Got a long journey coming up? How about cooking your dinner while you drive. Well it’s very possible and the authors of Manifold Destiny: The One! The Only! Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine will show you how.

Authors Maynard and Scheller came up with the idea in 1984. Bound for Boston, Massachusetts in their Volkswagen Rabbit (Golf), the friends had purchased a pound of roast in Montreal. They intended to lunch on the roast somewhere down the road, but knew it would not be nearly as tasty cold as it would be if eaten as intended - piping hot. Inspired by old tales of truckers cooking hot dogs and beans on their truck engines, they purchased some foil, wrapped up the roast and wedged it in a warm cranny beneath the air filter.

Within an hour, the roast was warm and ready to eat. The authors eventually developed recipes for cooking and baking a variety of foods on the car engine. Along with many recipes the book it explains how to wrap foods in tin foil before placing the food on the car engine to cook.