Recipes from a Tasteless Machine: A Culinary Journey through Artificial Intelligence

Recipes from a Tasteless Machine is the third book in the Magic Machine Series from award winning authors Preston Lewis and Harriet Kocher Lewis. The book organizes recipes around themes based on the months of the year and related holidays. From breakfast meals in January and to holiday fare at the end of the year, the authors provide a culinary calendar of mostly delectable dishes that'll bring a smile to the face if not to the tastebuds.

New Year's Day recipes cover breakfast, pastries and brunch while February focuses on candies, cookies and cakes in celebration of Valentine's Day. March and St. Patrick's Day provide offerings on salads and beverages while April Fool's Day explores whimsical foods. Ethnic foods are covered in May with Cinco de Mayo and Mexican food and in June with Juneteenth recipes celebrating African-American and Southern foods.

Fourth of July recipes look at American fare like hamburgers, hot dogs and ice cream. Box lunches are explored in August in celebration of the start of school while Labor Day dishes explore comfort food and casseroles. For October Columbus Day dishes include Italian and indigenous people's foods. November covers holiday dishes while December and Winter Solstice are celebrated with soups stews and chilis.

The authors offer a baker's dozen of chapters with a thirteenth holiday they call "Family Day" to celebrate some of their tried-and-true family recipes and the stories behind them. All in all, Recipes from a Tasteless Machine provides a variety of recipes and food trivia to satisfy any taste. As the French, would say "Bon app彋it," though the authors note that since the recipes were developed by artificial intelligence the French might also say "Mangez ?vos risques et perils!"

Previous titles in the Magic Machine Series are Devotionals from a Soulless Machine and Jokes from a Humorless Machine.