#themed cookbook

[heyclickadee]

So, I’m making tarragon chicken, but the recipe I’m using is from a middle-earth inspired cookbook my little brother got for me a few years ago. The recipes are mostly only tangentially related, but the ones I’ve tried are mostly pretty good (though I altered the brandywine fish pie, mostly because I like shrimp, but I can’t stomach the idea of shrimp in a pie). But. But.

1. This tarragon chicken recipe is called “Turin Turambar’s Tarragon Chicken,” which sends me every time I make it.

2. The little blurb above the recipe is basically, “Turin’s life was an undending hell of misery and woe. Hope he got to eat something tasty before he died. Like this recipe!” and it sends me even more.

#cooking #I enjoy themed cookbooks even when the recipes aren’t that great #but the ones in this one are pretty good #just #the choice of character to go with this recipe is wild

[silicon14blog]

I hope Pikmin 4 makes Nintendo considered making a pikmin themed cookbook. I know themed cookbooks kind of aren't looked in high regard but come on, Louie's piklopedia entries are right there. (And also, if not, that there is a fanmade cookbook made eventually).

#pikmin #louie #TBH the only themed cookbook recipe I have tried out was from the Official Minecraft Cookbook on baking bread #and boy #did it turn out great

[angelosearch]

Behold! My Final Fantasy VIII-themed Dinner

In case anyone is curious...

Cocktail - Quezacotl's Thunderstorm

Pretty simple - Vodka, orange juice, (meyer) lemon juice, and plain seltzer served in a light-up novelty glass. (not pictured: the logo on one side for the Christmas event it came from LOL

Appetizers - Mini Hot Dogs and a Balamb Garden Salad

Each ingredient of this salad is representative of a different enemy that you fight in Balamb Garden at some point. There's iceberg lettuce (glacial eye), Radicchio (Grat), grape tomatoes (Bombs - the red ones are literally called sugar bombs), honey goat cheese (Granaldo), candied walnuts (raldo), green goddess dressing (green like caterchipillar), and tajin (something with a bite for bite bugs). I think this would have come together better if I had made the dressing, but I will be happy to have this for the lunch for the rest of the week.

The mini hot dogs were frozen from a box lol.

Side Dishes - Malboro Tentacles and Mashed Norg

The Malboro Tentacles are extremely tender, slowly cooked asparagus with A LOT of garlic (need that bad breath), and some chili flakes for spice. I also threw in some soy sauce for color. This is exactly how I imagined they would be when I set out to make them, so I am pretty happy about it.

Norg - pointless boss, great side dish. These are pretty basic buttermilk mashed potatoes but I wanted to maximize the yellowness. I used yukon gold potatoes (even peeled them, which I never usually do), a dash of tumeric, and lots of butter. That wasn't quite yellow enough so I dug to the back of my spice cabinet and found the saffron I was given as a gift and can never seem to find a meal special enough to use it for. HONESTLY, these were so good. Definitely going to do this again.

Entree - T-Rexuar Steak

I was REALLY worried making these. I've made steak before but I usually use pretty simple seasoning. But for a T-Rexaur, I wanted the outside of the steak to be reminiscent of a T-Rexuar hide. So I actually marinaded the steak in a Tikka-like sauce (paprika, cayenne, tumeric, ginger, garlic, lemon, yogurt) because I was looking for redness. I have NEVER put yogurt on steak before - YIKES what a risk. When I took them out to come to room temperature before cooking them, I patted excess marinade off and added a generous amount of salt, paprika, chili powder and garlic in hopes of creating a redish crust. Then I seared them.

Guys. I don't know if it was the marinade or what but this is some of the best steak I've ever made... or even had. The crust was excellent and the steak was so tender. Def getting a permanent +1 to strength for this one.

Stay tuned for dessert!

