There are actual recipes in this book, and still this is a cookbook I could actually read in the usual sense of the word. Perhaps don't so so in public, though, because you might be forced to the same reaction as one of the editors' wife, i.e. audible giggles and/or laughter.

Nanny Ogg's Cookbook: a beautifully illustrated collection of recipes and reflections on life from one of the most famous witches from Sir Terry Pratchett’s bestselling Discworld seriesby Terry PratchettPenguin