Milk, Eggs, Vodka

This unlikely title led me to one of the funniest books I've ever read. Milk, Eggs, Vodka, by Bill Keaggy, is a collection of found grocery lists accompanied by Bill's acerbic and hilarious commentary on the authors. A great book to give as a gift or keep on the bathroom bookshelf.

As an aside, I emailed Bill Keaggy after I read his book, to tell him my grocery list anecdote: at one time my brother went off to the A&P with his grocery list, and when he got there, he couldn't remember what he had meant when he wrote SBC on the list. He wandered up and down the aisles, scanning the shelves for something that might start with those letters. He asked a store clerk, who looked at him as though he were crazy. When my brother got home he realized that it stood for Spanish Bar Cake, that raisin-y sweet delight mass produced for the Jane Parker bakery at A&P. No wonder the clerk didn't know! At any rate, Bill wrote me back immediately. Very funny guy.