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A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook
by
Chelsea Monroe-Cassel (Goodreads Author),
Sariann Lehrer (Goodreads Author), George R.R. Martin
Ever wonder what it’s like to attend a feast at Winterfell? Wish you could split a lemon cake with Sansa Stark, scarf down a pork pie with the Night’s Watch, or indulge in honeyfingers with Daenerys Targaryen? George R. R. Martin’s bestselling saga A Song of Ice and Fire and the runaway hit HBO series Game of Thrones are renowned for bringing Westeros’s sights and sounds t...more
Hardcover, 240 pages
Published
May 29th 2012
by Bantam
(first published May 1st 2012)
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May 13, 2013
Nermin
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
nerds
Shelves:
asoiaf-related-stuff,
fun-reads
Fellow GoT fans, gather around! George RR Martin has an embarrasing admission to make! (Remember GRRM? the guy who filled his books with pages and pages of information about feasts, meals, cooking, drinks, ale, wine and so on?) The thing is.. He cannot cook!!! One would've thought he had been a chef in a 5 star restaurant before writing A Song of Ice and Fire, but no! You guys are all wrong! Of course he goes and explains he is not entirely culinarily challenged, he can still make breakfasts, fr...more
Because it makes absolute, total sense to read a diet book and this at the same time..
I love that these women researched and put together such a great collection of recipes. They don't look far fetched or over the top (see: Hunger Games Cookbook!) and it's a nice touch that they include both modern and medieval versions of each recipe.
Alas, I had to realize, I will never cook from it. I cannot justify some of the high fat, super caloric goodies in the book...that said, the seafood stew looked *...more
I love that these women researched and put together such a great collection of recipes. They don't look far fetched or over the top (see: Hunger Games Cookbook!) and it's a nice touch that they include both modern and medieval versions of each recipe.
Alas, I had to realize, I will never cook from it. I cannot justify some of the high fat, super caloric goodies in the book...that said, the seafood stew looked *...more
I now own this! I've taken a quick flick through the cookbook and some of the dishes look delicious! Whilst others are just downright bizarre. Like Dornish Snake with Fiery Sauce...(even the picture looks creepy!) That's one recipe I will surely be giving a miss. I can't wait to try out some of the recipes and see whats in store.
Looks really good. It just arrived at the LASFS library, and I'm the first to borrow it. It starts out with tips on putting together a medieval kitchen.
(Continued, after reading through it)
One neat feature in the cookbook is that many of the recipes are presented in two styles -- medieval and modern. For example, "Beef and Bacon Pie".
The medieval version is a two-crust pie filled with diced bacon, flavored with salt and pepper, red wine vinegar, raisins, prunes, dates, and beef broth.
The modern...more
(Continued, after reading through it)
One neat feature in the cookbook is that many of the recipes are presented in two styles -- medieval and modern. For example, "Beef and Bacon Pie".
The medieval version is a two-crust pie filled with diced bacon, flavored with salt and pepper, red wine vinegar, raisins, prunes, dates, and beef broth.
The modern...more
I love books and food. I love when books talk about food I love. This book talks about food in books I love and I loved this book.
Excellent job making the recipes easy, delicious and attainable.
An excellent companion book to the series. Despite just coming back from lunch, these are mouthwatering!
Akin to Lobscouse & Spotted Dog: Which It's a Gastronomic Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Novels for the Patrick O'Brian books.
Excellent job making the recipes easy, delicious and attainable.
An excellent companion book to the series. Despite just coming back from lunch, these are mouthwatering!
Akin to Lobscouse & Spotted Dog: Which It's a Gastronomic Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Novels for the Patrick O'Brian books.
Awesome.
Food, that is.
We all know how much George R.R. Martin loves his food, and you can't help but notice his enthusiasm in his books. A pair of bloggers started taking all the mentions of food in A Song of Ice and Fire and making recipes for them.
This book was put together better than I had expected. There are quotes and citations from where in the books the recipes are taken from, there are additional notes about creating an atmosphere and general medieval cooking, and the sections are divid...more
Food, that is.
We all know how much George R.R. Martin loves his food, and you can't help but notice his enthusiasm in his books. A pair of bloggers started taking all the mentions of food in A Song of Ice and Fire and making recipes for them.
This book was put together better than I had expected. There are quotes and citations from where in the books the recipes are taken from, there are additional notes about creating an atmosphere and general medieval cooking, and the sections are divid...more
I enjoy a good cookbook. And when I look at the recipes and go 'well I don't have snakes or locusts' it really challenges me to think outside of my normal recipe book. Good thing I can look at those & usually come up with a suitable replacement.
