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[...] The result is an interesting hybrid: part-cookbook, part-anthology, Cooking with Lovecraft is a collection of 23 stories and 13 recipes that come together to form a tongue-in-cheek tribute to this pioneer of weird fiction. Novices in the kitchen need not worry: The recipes often read like playful in-jokes to anyone well-read in Lovecraft’s body of work—from a sausage-based dish inspired by “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” to banana bread that takes its cues from “Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family.”
Similarly, many of the tales give you equal helpings of humor and eldritch horror. Some are original works with a wink and nod to well-loved Lovecraftian tropes or references; others are a new take on familiar stories that are told from the viewpoint of not-so-familiar side characters: One, dubbed “The Feastival,” is what Fliguer describes as a “Lovecraftian Passover story” that plays out like a parody of Lovecraft’s “The Festival.” Another, “Bratwurst mit Sauerkraut” is set in the German submarine in “The Temple.”
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Published on October 29, 2017 18:51