The Joy of Waterboiling, a German-language guide to cooking meals in a kettle, has been named the oddest book title of the year by the Bookseller.
The magazine’s annual Diagram prize this year pitted titles against each other that included Are Gay Men More Accurate in Detecting Deceits?, Equine Dry Needling, Jesus on Gardening and The Secret History of Dung. A public vote saw The Joy of Waterboiling garner 56 percent of votes.
The cookery book began life on Kickstarter and features 100 recipes detailing how to prepare meals in a kettle.
“Yes, that is right, you can prepare healthy and delicious meals without a fully equipped kitchen. The only things you need are a waterboiler and our ideas and instructions,” says the pitch, which also lays out publisher Achse Verlag’s plans to publish the book in other languages. “JOW is not just a cookbook, it is a whole movement: JOW’s aim is to create an international community.”
Isle of Man based Strix Group (LON:KETL), is a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of kettle safety controls and other components and devices involving water heating and temperature control, steam management and water filtration.