#yes I am a freak who loves a theme sorry #not me considering writing a FF8-themed cookbook?!???! #this was fun #final fantasy viii anniversary #final fantasy viii #food #cooking #theme dinner

[loveletterworm]

It's been a couple days since I was reading through the Sonic cookbook and strangely I think I have to conclude that the five nights at freddys cookbook i acquired as a joke (and because i thought maybe my niece would be impressed by it but she never visited me to see it...) has probably a better understanding of what recipes make sense to include in a cookbook where a large part of the target audience is children. Because the Sonic cookbook is breaking out ingredients like Bone Marrow and 4 Whole Tilapia (you have to skin them yourself but I think you keep the eyes in.) while from what i recall the fedy cookbook i think was like. Salmon burger. Mac and cheese with things in it. Like kind of adventurous but still reasonably within "children would eat this" range. It's very easy to imagine a child finding something they'd want to make in the freddy cookbook but I think in the Sonic cookbook they'd be stumped for a bit. and its just a bit odd. That's my review of the 2 novelty video game cookbooks I own I know you didn't ask about this. You have to hear about it anyway.

#i have a 3rd novelty cookbook but i havent read it through it was a gift my brother gave to my mom. #and she gave it to me when i moved for some reason but i feel kind of bad about it. #not a video game themed one though. so not part of this post. #mypost

[brainfondue]

Pikmin cookbook when.

#extending my hand expectangly and glaring at whoever makes those themed cookbooks #brain storms

[hplovecraftmuseum]

Lovecraft related items are making more and more appearences in main stream America. Pictured below is the 3rd cookbook published recently featuring Lovecraftian themes. To the right are packs of Tarot Cards inspired by HPL's works. Not too many decades back, however, actual hardback collections of Lovecraft's tales printed by ARKHAM HOUSE PUBLISHERS could be found on the shelves of bookstores like Barnes and Noble. These books featured the newer full color cover art that Arkham House switched to when the less refined 2 or 3 color covers were dropped. (Exhibit 457)

#lovecraft #lovecraft in the mainstream #Arkham House Publishers #lovecraft themed cookbooks #lovecraftian tarot cards

[clove-pinks]

Queen's Cake from The Fort George Bill of Fare and vanilla chai tea before tonight's War of 1812 book talk!

This actually is a more old-fashioned style of cake, as prepared: it only uses whipped egg whites for leavening. The spices are equal parts nutmeg, mace, and cinnamon; I added slightly more of them plus a dash of brandy this time—excellent decision. Unleash your inner Georgian rake and put some brandy in a recipe today!

@acrossthewavesoftime there is a quote from Elizabeth Simcoe on the adjacent page!

#cooking with shaun #queen's cake #willow pattern #chinoiserie #the fort george bill of fare #war of 1812 #look it is a war of 1812-themed cookbook #food #cooking #blue willow

[kon-konk]

I don't know if I've mentioned it, but I fuckin love cookbooks. Especially themed or weird ones

#pei rambles #in addition to the critical role one i also bought a dragon age one and b Dylan hollis' history baking cookbook #but I've got a honey cookbook and a horror-themed plant-based cookbook #and several Japanese ones. and a couple of anime ones #somewhere I've got a fallout one and a Skyrim one i think #my dad got me 'South of somewhere' and it's south Korea and South Africa and southern USA all in one

[saturnisfallingdown]

got gifted the official supernatural cookbook for christmas ....... the biggersons garlic knots are tempting....

#i love my parents and they know so little about my interests as an adult so they keep gifting me themed cookbooks and i LOVE it #i should amass a collection. #spn

[kindred-sims]

🍭 for the book cas meme!

🍭 - Create a Sim based on a book you enjoyed as a child.

