Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 13, 2006 16:40:53 GMT -5
Death Row Scot hopes prison recipe book will cell
DEATH Row Scot Kenny Richey could be set to publish his own cookbook based
on his culinary expertise displayed in prison.
The 42-year-old, who grew up in Edinburgh, is hoping he can cash in on the
collection of dishes he has concocted from limited ingredients available
in jail.
He is in talks with US publisher Excess Q to see if he can have Death Row
Recipes, released worldwide. The firm has admitted that it thinks it could
have "mass appeal".
Among the dishes he says he has created is a fish toastie, made from
salmon and prawns, which is put in a tortilla and cooked on his radiator.
And he says that he makes his own version of alcopops by letting orange
juice sit for two weeks then drinking it.
Richey is reported as saying: "You have to be creative with the food here.
It's not the best.
"I also make my own hooch. I use orange juice and let it sit for a couple
of weeks until it is ready. I enjoy the taste of it - it's the closest
thing to alcohol that you can have in a prison cell."
The US publisher is adamant that the book would be popular with the public
worldwide.
Excess Q's director, Luis Serrano, said: "People are interested in death
row. It could have mass appeal."
Richey was sentenced to death in 1987 for the murder of 2-year-old Cynthia
Collins. The sentence was quashed last year only to be upheld by the US
Supreme Court.
But the court in Cincinnati say the case will be reconsidered in January
2007.
Richey has always protested his innocence.
(source: The Scotsman)
DEATH Row Scot Kenny Richey could be set to publish his own cookbook based
on his culinary expertise displayed in prison.
The 42-year-old, who grew up in Edinburgh, is hoping he can cash in on the
collection of dishes he has concocted from limited ingredients available
in jail.
He is in talks with US publisher Excess Q to see if he can have Death Row
Recipes, released worldwide. The firm has admitted that it thinks it could
have "mass appeal".
Among the dishes he says he has created is a fish toastie, made from
salmon and prawns, which is put in a tortilla and cooked on his radiator.
And he says that he makes his own version of alcopops by letting orange
juice sit for two weeks then drinking it.
Richey is reported as saying: "You have to be creative with the food here.
It's not the best.
"I also make my own hooch. I use orange juice and let it sit for a couple
of weeks until it is ready. I enjoy the taste of it - it's the closest
thing to alcohol that you can have in a prison cell."
The US publisher is adamant that the book would be popular with the public
worldwide.
Excess Q's director, Luis Serrano, said: "People are interested in death
row. It could have mass appeal."
Richey was sentenced to death in 1987 for the murder of 2-year-old Cynthia
Collins. The sentence was quashed last year only to be upheld by the US
Supreme Court.
But the court in Cincinnati say the case will be reconsidered in January
2007.
Richey has always protested his innocence.
(source: The Scotsman)