Some enterprising inmates at the Walla Walla Prison in Washington State, fearing Martha Stewart would get a cookbook out first, stepped up plans for their own. "The Convict Cookbook" has been released, and is filled with recipes with names like "Po' Mans Burritos, Cell Block Fudge, Dope Fiend Sandwich and Prizzon Po Carcass Casserole."

The twist: The recpipes are all prepared without the use of a stove. Their only heat utensil is an immerser coil that they put in water to make it boil.

The book has 163 pages of recipes. The book includes short facts and insights into prison life. There is also an essay "Why Do We Cook in Our Cells? or Bad Guys, Good Taste?" by Rick Webb, one of the authors. He explains that while prison food is OK, it becomes monotonous over time, and cell cooking provides some variety and creativity for inmates.

Cooking food in a prison cell isn't easy. Some recipes can be cooked on radiator pipes. Others require the prison kitchen. Many of the recipes involve plastic bags standing in as mixing bowls.

All involve some ingenuity.These cookies are so named because heroin addicts often come to prison craving sweets," Dunn wrote.