Let it be known that I was the biggest bookworm back in the day, so there were definitely a lot of possible options for this one! I toyed with possibly making Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables) or Jo March (Little Women), but ultimately decided to go with Laura Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie (and the entire Little House series as a whole) as I'm certain my eight year old self would not forgive me if I didn't. 😂😂

#y'all don't even know okay #i was OBSESSED with these books a child #i even had paper dolls of the entire Ingalls family #and a LH themed cookbook #and a craftbook #i also watched the 1970s show which #admittedly i still do #mainly for gameplay inspo but also because i just really like it #honestly might make the rest of the family someday #asks #answered #book inspired CAS meme #ask meme #1870s

[cannibalisticskittles]

tasha's cauldron of everything has had my favorite supplementary items out of any of the books i've read So Far because it includes shiftweave (CLOTHES THAT CAN BE OTHER CLOTHES IF YOU WANT THEM TO??) and magical tattoos, including my favorite which i have given to amity, the masquerade tattoo

the spell it contains isn't powerful; it's just a once-daily disguise self

but the tattoo itself can move and change on an action, so that's a fun little party trick. a way to keep the kids you're babysitting entertained. that's my favorite kind of lore; low in power, high in fun

but i haven't actually had the time to go through most of the new ones yet, and i fucking love the feywild, so my favorite may change

#you can probably find most of these as free pdfs somewhere but i like to Have Them to look at #i buy em cheap; only ever on sale #not paying $60 for em sorry #i also have the cookbook. and i. preordered the second cookbook already. i loooooove themed cookbooks. #anyway if you ever need to know something from one of these books and you can't find it elsewhere lemme know #always happy to look smthing up

[coffincoitus]

very moved by the amazon one star reviews for the unofficial mad men cookbook

#JDJDHDJ #i cant pick between 'this 60s themed cookbook has old recipes' #or 'i was not entertained by a cookbook made for fans of a show i didnt watch'

[notjanine]

i’ve been in the kitchen literally all day and the only breaks i’ve taken have been to read scientific articles about ingredients i’m using, am i doing my first day off in weeks correctly

#i get one week off before things get CRAZY and i am planning on spending 80% of my waking hours in the fucking zone #just making and eating whatever my stupid little heart desires and whatever makes my brain go *DING!* #today it’s been date syrup (actually following a recipe from my most insane cookbook which is so very bad) #and then bread using the leftover sugary date fiber plus olive oil for a mediterranean theme! #plus also BAGELS MY BELOVED #and peach-guajillo mini cheesecakes 🧡 #and cashew milk bc it’s the best for cooking and baking so i’m def gonna need it the next few days! #(i have finally perfected my cashew milk technique so well that it can replace milk AND eggs in veganized recipes #and it foams well for a nice latte!) #and a big pot of aromatic rice with alliums bc well you just gotta have rice #WHEW and that’s just all with what i had on hand i haven’t been to the grocery store or farmer’s market in a week! #i’m gonna go to the fancy grocery tomorrow and then it’s REALLY gonna be on 💗

[moved-2-koiranliha]

gotta say the music composition of columbo is ON POINT. im on episode 3 (or episode 2 in title) and. the typewriters in the background of the music.......... GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#reminds me of the theme song for printer problems by piemations but that may just be because i listened to the extended theme earlier today #but GOD people should use everyday object sounds in their music more often it almost always works well #another typewriter sound in a song i like is courtney by narcissist cookbook #yeah its a humorous song but it also fucking slaps #and it has a really fucking good line in it #'Society doesn't seem to like women at the best of times // but we get really mad when they fuck our rockstars you know?' #yeah. #columbo #spaghetti wall

[littleblondesoprano]

I got this cookbook today and I already love it! Here’s a lil sneak peak inside:

#littleblondesoprano #I love how the only cookbooks I own are themed #I got this one and I got Max Miller’s Tasting History cookbook #the Mom’s Milk drink for psycho made me laugh #death for dinner #horror movies #I went down the line and I’ve seen 28 of the movies :3 #only 1 of the series and that’s Dexter

[quietwingsinthesky]

comfort food?

For something I can just pick up at the store? cheezits. Small, crunchy, taste good, easy to eat, easy to acquire. Good food <3

For something I can cook? my star trek-themed cookbook has this delicious recipe for “Tarkovian Powder Cake”, and then also, I have a supernatural one that has these really easy to make breakfast bacon cheeseburgers that are also fantastic <3

#me and my silly little themed cookbooks lmao #ask