Cookbook, Album, Learning From Snoop Dogg
E-40 is in the midst of a busy New York City press junket. He’s in a private room at the restaurant Sei Less in Manhattan, calmly having a sip of red wine with his wife. The serial entrepreneur would like to be sipping on something from his own brand, Earl Stevens — named after the rapper himself — but the alcohol shipment he sent cross-country for his birthday party and release dinner is still en route from the Bay Area. He’s here celebrating the release of his cookbook, Goon With the Spoon, as well as his new album,…