This is definitely a great have if you are a fan of the books/show. I love reading the descriptions given or displayed in the works so this is a nerdism for those who would like to be fantasy cooks. Even if you are not a fan this gives a great variety...more
This is definitely a great have if you are a fan of the books/show. I love reading the descriptions given or displayed in the works so this is a nerdism for those who would like to be fantasy cooks. Even if you are not a fan this gives a great variety...more
This delightful cookbook is a surprisingly sophisticated celebration of the dishes mentioned in George R.R. Martin's popular fantasy series. The book opens with an introduction by Martin himself, defending his habit of writing out the details of every morsel any of his characters nibbles on through the course of 1,000-page novels (in my opinion, it's a distracting annoyance, but I appreciate his intention to create sense memories for a more immersive reading experience, and for his belief that f...more
I haven't tried any of the recipes, but many of them look intriguing. Except for the snake and the locust ones. But for the adventurous souls out there, the recipes with non-conventional ingredients are something new and interesting to try. And for the less adventurous types, there are still many recipes that look wonderful.
This isn't a book where you need to be acquainted with George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones series to be able to use or understand the recipes. Indeed, the only potential s...more
This isn't a book where you need to be acquainted with George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones series to be able to use or understand the recipes. Indeed, the only potential s...more
If you love to cook, and you're a fan of the George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series, than you probably already know about the blog Inn at the Crossroads. If you've only watched the HBO series, Game of Thrones, then you've missed the wonderful descriptions of food in the series. A big part of Martin's world building is trying to make you experience things on a visceral level, which includes rich, detailed descriptions of meals that you can almost smell and taste.
The authors decided to t...more
The authors decided to t...more
May 12, 2013
Eunice
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who want to medieval feast, people who like butter
I umm...read this cover-to-cover and it's a bloody cookbook.
I love how some of the recipes come in a 'modern' version and also a 'medieval' version.
Most of the recipes are not ridiculously-complicated or difficult, and only have one or two specific/exotic ingredients per recipe, but if you're dedicated, it's a non-issue.
And there are plenty of things in here which are meals/food you'd eat normally anyway, except the recipe in here is better because the ingredients are more natural/un-processed h...more
I love how some of the recipes come in a 'modern' version and also a 'medieval' version.
Most of the recipes are not ridiculously-complicated or difficult, and only have one or two specific/exotic ingredients per recipe, but if you're dedicated, it's a non-issue.
And there are plenty of things in here which are meals/food you'd eat normally anyway, except the recipe in here is better because the ingredients are more natural/un-processed h...more
I'm not the kind of person to read a cookbook cover to cover (is anyone?), so my reading experience when it comes to this kind of literature is always a bit more clinical--I pay attention to design as much as I do to content.
This book follows the format of the blog fairly closely. Entries begin with an excerpt from a ASOIAF book to give context to the following recipe. Recipes are broken down by ingredient, then instruction, and capped with a picture of the final product. If the recipe is inspir...more
This book follows the format of the blog fairly closely. Entries begin with an excerpt from a ASOIAF book to give context to the following recipe. Recipes are broken down by ingredient, then instruction, and capped with a picture of the final product. If the recipe is inspir...more
Fabulous!
This book is wonderful, not only for its connection but because the authors have taken a lot of trouble researching mediaeval foods which they could connect to those mentioned in the Ice And Fire books. I love cooking and will try these recipes, but also use it as a reference for my own writing. There's a web site, The Inn At The Crossroads, and one of these ladies also has a web site called Food Through The Pages, which talks about food in fiction, including a sixteenth century recipe for "butt...more
The title "The official Companion Cookbook" makes it sound a bit like a rip-off, like it's trying to cash in on the hype around Game of Thrones.
It is not. This is a wonderful cookbook with a bunch of nice recipes. I have only tried a few of them, but they were wonderful (Crusty white bread is very tasty, especially if you eat it when it is still warm from the oven.
I had some problems with the measurements, as I am european, but that is hardly the fault of the book. My only factual problem with t...more
It is not. This is a wonderful cookbook with a bunch of nice recipes. I have only tried a few of them, but they were wonderful (Crusty white bread is very tasty, especially if you eat it when it is still warm from the oven.
I had some problems with the measurements, as I am european, but that is hardly the fault of the book. My only factual problem with t...more
I should have reviewed this some time ago. I heard about this book on NPR long before reading the Ice and Fire series. The meals served in the books are amazing and help to pull you into the story. *A Feast of Ice and Fire* brings those meals into our world.
I have made a few of the recipes and they were a huge hit. My daughter especially loved the honeyed chicken. The sauce is rightly to be kept on hand for many other dishes.
What I truly appreciated was the dual quality of the book as historica...more
I have made a few of the recipes and they were a huge hit. My daughter especially loved the honeyed chicken. The sauce is rightly to be kept on hand for many other dishes.
What I truly appreciated was the dual quality of the book as historica...more
The challenge: can we eat like Westerosis without gluten, dairy and rabbits (two of whom are our family members)?
GAME OF THRONES COOKBOOK!!!!!!
