely did not expect.If you like mild pranks and harmless practical jokes at the dinner table, this is the book for you.

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This is certainly one of the funniest books I've read in a long time. The book is filled with pranks, tricks, and funny anecdotes of Penn and Teller's life experiences. A few of the reviews I've read lamented at the used version of the book they bought not having a bag of tricks that comes with the book. In my opinion though this is hardly reason to complain. It only affects about 3 of the tricks in the book and of those only 2 of them can't be overcome with a little ingenuity from the reader. The only one that may be problematic is the one trick involving a Kevlar sugar packet. Either way all three of these tricks are extremely enjoyable anyway and certainly worth the money for the book. All of the tricks in the book are quite enjoyable its difficult to pick out a favorite.

I remember seeing them promote this on TV. I bought it because the price was right, I like their sense of humor and I have a friend that I knew would love it. He does.

Well... with his demented twist on things.. funny little pranks and tricks to play on your friends, written in his cool, very funny way. Penns a great storyteller, Paints a bright psyhadelic picture that will have you roaring!the fortune cookie was hilarious!

These books were enjoyable for both teens and adults. The teens enjoyed the jokes and tricks as they were interest in magic shows.

I haven't read it yet, but it arrived and is in a very good condition. A family member thinks that the recipe for Swedish Lemon Angels sounds delicious. I'm not cleaning up when they make them. I may see if 'How To Get A Full Course Dinner For The Price Of A Tip' works out.

Brilliant things you can do. Enjoy!

A Joy - from doctored fortune cookies to his satanic majesty's burrito.

Penn & Teller sind ein Magierduo, das seine Tricks unglaublich witzig präsentiert. Entsprechend ist das Buch "How to play with your food" auch sehr witzig geschrieben und allein deshalb schon fast sein Geld wert (auch wenn der eine oder andere Bezug 20 Jahre nach erscheinen des Buches natürlich weg ist).In dem Buch beschreiben die beiden eine Menge Dinge, die man mit Nahrungsmitteln anfangen kann - darunter eine Reihe von Salonzaubertricks, aber auch ein paar Anekdoten und vor allem allerhand Schabernack, wie ein Kuchendessert, der beim Aufschneiden blutet oder ein Kochrezept, bei dessen Anwendung der Teig fömlich explodiert (Mit Backpulver + Säure). Das ist - wie erwähnt alles sehr lustig und vieles möchte man schnell ausprobieren. Nur für die Zaubertricks alleine lohnt sich das Buch aber nicht unbedingt, da gibt es sicherlich besseres auf dem Markt (aber kaum eines, dass solch witzigen Sprüche zum präsentieren vorschlägt!).Einen Teil möchte ich aber noch besonders erwähnen: Der Trick, bei dem Penn & Teller eine Uhr zerstören und die dann aus dem Bauch eines Fisches heraushole wird erklärt - schon interessant wie einfach das Prinzip hinter professionellen Tricks ist!Übrigens: Zu dem Buch gehört eigentlich noch ein kleiner Umschlag mit Zusatzmaterial. Der fehlte bei meiner Version, was bei einem gebrauchten Buch aber wohl zu erwarten war. Dadurch funktionieren zwei weitere Tricks nicht.

Print quality is a little lower than I expected and did not come with the envelope.