A sharp-eyed Coverage Opinions reader alerted me to this unusual 2012 book:

The Claims Cookbook: A Culinary Guide to Job Satisfaction
by Carl Van and Laura E. Wimsatt

It is described on Amazon as follows:

“A cookbook for claims professionals. These are REAL recipes for delicious meals, but with a claims professional twist, such as Boston “Claim” Chowder and “Attorney Red Beans and Lies.”  Each recipe comes with a humorous story that any claims professional can relate to. The only cookbook in the world written by claims professionals for claims professionals.

“Other recipes include: Claimant Crab Cakes, So Sue Me Sushi, Fender Bender Splendor, The DUI Daiquiri, The Car-Tini, Fresh Fraud, Cod Chicken, TORTellini, Corned Beef and Crash, Negotiation Sensation, The SUBrogation Sandwich And many others.”

Needless to say, I needed to take a bigger bite out of this.  I reached out to co-author Carl Van and will soon be speaking to him about this rather unusual cookbook.  No doubt there is a good backstory here.  Look for this in an upcoming issue of CO. 

Of course I am now trying to think of foods that could have a claims twist.  Maybe there’s a CO contest here.