I really liked the research behind the recipes as well as offering a more "traditional" medieval recipe and a modern version of most dishes. This is apparently based off a blog, The Inn at the Crossroads, which I have since started following. Has great pictures, too. (there's another Game of Thrones cookbook by some other people but it isn't near as nice)
Includes some oddball recipes for the more adventurous gourmand, like snake (blech)
I just finished baking the mod...more
I really liked the research behind the recipes as well as offering a more "traditional" medieval recipe and a modern version of most dishes. This is apparently based off a blog, The Inn at the Crossroads, which I have since started following. Has great pictures, too. (there's another Game of Thrones cookbook by some other people but it isn't near as nice)
Includes some oddball recipes for the more adventurous gourmand, like snake (blech)
I just finished baking the mod...more
Gorgeous.
If I had to sum up everything about this book in one word, “gorgeous” is the word I would go with.
I love the cover photography, the book design, the page layout, the word set up, the text coloring, the border designs, the food photography, and the obviously high gloss paper they chose to print the whole damned thing on. Food aside, I almost want to eat the book itself!
The book is by two fangirls who started baking and blogging and now have this amazing book with an opening by Martin h...more
It seems kind of weird to sit and read a cookbook instead of just using it as a reference book when you cook. But I've always loved reading about the food in books, and this is a very well put together book of recipes from ASOIAF. I liked reading about how a certain dish would be in medieval times and then a modern interpretation based on ingredients we now have available. A lot of the recipes in here are for a more seasoned cook than I, but maybe one day in the future I will try my hand at some...more
Sumptuous - the research, photos, production of this book & the recipes' results! I made The Wall-inspired "Iced Blueberries" (simple & elegant) and assisted in the making of the "Beef & Bacon Pie" (steady on, chef!), both were crowd-pleasers and wow dishes. It's a terrific collection of Westeros-referenced recipes offering medieval and modern versions to inspire "Game of Thrones" fans in their invasion of the kitchen to whip up a feast suited for their own royal court.
I read the galley of this on my way home from work today. Some of the food I immediately fell in love with - the lemon cakes, lemonsweet, bean and bacon soup (and everything else with bacon in it) - but there are some dishes I will definitely be avoiding. As I am not a fan of rabbit, snake, lamb, or God help me, locusts, there will definitely be some picking and choosing. But the dishes I want to try look so good I can't wait for the finished copy!
This cookbook is downright incredible! Definitely looking forward to making more than the Elizabethan lemoncakes (which were pretty kind of amazing). The pictures are wonderful, the quotes are helpful for properly placing everything in the world, and the original recipes - for those that weren't original creations - are a fascinating glimpse into medieval cookery. All in all, an excellent book that I'll be referring to often.
This is a companion book to the fantasy series by George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire. It focuses on the cooking of Westeros, divided by region. All the recipes are based on food descriptions in the books. The authors researched medieval and Renaissance cooking as a basis for the recipes. They also give "modern" versions of the recipes more suited to today's cook. It's quite an interesting and fun book to read.
Jan 16, 2012
Emmeri
marked it as to-read
Really looking forward to this book. Stumbled across the authors website on Saturday and ended up making their Winter Cake. It turned out very well. The concept of a) finding inspiration from a book series, b) looking at the older (some as old as the 1600's and I'm sure older) recipes and c) creating modern versions appeal to me. It's like a history book that tastes good, I can't wait!
I wanted it to be longer, which I guess isn't a good reason for three stars. But what can I say? I enjoyed it but when it ended I was unsatisfied
Oh, and I wanted more pictures. I did have the Kindle version and I did appreciate the hyperlinks in that version.
I have not made any recipes yet; I read it straight through as food porn.
Oh, and I wanted more pictures. I did have the Kindle version and I did appreciate the hyperlinks in that version.
I have not made any recipes yet; I read it straight through as food porn.
I liked that this book fleshed out some of the details inA Song of Ice and Fire, and I liked that they adapted actual historical recipes. I don't plan on making any of them, though I could, but I enjoyed reading it!
Great selection of archaic recipes and their modern twists with food porn photos. Definitely adding to my wish list to use for future reference. (Also, put me in the mood to bake some crusty bread).
A solid well research food companion to the books and HBO Series, Worth it for modern versions of actual Medieval recipes as well as modern takes on Martin's Westerosian food porn.
Amazing pictures, descriptions, and recipes. I loved the historical and modern versions of the recipes and I love the extra dimension this adds to the experience of these novels.
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Chelsea grew up in rural New York, surrounded by cows and an appreciation for small farms. However, her real love affair with food began during a year abroad in Turkey, which sparked a passion for both food and history, as well as leading her to a degree in Classical History. A lifelong artist and fantasy fan, she greatly enjoys foreign languages, treasure hunting, and all things honey. She curren...more
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