Beyond Delicious Cookbook: Recipes & Stories from the Original Ghost Whisperer - Paperback

by Mary Ann Winkowski (Author), David Powers (Author)

Savor this collection of more than 100 recipes, shared with the Ghost Whisperer by the spirits of several great cooks.

We cook because our connection to food is ever-present. We cook for sustenance and joy. For a culinary experience that's completely unique, the Beyond Delicious Cookbook tickles your tastebuds while making your paranormal senses tingle. It is half cookbook and half ghost story--two ingredients needed to create meals that are tasty and chillingly unforgettable.

Mary Ann Winkowski (aka "The Ghost Whisperer") has been communicating with earthbound spirits for most of her life, and she learned that our connection with food is not broken after death. In fact, she has received countless recipes from spirits of great cooks who have passed on. Co-written by David Powers, the Beyond Delicious Cookbook features more than 100 of these recipes, each paired with the ghostly tale of how Mary Ann learned about the dish. The book is divided into sections about soups, casseroles, beef, chicken, types of desserts, and more.

As Mary Ann notes, these recipes are the best home-cooked meals you can find because they came from the kitchens of families who prepared and perfected them over a lifetime. The meals are so beloved that the living asked Mary Ann to get them or so meaningful that a spirit asked her to record them for those left behind. The stories that go along with the recipes are often sweet, sometimes spooky, and always transfixing.

Book Features:

• More than 100 recipes passed to Mary Ann from beyond the grave


• Ghost stories that explain where each recipe came from


• Sections that feature main dishes, sides, desserts, and more


• Family favorites that have been handed down from previous generations

Author Biography

Mary Ann Winkowski was born in Cleveland and still lives there with her husband, Ted, and Just Fred, their red-and-white cat. She also has two grown daughters. Born with the ability to see, hear, and talk to earthbound spirits, Mary Ann has helped people all over the world to resolve problems with these spirits and negative energy. A consultant on the CBS television show Ghost Whisperer, she is also the author of When Ghosts Speak; the fiction series The Ghost Files, which includes The Book of Illumination and The Ice Cradle; and As Alive, So Dead with David Powers.

David Powers earned a degree in creative writing from Ohio University. He has since worked as a freelance music critic, as a section editor at an alternative newsweekly, and as a technical writer, creating help files for a leading software developer. His fiction has appeared under the name David Christopher in magazines such as Lost Worlds, The MacGuffin, and England's Enigmatic Tales. As David Christopher, he also wrote As Alive, So Dead with Mary Ann Winkowski. He went on to launch OH Hellmouth, a fictional accounting of "weird" Ohio presented in a blog format.