Groundbreaking 'Food Biography'

NEW YORK: A pound of bacon, a loaf of Italian bread, peanut butter and jelly. OK. Mr. Presley, dinner is served, reports AP.

Elvis' dietary needs — and they made his other pursuits appear tame — are the topic of The Life and Cuisine of Elvis Presley." a no-rolls-barred account of the meals that stretched a thousand jump suits.

The groundbreaking "Food Biography" is the tongue-in-cheek work of David Adler, an Elvis fan who tracked the King's chow from cradle to ... well, you know where he died.

Adler interviewed Elvis' Graceland cook#, Hi* valet. His Tupelo. Mtss, neighbours. He gathered menus from Elvis' high school. And the Army. And Las Vegas hotels. He hung out with Elvis stepbrothers. And Elvis' croner. And Barbara Eden.

The "I Dream of Jeannie" star worked with Elvis on the forgettable film "Flaming Star," where Presley played a half-breed who protects his Indian mother from white ranchers. (Remember?).

Barbara was his love interest. Her mealtime recollections of Presley: "Good table manners. If he didn't (have them). I would remember that."

Marital strife results in castration

MANASSAS: A woman who said she cut off her husband s penis after she was allegedly forced to have sex was indicted Tuesday on a malicious wounding charge, reports AP.

Lorena Bobbitt. 24. will appear In Circuit Court on Wednesday for a trial date, said Prince William County Commonwealth's Attorney Paul Ebert.

Bobbitt told police that she was awakened by her husband In the early morning of June 23 and forced to have sex. She also told police that after she cut off Her husband's penis with a kitchen knife she threw ft out her car window as she drove to the police station to report that she had been raped.

Police recovered the organ and surgeons were able to reattach ft In a nine-hour operation.

John Wayne Bobbitt has been charged with marital sexual assault and a September 27 trial date has been set

Bobbitt has denied the charge, and his version of the events on June 23 differs markedly from Mrs. Bobbitt s, said his attor-"^Mrs. Bobbitt Is In the process of divorcing her husband.

Jackson hides away from fans, media

HUIS TEN BOSCH (Japan): Michael Jackson hid aw*y yesterday from adoring fans and intrusive media, hold up In a fake 17th century Dutch village Theme Park on the coast of southern Japan, reports Reuter

The embattled Pop superstar, plagued by child sex abuse allegations and reported Illness on previous stops of his 'Dangerous' Asian concert tour, arrived in Japan on Tuesday ahead of two scheduled weekend performances tn Fukuoka

Within minutes, he had boarded a bus for the 2 - hour journey to the fantasy village of Huis Ten Bosch, erected last year outside the city of Nagasaki at a coat of 225 billion yen (2.16 billion dollars).

There. Jackson and his entourage, including heavyweight bodyguards, boarded boats to glide along a reproduction Dutch canal to the palace, the fanciest of the Theme Park s five hotels used tn the past by members of the imperial family.

The Americans spent the night there, in suites costing a cool 300.000 yen (2,900 US dollar) apiece